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Monday Morning Sociologist (or too too T.O.)

apmorris Nov 07 2005 05:52 PM

A different view of the T.O. Soap. Terrell is a classic case. [list]Symptoms of Reactive Attachment Disorder {edit.} Intense control battles, very bossy and argumentative; defiance and anger Lack of eye contact, especially with parents - will look into your eyes when lying Manipulative - superficially charming and engaging Indiscriminately affectionate with strangers Poor peer relationships Lies about the obvious Lack of conscience - shows no remorse Destructive to property, self and/or others Lack of impulse control Hypervigilant/Hyperactive Learning lags/delays Speech and language problems Incessant chatter and/or questions Inappropriately demanding and/or clingy Very concerned about tiny hurts but brushes off big hurts . . . Potential Causes of Reactive Attachment Disorder Neglect Abuse Separation from the primary caregiver Changes in the primary caregiver Frequent moves and/or placements Traumatic experiences Maternal depression Maternal addiction - drugs or alcohol Undiagnosed, painful illness such as colic, ear infections, etc. Lack of attunement between mother and child Young or inexperienced mother with poor parenting skills[/list:u] Sad but probably true. more > http://www.personalityresearch.org/papers/wood.html

Elster88 Nov 07 2005 06:53 PM Re: Monday Morning Sociologist (or too too T.O.)

="apmorris"][list]Symptoms of Reactive Attachment Disorder {edit.} Or maybe he's just an asshole.

Willets Point Nov 07 2005 06:56 PM

Woah I think you've nailed it! It explains so much. Oh wait, the subject says T.O. not George W. Bush. Nevermind.

KC Nov 07 2005 07:45 PM

Oh jeez, on Election Day eve GW is like TO - I'm not voting tomorrow for anyone remotely conservative. Thanks Willet, I hate TO too ....

Elster88 Nov 08 2005 08:44 AM

ESPN this morning: There is a clause in his contract that if he is suspended for more than one game for "conduct detrimental to the team" that he forfeits 1.75 million dollars. Good shit. Hit him in the only place that it hurts.

MFS62 Nov 08 2005 08:51 AM

There was a news item parody on ESPN radio this morning announcing: "All T O, All the time. We bring you 24 hours of non-stop T O" At least the time they spend talking about him means there is less time for us to see and hear Tiki (All Tiki, All The Time) Barber. Later

Yancy Street Gang Nov 08 2005 09:01 AM

I wonder what Eagles fans think of this. (Of course, I can find out by tuning in a local sports radio show, but I'm not that curious. The nearest Mets analogy I can think of is if the Mets released Darryl Strawberry for fighting with Keith Hernandez during that spring training photo shoot.

Edgy DC Nov 08 2005 09:27 AM

In football, no salaries are guaranteed. Releasing a player absolves the team of their obligaiton toward him.

Elster88 Nov 08 2005 10:03 AM

Edgy DC wrote: In football, no salaries are guaranteed. Releasing a player absolves the team of their obligaiton toward him. I think it's more complicated than that, else every non-contender would just release their expensive free-agent-to-be players near the end of the year.

Edgy DC Nov 08 2005 10:07 AM

Elster88 wrote: I think it's more complicated than that, else every non-contender would just release their expensive free-agent-to-be players near the end of the year. But easier than releasing a star baseball player with a long-term contract during spring training.

Yancy Street Gang Nov 08 2005 10:32 AM

I realize that that's a significant difference between Darryl and Owens. But I was really wondering about the non-financial aspect: a winning, popular team deciding to get rid of its best player. What do the fans think? Back in 1987, or whatever year that was, I would have been very pissed if the Mets just released Darryl Strawberry.

Elster88 Nov 08 2005 10:37 AM

I don't think the Owens/Straw analogy holds up, but you're right, I can't think of a better one. There is just no analogy for that idiot. Maybe Bonds/Kent if the result had been releasing one of them? That doesn't hold up either. At least neither of them went overboard bashing the other in the media. Football get hurt here because there is so much time between games for the talking heads to yell and scream and throw things. I'm sure they did half an hour on SportsCenter on Owens.

Edgy DC Nov 08 2005 10:47 AM

]Back in 1987, or whatever year that was, I would have been very pissed if the Mets just released Darryl Strawberry. Cerainly, but football is stupid. One, baseballers have a longer shelf life, and tend to to take three years of minor league investment and another three of gradual improvements, whereas the return on footballers is relatively immediate and shorter-term. Two, football teams are constrained by salary caps. Releasing a headache leads to opportunities for new stars. Three, one shedding ninth of team is can turn their fortunes around faster than one 22nd of a team, generally speaking. Players are more disposeable for a number of reasons.

Centerfield Nov 08 2005 10:53 AM

I don't know if Eagles fans feel this way, but I don't think that team was going anywhere until McNabb's injury is healed anyway. You would think the Eagles could have found a suitor to take TO off their hands though.

Elster88 Nov 08 2005 10:55 AM

Nobody wants to deal with his bullshit. He's guaranteed a string of one-year contracts for the rest of his career. Speaking of M&MD (in another thread), they had a decent theory: Owens and Moss team up next year on the Raiders.

Rockin' Doc Nov 08 2005 12:53 PM

Terrell Owens is one of the few players that could make Randy Moss look like a true "team" player.

TheOldMole Nov 08 2005 05:07 PM

Which will have the most air time by year's end: (a) TO (b) missing white girls?