2007 Hall of Fame Class

Corey, by that rationale, without the gambling Pete Rose should not be in the HOF anyway because even though he retired with MORE HITS THAN ANYONE ELSE he was never the best player on HIS team. Art Monk retired with MORE CATCHES THAN ANYONE ELSE. Art Monk is not in because he was not "media friendly" and they are the ones who do the voting. P-E-R...D PERIOD. If you donnt kiss their arses you don't get in. Bottom line. And they want everybody to know "WE ARE IN CONTROL OF THIS AND THERE IS NOTHING YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT!!!" (We know this because what other possible reason would Cal Ripkin not be a unanimous choice, but that's another thread) Guys, stop making excuses for this crap.

And Stoner, there are a lot of A-holes in the HOF.

And once again the best supporting fact for Herschel is the 4,000 x 3 and 18,000+ I mentioned above.

[Coach K-LO]

Originally Posted by THE PEOPLE'S CHAMP

was also the first 1000/1000 man and the only RB to lead the league in receptions.

R.Craig was the second to do so, Ricky Young of the Vikings lead the league with 88 rec once.....

[Coach K-LO]

Originally Posted by coach STONER

I know I'm going to here it from all the deadskin fans....

Let me tell ya whats wrong with him and why he will NEVER get into the HOF....

I personally had 3 experiences with him off the field and they all ended the same. and let me tell ya...If there ever was a male version of DEVA...its ART MONK!

I've seen little kids wait in line for 3 plus hours for an autograph and when they get to the table he says..."I'm not signing anything for you, if you want my autograph, buy one of my pictures for 35 bucks and then I'll sign my picture!".....I seen it with my own eyes. more then once. I couldn't believe what I saw, I asked him why he wouldn't sign the football the kid had, and he looked straight in my face and said. "I DON'T GET PAID TO SIGN THOSE THINGS" I felt like punching him right in the mouth.

another.....

When I was in Minn for the first MPS tourney and was sitting with Joey Browner....Yes the same Joey that played for the Vikings....and he was telling me stories of Art acting like a spoiled brat that couldn't get his way.....Hmmm sounds allot like the WR's today. He also mention that Art got such a bad rep that nobody wanted to be around him, like he was black balled because he didn't want to do anything outside of football without being paid first.

I spent close to 90 minutes picking Joey's brain....the man told some good stories about a number of players in the league that is on a "black ball" list. There is such a bond in the players like a brotherhood he says, and Art just didn't fit that mold.

After seeing the way Art acted at a training camp for youth football here locally in the MD / DC area, and that HE doesn't even participate in, but uses his name..."ART MONK TRAINING CAMP" it only shows that some people are in it only for the money and not the love of the sport.

When it comes to the things he did on the field, well his numbers are good, but he will never get into the HOF if he continues to act like he does. Sure you can smoke crack and get into the HOF ask LT....but act as if your better then your league mates...then thats a different story. I guess they kind of "punish" their own and this is one way to do it.

Stoner

First Stoner, great scoop on the Joey Browner interview! Never heard that story before about the kids, but I have heard some other Redskins doing something like that to a fellow EFLer's kid.

I had heard a story about Art being black-balled but never really believed it. But since you got it from a NFL player directly, I have to concede to you. Still I don't like it, but HOF loses something with me.

K-LO

I was wrong about Roger Craig being the first back to lead the league in catches. He was the first 1000/1000 man though.

And K-lo, tell Larry to get over it that Charles Mann Wasn't sweatin' his little daughter. LMAO