Certainly not his stats. He's in because he continually whined, and he got voted in the last year he was eligible. He's the worst player in the HOF.
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Certainly not his stats. He's in because he continually whined, and he got voted in the last year he was eligible. He's the worst player in the HOF.
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Quality not quanity. Watch the Super Bowl highlights. Swann is a classy guy. I don't remember him whining. It was the Pittsburgh media, Myron Cope and Ed Bouchette were lobbying for him to again. He may have said he thought he deserved to get in but I don't know about the whining part. I take whining as what Charlie Waters, Cliff Harris, and Roger Staubach have been doing about getting former Cowboy players in for 20+ years or what Goose Gossage and Bert Blyleven do ever year by going on Sportscenter and whining after the baseball HOF selection.
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Because of his HOF highlight films.
I agree that Swannie doesn't deserve it. But does that mean other undeserving players should get in as well. Baseball HOF should let in hundreds of players based on the yankee crap that got in.
Monk rarely ranked in the top 10 in any major receiving category in each year he played. He was only top 10 in catches 3 times which Chad Johnson has already done.
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One of my co-workers who was a HUGE Steelers fan growing up (he's 32 years old) got a chance to meet him before an OSU game about 3 years ago that he was doing the sideline reporting for.
My friend was nervous as hell to go meet Mr. Swann but mustered up the courage and went over to shake his hand. Swann refused to shake his hand and said "If I shake your hand then I'm going to have to shake everyone's elses hand." and walked away.
My friend's dad was also a huge Steelers fan and was dying of liver cancer at the time was crushed as well b/c he was right next to my buddy when this occurred.
My friend Jason is no longer a Steeler's fan b/c of that exchange.
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That is a shame. Never figured he would be that big of dick to someone. I always heard good stories about him from fellow Steeler fans who got the privlege of meeting him.
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Really, I've heard of other people meeting him and getting the same "icy" reception my friend Jason got.
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Looks like stardom got to him. I have always felt he was the best in the business when it came to college football sideline reporter. It always seemed like he enjoyed the experience at the Shoe. I guess every Steeler from the 1970's can't treat the fans like Franco or Dwight White or Blount, all three I have actually talked to and shook their hand.
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Allot may depend on when people met him. if it was a few years ago like Jason then he didn't care about the public. Now that he wants to run for office he has to kiss everyone's ass
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Amen to that. I was at the Hall when he was inducted...there's never been a bigger dick than him. Not only was he an asshole to me, which I don't really care about, but he stuck it to a whole boatload of diehard Steeler fans who made the drive to see him too. I had little respect for him before, and I have none now.
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Agree with it or not (and I don't), but the whole hype of the Jets beating the Colts was a big deal back in the AFL-NFL days, and he gets most of the credit for that. Had the Jets not won that Super Bowl, the eventual merger may not have happened. So, though he played but a small part, he gets the credit, and so it is. Swann wasn't even the best player at his position on his own team. Yeah, he made a few good catches in the Super Bowl, but by that rationale I guess Tim Smith should be on his way to the Hall, with his 200 yard game and all. He was good, but he wasn't that good...period.
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