Introducing No. 85, Ocho-Cinco
[Guest post by DRJ]
You think you have problems with your employees and co-workers? Be glad you aren’t an NFL football coach like Cincinnati Bengals’ coach Marvin Lewis. His latest headache is wide receiver Chad Johnson’s name change to Chad Javon Ocho Cinco that became official this week:
Two years ago, Johnson gave himself the moniker — a reference in Spanish to his No. 85 — and put it on the back of his uniform before a game. Quarterback Carson Palmer ripped it off before the kickoff. After the season, coach Marvin Lewis — who dislikes Johnson’s attention-getting stunts — referred to the receiver as Ocho Psycho.
Asked to explain the name change, Ocho Cinco responded, “Have I ever had a reason for why I do what I do? I’m having fun.
— DRJ
WLS, here’s your chance to dig back! (Cincinnatti)
Yes, the Bengals are doing their best to be the East Side Raiders . . . of course, once upon a time the Raiders at least used to win.
Icy Truth (df70da) — 8/31/2008 @ 1:06 pmOne “t”? Thank you, Icy. I don’t speak Ohio.
DRJ (7568a2) — 8/31/2008 @ 1:30 pmIcy, that is an insult to the Raiders. Say what you want about longtime Raiders owner Al Davis; he’s forgotten more about football than the four children of the late Bengals founder (and all-time football genius) Paul Brown ever knew combined.
Paul (95a8c7) — 8/31/2008 @ 2:58 pmHey, I’m a Dolphins fan. I’ve got my own problems.
Icy Truth (df70da) — 8/31/2008 @ 3:06 pmHey, I’m a Dolphins fan. I’ve got my own problems.
Maybe this season, but there’s hope down the road for the Dolphins as compared to the Bengals, because Bill Parcells also has forgotten more about football than the four children of the late Bengals founder Paul Brown ever knew combined.
Paul (95a8c7) — 8/31/2008 @ 3:29 pmIcy: As a long-time Oakland fan — from the Darryl Lamonica days — I am saddened by the accuracy of your first comment.
What is it about wide receivers lately that has turned the best of them into prima donnas? You know the type: Chad Johnson, Terrell Owens, Randy Moss.
The camera-less Dana (556f76) — 8/31/2008 @ 7:06 pmThe camera-less Dana wrote: What is it about wide receivers lately that has turned the best of them into prima donnas? You know the type: Chad Johnson, Terrell Owens, Randy Moss.
As a 49er fan, I remember Terrell Owens was quiet and humble as he was being spoken of as the heir apparent to the aging Jerry Rice, the greatest of them all. All that changed when Rice was let go, and it became Owens’ show. As much as I liked having him on our side, watching him treat the team like it was his to do with what he wanted made his success bittersweet to me. When he showed up the Dallas Cowboys on their midfield logo, I was happy to see him get clocked.
If Chad Whatever finally steps over the line for the final time (see: Haley, Charles), and the team has to just dump his posterior a la Keyshawn Johnson vis-a-vis the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, they should just switch his uni number. Have him walk into the locker room and have a phonecam running as he sees “OCHO CINCO” over the number 84 or 86, capture the unraveling, and post it on YouTube.
L.N. Smithee (452a68) — 8/31/2008 @ 9:59 pmDana,
Icy Truth (5bcf70) — 8/31/2008 @ 10:40 pmWhen I was growing up in the early 70’s, I wore Raiders pajamas and Fred Belitnikoff was my hero. But then watching the Dolphins’s undefeated season in ’72 made them my team for life.