Bernie on why Pace and Warner should be in the HOF E$PN 101

[LesBaker]

Les . . . why don't you think Tingelhoff is a HOFer? He was qualified and was overlooked. It seems your gripe is the process, and that's another conversation . . . but I don't get the hate for Tingelhoff . . . 7-time All-pro . . .NFL OLmen of the year in 1969 (Orlando never won that award) . . .

I don't hate him, my issue is that 37 years he never got enough respect to even become a finalist and many times wasn't even in the mix. Why now is he being enshrined? Yeah it is partly the process that's true.

 

[Blue and Gold]

I don't hate him, my issue is that 37 years he never got enough respect to even become a finalist and many times wasn't even in the mix. Why now is he being enshrined? Yeah it is partly the process that's true.

"hate" is a figure of speech, like "love" . . . "why all the Patriot hate" or Why didn't Warner get love from the HOF committee".

So, leave that aside. So, to have a serious discussion, here is the answer to your question, he is being enshrined now because he has been overlooked. That is what the senior committee is tasked to do, find players who are qualified that were overlooked. About 10 years ago Fritz Pollard and Bennie Friedman were inducted and they waited like 70 years . . . both were qualified. But overlooked.

So, why is he being inshrined now? He's a deserving player who never got a fair look.

In a year or two, Eddie Meador will be elected, in my opinion. He's deserving, but has been overlooked . . . I sure won't complain about that.

 

[Blue and Gold]

With the exception of Warner, you nailed it!



This^ = Greene Screwed over again!!

Yeah. But Greene will likely get in next year . . . and yeah with Warner, I went with my heart, and not my head.

 

[LesBaker]

"hate" is a figure of speech, like "love" . . . "why all the Patriot hate" or Why didn't Warner get love from the HOF committee".

So, leave that aside. So, to have a serious discussion, here is the answer to your question, he is being enshrined now because he has been overlooked. That is what the senior committee is tasked to do, find players who are qualified that were overlooked. About 10 years ago Fritz Pollard and Bennie Friedman were inducted and they waited like 70 years . . . both were qualified. But overlooked.

So, why is he being inshrined now? He's a deserving player who never got a fair look.

In a year or two, Eddie Meador will be elected, in my opinion. He's deserving, but has been overlooked . . . I sure won't complain about that.

I may be dead wrong about this and what you are saying makes sense.