Colin remembers NBA Legend Jerry West, Aaron Rodgers to miss entirety of Jets minicamp | THE HERD

he was so many things he was um an all-time great player who became the logo you don't just make any player the logo no other player in our major sports had ever been considered to be the logo he was a generationally unique 80s 90s 2000s he was a respected basketball voice he was the architect of three dynasties and he was a Relentless personality you've seen that in the do Comm you've read that in books because he understood what greatness looked like and he was not willing to sacrifice anything to get there he also had a well documented tough bordering on Brutal childhood and it always felt like along the way he was a bit tortured even the way the Lakers relationship ended wasn't perfect Jerry was almost singular in his greatness he was arguably the first great guard in the NBA Mr Clutch he very quickly established himself as almost a Svengali a guru of basketball Talent yes you know about Shaq and Kobe and you know about Kareem and Magic but do you realize how big he was in the Warriors Dynasty as he aged I always say you can tell a lot about a man when he goes past perhaps his prime years you look at him you listen to him has he been willing to acknowledge issues grow evolve that was Jerry West he was the one that told them move off Monte Ellis Embrace Steph Curry and go get Andrew bogot you need size he was the one that told them I will resign if you move off Clay Thompson for Kevin Love and at the time Kevin Love was the better player he was the one that whispered in KD's ear you'll get better shots there than you do in Oklahoma City the architect of three D ities and arguably outside of the Bulls the three best dynasties ever he knew basketball he loved basketball he was great at basketball the best way I could describe Jerry West as a guard and as an executive he didn't miss much here's Jerry on our show years ago as the greatest executive talking about probably the greatest player Michael Jordan if you watched him go anywhere he was like the P Piper you could not keep people away from him he just had that that incredible Charisma but when he played every night he played he was not going to take a night off I love Michael Jordan I absolutely love Michael Jordan he just he's the best um he's the best athlete I've ever seen in basketball uh people are going to make comparisons but I wonder today with the rules having changed today you can't hand check you can't touch anyone you can walk all over the place you can carry the basketball all over the place and this is the evolution of the game if he could have added that to his game my goodness what would we see today it tells you a lot about Jerry West as that the greatest current players his contemporaries his peers all generations when Jerry walked into a room they stopped talking and they listened it was sometimes combative with the Lakers there's a lot of egos a lot of brain power a lot of greatness in Los Angeles and it didn't end well with the Lakers but Jerry has to be seen as almost singularly a unique all-time player and executive rest in peace to Mr Clutch the logo all right things a bit bumpy in New York with the Jets so Aaron ERS didn't show up for day one of mini camp now through the years I've said and I believe this there's too much football practice Shawn McVey came to the Rams with a different sensibility and said let's lighten up practice and let's not play any of our starters in the preseason people scoffed rolled their eyes they won't be ready for the opener they started the year 8 and0 it doesn't bother me that much that Aaron roders missed a day of mini camp although Diana Rini says reporter he now will miss the entire Camp okay so why was it so clunky when his head coach Robert Sola went to the podium a couple of days ago to talk about his absence on day one he's missing the entire Camp is it jury duty is he at a sales conference Co still going on events don't last a week so that's real fuzzy and also why did Robert saah have to say verbally he could have kept it to himself that it was um an unexcused absence my guess is the power Dynamic with Aaron roders has always been a little off so solo wants to make it clear he runs the team and not Aaron but it felt a little passive aggressive and like the scolding teacher but this is what happens when you give a prickly Rich set in his ways passive aggressive quarterback coming to save the franchise and you put him with a defensive coach on the hot seat with an 11 and 23 record before Aaron got there what you get is a weird power Dynamic even as great as Brady was bellich ran the show and Tom knew it even as great as momes is Andy Reid runs the show moves off a Tyreek Hill and momes knows it I could argue the rudderless ship known as the New York Jets needs stronger management not less intensity and less power and less leverage so Soler really has his hands tied but they've been tied from day one from the very outs that the power Dynamic here has been off it's why I didn't buy them last year I think they'll be good this year but I don't consider him a Super Bowl team too much of a Perpetual weird odd mess an uneven franchise that threw a hail marry to get Aaron let him pick the OC who wouldn't have gotten a job as an OC anywhere else in the league had him bring in Randall Cobb and Allan Lazard overpaying for Lazard Cobb is no longer really a roster player though he had a nice career it's all about the power Dynamic Salah when Aaron landed was an unproven losing record defensive coach who had no momentum with an impulsive owner a new GM you thought this was going to work Aaron in Green Bay never liked it that he didn't have as much control as he felt he deserved Brady never got caught up in that he didn't care he just wanted to win trophies so part of Aaron's personality has always been I want to say I'm going to do what I'm going to do so none of this is a surprise the quarterback the head coach the GM it just feels odd the power Dynamic is off you see this often in the NBA where the star runs through coaches that's a basketball culture thing it's not a football culture thing EX apparently in New York but ybs an event I was told last night from a source I trust Aaron's on vacation and it's overseas I'm also told you'll learn about where he's at tomorrow don't want to burn my source I'm told you'll learn about it tomorrow maybe he is at an event can't believe there's something overseas that would take 78 n days again maybe they have a music Festival but the point is don't be surprised by this this is sort of what you would expect impulsive owner new GM coach with a losing record prickly older at times arrogant disconnected quarterback in New York City with a pretty Relentless and inarguably massive press Corp this is what you get hi everybody it's me Uncle Colin subscribe here to get the latest from the herd including exclusive behind the scenes videos and more wherever you may be however you may be watching thanks again for making us part of 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