VOR Posted June 27, 2008 Share Posted June 27, 2008 http://media.buffalonews.com/smedia/2008/0...ffiliate.50.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drunkcanadianbroad Posted June 27, 2008 Share Posted June 27, 2008 CHA CHING!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pkwwjd Posted June 27, 2008 Share Posted June 27, 2008 Now I know he didn't write it on his own, but ... that was a good statement and should put most of this behind him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buftex Posted June 27, 2008 Share Posted June 27, 2008 http://media.buffalonews.com/smedia/2008/0...ffiliate.50.pdf Pretty much what most suspected he would say. I can buy his explanation, but I still don't think it was wise for him (or moreover his lawyers) to wait so long to comment, publicly, on the incident. His lawyer, or agent, should have released some sort of statement early on...it will be nice when this whole thing is forgotten. Yes, I realize that everything the Lynch camp was perfectly legal, but that lawyer has to realize that this particular client is not just an average person. Any time he is involved in anything out of the ordinary, gossip an innuendo will swirl. I think his lawyer served him poorly in this case. Even if Lynch gets the lightest of punishments, his reputation took a shot, in somes view. Releasing the same sort of statement two and half or three weeks ago, would have minimized the damage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drnykterstein Posted June 27, 2008 Share Posted June 27, 2008 That was heartwarming? I guess we'll never know what really happened. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K-9 Posted June 27, 2008 Share Posted June 27, 2008 http://media.buffalonews.com/smedia/2008/0...ffiliate.50.pdf All in all, a fine piece of lawyering by Mr. Caffery. Of course this will do nothing to assuage those who can't forgive him for the PR hit taken by Lynch and the Bills' organization for the delays in making a statement. Too bad. It's pretty clear why they had to wait and why he'll have much additional lawyering to do in staving off the impending civil suit. I look for it to settle rather soon. I feel Shpeley's lawyer has erred with his public comments and has hurt his client's case. He should have taken a page out of Caffery's book and waited to say anthying as well. GO BILLS!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Endzone Animal Posted June 27, 2008 Share Posted June 27, 2008 From reading that lawyer speak, I think we can all agree that nobody will change their minds on what happened based on this letter. If you have been accepting Lynch's alibi all along you will remain satisfied, and if you think he was more culpable than you believe the attorney just typed out whatever BS he had to to make this plea legal. Either way, it's over but not forgotten. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJPearl2 Posted June 27, 2008 Share Posted June 27, 2008 PR hit? Maybe the Buffalo sports radio has focused on this, since the Sabres season is over and there is nothing else to discuss, but let me be clear, nobody outside of Buffalo (maybe only Mike Florio's website) cares about or are concerned about this. I live in California and as a Bills' fan was originally concerned about the neagative national exposure it would cause. But nobody really cares about it nor will remember it. Honestly, it sounds more like a bunch of bs from a drunk chick that wants a payday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erynthered Posted June 27, 2008 Share Posted June 27, 2008 From reading that lawyer speak, I think we can all agree that nobody will change their minds on what happened based on this letter. If you have been accepting Lynch's alibi all along you will remain satisfied, and if you think he was more culpable than you believe the attorney just typed out whatever BS he had to to make this plea legal. Either way, it's over but not forgotten. Maybe you can start another thread about it for old times sake, eh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Endzone Animal Posted June 27, 2008 Share Posted June 27, 2008 Maybe you can start another thread about it for old times sake, eh? I'll couple it with a JP vs Trent theme. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K-9 Posted June 27, 2008 Share Posted June 27, 2008 PR hit? Maybe the Buffalo sports radio has focused on this, since the Sabres season is over and there is nothing else to discuss, but let me be clear, nobody outside of Buffalo (maybe only Mike Florio's website) cares about or are concerned about this. I live in California and as a Bills' fan was originally concerned about the neagative national exposure it would cause. But nobody really cares about it nor will remember it. Honestly, it sounds more like a bunch of bs from a drunk chick that wants a payday. I agree entirely. Didn't mean to imply it was a big deal anywhere else but Buffalo. But PR hits are PR hits, local or otherwise. And many of the locals were pissed that Lynch/Caffery didn't say anything sooner. I'm just suggesting they never should have in the first place. Caffery had a responsibility to wait. Not popular in Buffalo, but the right thing to do for his client. GO BILLS!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelly the Dog Posted June 27, 2008 Share Posted June 27, 2008 I understand why people and players, under advice, make these kinds of public statements. But I personally hated that statement. And think less of Marshawn now, even though I still have zero idea of whether or not he knew he hit the woman. Nothing in that statement made me think of Marshawn Lynch. If the lawyer wanted to say it on his behalf, it shouldn't have been written in the first person like that. This doesn't sound sincere from Marshawn Lynch in ANY way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Endzone Animal Posted June 27, 2008 Share Posted June 27, 2008 From a purely Bills football perspective, this will help negatively impact Lynch's character rating come the next contract negotiation. Assuming the Bills are still in Buffalo by then, that could lower market value enough so that maybe we can afford to keep him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bartshan-83 Posted June 27, 2008 Share Posted June 27, 2008 From reading that lawyer speak, I think we can all agree that nobody will change their minds on what happened based on this letter. If you have been accepting Lynch's alibi all along you will remain satisfied, and if you think he was more culpable than you believe the attorney just typed out whatever BS he had to to make this plea legal. Either way, it's over but not forgotten. Based on what I read, I think everyone would agree that whatever opinion they had before this statement has basically remained unchanged. If you believed Lynch before, then you most likely still do. If you thought he was lying, then you probably see this as just his lawyer doing whatever he had to do in order to close this case up. Regardless, it's done but I think it will still be on peoples' minds for awhile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJPearl2 Posted June 27, 2008 Share Posted June 27, 2008 I understand why people and players, under advice, make these kinds of public statements. But I personally hated that statement. And think less of Marshawn now, even though I still have zero idea of whether or not he knew he hit the woman. Nothing in that statement made me think of Marshawn Lynch. If the lawyer wanted to say it on his behalf, it shouldn't have been written in the first person like that. This doesn't sound sincere from Marshawn Lynch in ANY way. Put yourself in his situation. What would you have done? Assume you didn't know you hit someone. Would you have come out and started to talking to police and the DA? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K-9 Posted June 27, 2008 Share Posted June 27, 2008 I understand why people and players, under advice, make these kinds of public statements. But I personally hated that statement. And think less of Marshawn now, even though I still have zero idea of whether or not he knew he hit the woman. Nothing in that statement made me think of Marshawn Lynch. If the lawyer wanted to say it on his behalf, it shouldn't have been written in the first person like that. This doesn't sound sincere from Marshawn Lynch in ANY way. As long as the specter of the civil suit looms, it's perfectly understandable. Even if Lynch were the most skilled orator of the age, Caffery would still be right in NOT letting him make statements, written or otherwise. Until the civil matter is resolved, even the most sincere of Lynch's feelings on the matter need to be kept under wraps. That entire statement was a salvo across the bow of the future plaintif. GO BILLS!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelly the Dog Posted June 27, 2008 Share Posted June 27, 2008 Put yourself in his situation. What would you have done? Assume you didn't know you hit someone. Would you have come out and started to talking to police and the DA? No. I likely would have done exactly what Lynch and Cafferty did, EXCEPT this statement. Marshawn Lynch doesn't talk like that. It made it TOTALLY disingenuous to me for the statement to be so very legal and precise, when Marshawn Lynch as a person is the total opposite of that. They should have gone one of two ways, either release the statement from the lawyer using "Marshawn" and "he" instead of "I", or put ALL of those things in Marshawn-speak. It needs to sound like he is genuinely sorry, and when there is not one sentence in there that sounds like it came from Marshawn Lynch's mouth, it reeks of being contrived, or at least not doing what you want it to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KD in CA Posted June 27, 2008 Share Posted June 27, 2008 Thanks Marshawn, apology accepted. Cut your check to the girl and let's move on to football. Go Bills! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelly the Dog Posted June 27, 2008 Share Posted June 27, 2008 As long as the specter of the civil suit looms, it's perfectly understandable. Even if Lynch were the most skilled orator of the age, Caffery would still be right in NOT letting him make statements, written or otherwise. Until the civil matter is resolved, even the most sincere of Lynch's feelings on the matter need to be kept under wraps. That entire statement was a salvo across the bow of the future plaintif. GO BILLS!!! I was only talking about the statement itself, as released today. See above. I think they handled the case well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buftex Posted June 27, 2008 Share Posted June 27, 2008 I agree entirely. Didn't mean to imply it was a big deal anywhere else but Buffalo. But PR hits are PR hits, local or otherwise. And many of the locals were pissed that Lynch/Caffery didn't say anything sooner. I'm just suggesting they never should have been in the first place. Caffery had a responsibility to wait. Not popular in Buffalo, but the right thing to do for his client. GO BILLS!!! I would have agreed with you about 10 days ago...but the longer this went on, the more people started talking about it. I guess I listen to too much sports talk radio, living in Austin, we get FOX Sports radio and ESPN Radio. Marshawn, and this incident came up numerous times, in talking about the troubles the NFL has in its' offseason every year. Anytiem any of hte NFL talking heads did a segment, it pretty much came up, as part of all of the ongoing legal and off the field troubles around the leauge. I heard someone on ESPN, lump Lynch in with Javon Walker, Pacman Jones and Chris Henry. I think it is absurd, but that is the way it goes... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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