Hey James!

[K92]

Stay classy!http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/6765621/...ords-dull-point

[GP1]

I don't care if he is "classy" as Freddy Blassie or not. I do care about how he plays football though. There are very, very, very few teams who wouldn't have him on their team.

[Z.I.P.]

"because of his inflammatory language, Harrison lost any opportunity to make his point about the fairness of Goodell's system or to try to persuade Goodell to change it."Someone provide this lady a copy of the Bill of Rights, please.

[RowdyZip]

"because of his inflammatory language, Harrison lost any opportunity to make his point about the fairness of Goodell's system or to try to persuade Goodell to change it."Someone provide this lady a copy of the Bill of Rights, please.

The Bill of Rights has nothing to do with this. Harrison digs himself in as ignorant, aggressive, and immature with some of these comments. I believe the author's point is that one can not be effective in argumentation when one fails to bring a valid point and/or comes across as unintelligent name-caller. James Harrison is a prime example of why players need to keep their traps shut during these negotiations and leave the arguments to hired professionals and those who still have half a brain in their heads.

[Dave in Green]

That's right. Everyone has the right to speak their minds, and then everyone else has the opportunity to evaluate whether or not they are out of their minds.

[GP1]

Harrison digs himself in as ignorant, aggressive, and immature with some of these comments.

Is it really shocking this would happen to a professional athlete?

[Dr Z]

Stone cold nut. I'm pretty sure I've told this story here before. The year Dwight Smith beat Ken+ in Ken+, CK and I were walking to our seats and got stopped as the Ken+ team was coming out of their locker room. It was as cold as it's ever been in Ohio that day, every Ken+ player looked like they were going to the electric chair, except for one dude. I had no idea who James was at the time, but he was jumping around and yelling like he was getting ready for the fight of his life. I think he lives most days of his life like that. Marketing genius by Mens Journal interviewing this coo-coo. They couldn't have paid for marketing this good.Read the article, not ESPN writing about the article.James Harrison: Confessions of an NFL Hitman

[Blue & Gold]

It's part of what makes him an excellent football player. But also why he'll probably find it next to impossible to function in the real world after his playing days are over.Even though he played @ Can't, I still tell people he's from Akron Coventry.

[GP1]

I saw JH one time at a Pens game in the old arena in the Igloo Club. Between periods, he signed autographs and took photos with anyone who asked. Talked to the people too and was very nice. Not the guy in the magazine article.

[Blue & Gold]

I saw JH one time at a Pens game in the old arena in the Igloo Club. Between periods, he signed autographs and took photos with anyone who asked. Talked to the people too and was very nice. Not the guy in the magazine article.

That's great to hear that he's still humble and appreciative. Didn't he actually get cut by two teams before catching on with the Steelers and becoming one of the best linebackers on planet earth?

[Dr Z]

Didn't he actually get cut by two teams before catching on with the Steelers and becoming one of the best linebackers on planet earth?

Harrison went undrafted in the 2002 NFL draft , fearing he was too short (six feet) to play linebacker, and too light (240 pounds) to play on the defensive line. A few teams did send him training camp invites. The Steelers signed Harrison as an undrafted rookie in 2002. Harrison spent two years on and off the practice squad for the Steelers, being released three times, and was also briefly on the active roster towards the end of the 2002 season, playing only special teams. Teammate and fellow linebacker James Farrior later told NFL Network that Harrison was so green early on in his career that he would simply “give up” on plays he was struggling on and would even ask the coaches not to play him when he was struggling. Farrior said, "He was a knucklehead that didn't know the plays. We'd be in practice, in training camp, and he might not know what he doing so he'd just stop and throw his hands up and tell (the coaches) to get him out of there. We thought the guy was crazy."He was signed by Baltimore in late 2003, then sent to the Rhein Fire of NFL Europe, but eventually cut by the Ravens. After being cut for a fourth time, Harrison considered not playing anymore. Shortly after, he was signed a fourth time by the Steelers during training camp in 2004 after Clark Haggans sustained an injury in an offseason weightlifting accident. Showing much improvement, Harrison made the final roster and has remained with the Steelers since.sourceSI's Rare Photos of JamesA lot of stuff was left out of the article, James also called Colt “an idiot kid quarterback.”