In Case You Needed Closure: Fitz Officially Calls it Quits

[TJ]

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[Dback Jon]

Thanks for the memories!!


And damn the NFL refs for denying you a title.

 

[kerouac9]

I was at a football coaching clinic back in the day when Walt Harris was the head coach at Stanford. He was giving some spiel about offense, and the way he talked about Larry Fitzgerald (whom he coached at Pitt) was absolutely reverential.

 

[ASUCHRIS]

Fitz was incredible, but a little buttoned up for my taste. I'm more of a team Anquan guy.

 

[dscher]

Thanks for the memories!!


And damn the NFL refs for denying you a title.

As I'm the conspirator to PnR, you are to the sports threads... lol


But agree..Thanks Fitzy!

 

[DVontel]

Fitz was incredible, but a little buttoned up for my taste. I'm more of a team Anquan guy.

This.

Plus with the DV thing around him…….yea.

 

[Syracusecards]

Will always be my favorite Cardinal and favorite human being as an athlete of all time. Pure class.

 

[Russ Smith]

Great player remarkable career.

Thanks Fitz

 

[phillycard]

Will always be my favorite Cardinal and favorite human being as an athlete of all time. Pure class.

This! #11 has brought me more joy than any Cardinal to ever wear the uniform. Can't wait to go to Canton when he goes in.

 

[Cardinal Bob]

Yes! Now I can buy a Fitz jersey without worrying that by doing so, I am prematurely ending his Cardinals career!

I too will be in Canton in 5 yrs time!

 

[Redsz]

Greatest Cardinal of all time imo.

 

[PJ1]

What a class act and awesome football player. More than did his part.

Thanks Fitz.

 

[Jetstream Green]

A pro's pro

 

[82CardsGrad]

Jim Trotter, one of Larry's closest confidants and the co-author with Larry on his book, was speaking yesterday on the NFL Network about Kyler Murray.
I have always suspected that Larry and Kyler didn't mesh... that Larry simply couldn't tolerate the immaturity and reclusive, non-leadership qualities of Kyler. We'll likely never know...but my own guess is that Larry would've likely played one more year...but for Kyler. Here is Trotter's interview:

We talked Kyler Murray this morning. He has all the tools to be great, but he is not there yet. Will he get there? Much of that answer rests solely with him.

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[PACardsFan]

Murray is the greatest young QB in Cardinal history. And I’ve been around long enough to say that without any reservation. Does a 24 year old kid need to continue to mature & improve. Absolutely. And this franchise needs to give the kid some weapons & protect him. To date, that hasn’t happened. So I’m not at all surprised that Murray has been immature & frustrated.

 

[Jetstream Green]

Jim Trotter, one of Larry's closest confidants and the co-author with Larry on his book, was speaking yesterday on the NFL Network about Kyler Murray.
I have always suspected that Larry and Kyler didn't mesh... that Larry simply couldn't tolerate the immaturity and reclusive, non-leadership qualities of Kyler. We'll likely never know...but my own guess is that Larry would've likely played one more year...but for Kyler. Here is Trotter's interview:

We talked Kyler Murray this morning. He has all the tools to be great, but he is not there yet. Will he get there? Much of that answer rests solely with him.

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In my opinion Larry was about as much of a leader as Kyler because it's the same version of 'leading by example' which is not the type of leadership I believe this team needs but more of a interactive leader. Boldin was a leader, Dansby was a leader, Wilson was a leader, Dockett was a leader, Warner, Palmer, Freeny, those guys were vocal regardless of their off field persona. So using Larry's opinion of what he thought someone else should do does not carry as much weight because he did not do it himself. Larry was an elite player and a great ambassador of the game... but not a leader in a vocal context

 

[82CardsGrad]

In my opinion Larry was about as much of a leader as Kyler because it's the same version of 'leading by example' which is not the type of leadership I believe this team needs but more of a interactive leader. Boldin was a leader, Dansby was a leader, Wilson was a leader, Dockett was a leader, Warner, Palmer, Freeny, those guys were vocal regardless of their off field persona. So using Larry's opinion of what he thought someone else should do does not carry as much weight because he did not do it himself

Speculation... which is of course, what we do here.

 

[QuebecCard]

Nah! He just wants out of the horror show and will be heading to Minny, his hometown, where he'll finally play for a real team with a real owner, etc., etc.

(Just to recycle some deep thinking from the past.)

 

[QuebecCard]

In my opinion Larry was about as much of a leader as Kyler because it's the same version of 'leading by example' which is not the type of leadership I believe this team needs but more of a interactive leader. Boldin was a leader, Dansby was a leader, Wilson was a leader, Dockett was a leader, Warner, Palmer, Freeny, those guys were vocal regardless of their off field persona. So using Larry's opinion of what he thought someone else should do does not carry as much weight because he did not do it himself. Larry was a elite player and a great ambassador of the game... but not a leader in a vocal context

A team is a members-only club, and without access, you simply don't know who the real leaders are and how it's expressed.

 

[Billy Bob]

Thank You Larry Fitzgerald

 

[DVontel]

lol @ this derailing into another Kyler thread.

 

[Brian in Mesa]

Great. Now we need to find another high-impact player named Larry so we can keep the chants of "Larry !! Larry !! Larry !!" going.

We had Centers at SDS and Fitz at UOP/SFS. Unsure if they ever made the same chants for Larry Wilson in St. Louis.

Glad my wife and I got to see every one of his home games and two road games (SB in Tampa and Nashville the year after).

Enjoy whatever the heck you want to do next, Fitz.

 

[Syracusecards]

lol @ this derailing into another Kyler thread.

seriously. There’s an 80+ page thread on that crap already. Keep this about Fitz and Fitz only!

 

[Osbern61]

Great career, my favorite Cardinal of all time.

 

[Mainstreet]

Awesome career Larry. Nice to know you will still be around as one of the Suns owners.