3 years ago yesterday...

[Delhommey]

Um. Wow.

[carolinarolls]

Heart, passion, whatever you want to call it - it's an important component of a winning football team.

that is what he said

but i don't think its what he meant to say

by Delhommey's definition: as far as a football retard goes, consider me discounted

[dpanther69]

Until Beason came along, I said many times that this team appeared to lack the passion Jenkins was talking about. It's said that a team takes on the personality of it's coach...

I agree with this statement 100%.

[Davidson Deac II]

I agree with this statement 100%.

I agree, he did say that. I don't agree that its true.

Take two players of equal talent, one who is known for passion and the other who is well disciplined, and the well disciplined player will usually win.

Of course, when a team gets a guy who is both, that team is extremely lucky.

[MaineManPanther]

We had a chance in each of these past games. Had it not been for turnovers and bad oline play we couldve easily been 2-1. Heart is not the issue.

[Mr. Scot]

The team had been looking at trading Jenkins long before he made these statements.

The year after he was shipped out, the team went 12-4 without him.

Add in that more than one player didn't seem terribly upset about him being gone (though leadership wouldn't let them be specific).

And, as has been mentioned, leaders lead by example, not just words. It's kind of hard to listen to criticism about lack of heart and fire from a guy who never showed up for offseason workouts and was perpetually out of shape.

Let Steve Smith talk about heart, and I'll listen.

When Kris Jenkins talks about it, I'll laugh.