tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8694339605194166992.post5378114242273387078..comments2023-09-27T07:47:03.667-02:00Comments on Steel Curtain Rising: Reflections on Alan Fanaca's RetirementKThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11407272159389023362noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8694339605194166992.post-92158350424410571232011-05-17T00:06:47.736-02:002011-05-17T00:06:47.736-02:00Tim,
I tend to agree. Steel Curtain Rising did no...Tim,<br /><br />I tend to agree. Steel Curtain Rising did not exist in 2007, but I thought his complaining about "not being treated fairly," and "lacking financial security" were a bunch of bull.<br /><br />His rookie contract had to have been for several million, and his second contract was at least 20 million and certainly higher. (I remember looking it up at the time.)<br /><br />So the Steelers "forced" him to play his final contract year, which probably "only" paid him between 5-7 million. We should all be so unlucky some day. (Ok, few of us put our bodies on the line like football players do, but you get the point.)<br /><br />Still, I don't hold many hard feelings. He came to Pittsburgh, gave us ten All-Pro seasons and for that I salute him.<br /><br />Another way to look at it is that at least he was honest about basing his decision on money and only money. <br />I have a lot more respect for than I do for someone like Neil O'Donnell who said he'd take less money to stay than go to a bad team, then turned around and left a Super Bowl team for a 1-15 team....KThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11407272159389023362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8694339605194166992.post-74794312177995849532011-05-15T15:03:39.344-02:002011-05-15T15:03:39.344-02:00as awesome of a player fanaca was, i'm having ...as awesome of a player fanaca was, i'm having a hard time looking back on him fondly after the way he conducted himself his last summer as a steeler, publicly demanded to be traded and commenting negatively on tomlin's hiring. but i guess that's just the business part of football & maybe fanaca has since learned it's not all about him.Timnoreply@blogger.com