Former Ravens‘ Head Coach Brian Billick had some interesting comments about Steve McNair‘s death with WNST 1570 AM today.
“That is unfortunate because Steve was a man who did so many good things in both this community and in Nashville that deserves to be thought of in better terms,” Billick stated.
“It’s a life lesson for all of us that all it takes is conduct in a certain way to wipe all that out. It will never remove the good things that he did with his life, but how he’s perceived by the fans — whether that has value or not — that’s irrecoverable. That asterisk is always going to be attached to it because of the tragic way his life ended.”
Billick coached McNair both of the seasons he was in Baltimore. He’s a Super Bowl Champion coach and I’ve always been a fan of his style and personality.
I have no issue with his comments, do you?
Billick doesn’t mince words, I like that. Our culture turns a blind eye to people’s behavior and makes them all out to be good guys. All behavior has consequences and if its not “right” or “holy” it usually comes back in “evil”. Look at Michael Jackson, evil begets evil. If we live in “love” we get LOVE in return.
I completely respect Billick’s style. And he’s totally right. I think the subject has kind of gotten out of hand though. I think Billick has it right, but that some people have lost respect for the dead.
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zach I agree with you completely about getting out of hand.
I’ve always liked Billick’s style as well and while he doesn’t mince words, when I read his book I had to keep a dictionary handy. The guy has crazy vocab!
Billick is more than just a great coach, he’s an incredibly smart man.
Who the hell is Brian Billick to open his mouth about Steve McNair? What? He’s the guy who coached Ray “I was involved in a double homicide and got away scott free when I should be in prison and I love Jesus, praise the lord” Lewis? Yeah, that’s what I thought.
Billick: “As much as some of you want to, we are not going to retry [the Ray Lewis murder trial]. It’s inappropriate, and you’re not qualified.” Billick also went on to say “I’m not naive enough to not recognize that there’s going to be an interest, but to be quite frank, I’m a little disturbed with some of the focus being brought to it for the reason it’s being brought. I equate it to an ambulance-chasing mode; you decide that you want to take on a certain sensational aspect of it.”
Yeah, I guess Steve never helped you win a Super Bowl (despite killing two innocent people), so he’s a terrible human being for cheating on his wife.
What a piece of shit Billick is.
Yeah, that second to last comment may have read akwardly and sounded like McNair helped kill two people, but he didn’t. Ray Lewis did and Billick loves the guy.
Billick doesn't mince words, I like that. Our culture turns a blind eye to people's behavior and makes them all out to be good guys. All behavior has consequences and if its not “right” or “holy” it usually comes back in “evil”. Look at Michael Jackson, evil begets evil. If we live in “love” we get LOVE in return.