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06-11-2009, 06:59 PM
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Sad about Ryan Leaf
http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=4250326
He climbed to the top of the sports world, then crashed and burned, then finally gets to a good place where he is doing some small-time coaching and talking about how much he loves life, and now this. Probably the most famous person to ever come from Great Falls, MT. |
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06-15-2009, 03:49 PM
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What's stranger (and also sad) to me: I knew Ryan Leaf when he was 15-16ish. We weren't close, and I didn't follow his football career. So when I think of him, all I see is this young kid I was editing on the hs newspaper. My mental picture doesn't fit with the life he has lived. Yep, sad. |
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06-15-2009, 04:38 PM
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What's sad about it? He did this to himself.
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06-22-2009, 05:35 PM
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06-24-2009, 11:16 PM
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If had had no part of it - like a drunk getting behind the wheel of a car and crashing into his car - then yes, I would feel badly for him.
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06-25-2009, 01:03 AM
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Demiurge
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wouldn't you feel bad if you son threw his life away?
Ryan Leaf is somebody's son. |
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06-25-2009, 01:26 AM
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I won't worry about how I'd feel about my son throwing his life away until he actually throws it away. One of my admitted weaknesses is lack of empathy/sympathy for idiots.
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