Eli vs. Tiki

There is something wrong in the world of sports when I have attack the greatest offensive player I have seen on on my team. Thats right last season Tiki Baber’s retirement announcement was one of the three reason why the Giants season blew up last season, the other two were not Eli. When the Giants lost their left tackle (Luke Petitgout) and the go to reciever (Amani Toomer) Tiki decided that he was not getting enough attention so he had announce his retirement in the middle of the season.

Tiki loves attention, who am I to judge when I write sports blog about my opinion, but if your a good player and want attention that means you want/have to be a leader. Leaders lead they do not fromulate their own exit stradegy. While Tiki was compared to true leaders like Ray Lewis and Peyton Manning  who give their entire life to the game and their teams, Tiki was doing interviews where he says he no longer had the desire to play. In one interview I saw he said how in years past he would take scouting film home and watch it, he admitted he no longer did that. Thats not a leader. What defines a great leader is making other players believe in themselves, that is usually done by believing in them not finding his leadership amusing.

Tiki is all about Tiki, on his radio show he addressed Eli statement that Tiki lacked heart by suggesting that 16oo yards was enough to prove his heart. He was only concearned about himself not the team. The Giants are better off with out him. I really think Eli will be a better player with out Tiki. Everybody will be on the same page or will be gone.

The sad thing was Tiki has done the same thing before, to a guy who basically made his career great instead of just above medicore. Tom coughlin fixed his fumbling problem and gave him rushing and recieving numbers compreable to any player the last three years.

Tiki has done everything in the last eightteen months to burn every bridge in the Meadowlands. I do not know when it happened but Tiki stopped being part of the Giant and became part of Tiki and the Giants. He stopped seeing himself as one of 53 men, witch is the same things a guy like Terrel Owens does, but at least he wanted to play football. Lets be real here how much of a jerk Tiki must really be if a guy with the name Manning throughs him under the bus.