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Chad kissed the ‘Star’ in Dallas; and the ‘Star’ was head coach Marvin Lewis
REMEMBER WHEN
GARY REASONS
TUGGED THE BILL
OF SHULA’S CAP?
CHAD’S ‘KISS’ WAS
A LITTLE REMINDER
OF THAT INCIDENT
Chad Ocho Cinco didn’t kiss the Dallas “star” at midfield at Texas Stadium.
Instead, he kissed head coach Marvin Lewis. Yep, right there on the sidelines.
“He whispered something in my ear that I really liked, so I kissed him,” Chad said in Wednesday’s open locker room.
“That was my star. That was the whole point. That was the star,” Chad added.
(ARE YOU SCRATCHING YOUR HEAD? I AM!)
It was the first time he had ever pecked a coach on the cheek.
“Yeah. It was probably the last,” Chad said.
What did Lewis tell him?
“I can’t tell you,” Chad added.
And then he told us.
IN CHAD OCHO CINCO’S WORDS:
“I’m very emotional. Y’all don’t know that? Very emotional. No, we were just talking about a previous play that went on. He just said keep your head in the game, stay focused, stay focused, blah blah blah. And he said, ‘Smile.’ And this little thing coach Lewis and I have: When things aren’t going right, he just looks at me and says, ‘Smile.’ Whatever’s going on, it goes away right away. It’s a little thing we’ve got going, so it’s pretty cool. It’s kind of been able to keep myself from getting angry, from getting mad, from getting frustrated. Smile. And I do the same to him when he’s out there screaming in practice or something doesn’t go right in the game, I’ll just walk by him and just say ‘smile.’
“I’m not sure what’s going to happen (against the Jets). I’m not sure. It’s been frustrating all year. Of course, I’ve had to keep my mouth shut. Really don’t want to say anything to be a distraction. But when my opportunities do come, I am here to make the plays. But, based off of how things have gone this year with nothing really changing about my game, injury is not an issue, my shoulder’s fine, my ankle’s fine. But for those who don’t know why I’m not getting the ball, I have my own little philosophy on what’s going on. And I broke it down like this: Never, ever, ever, ever go against the monster, because the monster always wins. Get it? So y’all put that in your own perspective and you’ll understand where I’m coming from and why things are going the way it’s going right now.”
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By Brian
October 9, 2008 12:18 PM | Link to this
Between this incident and Mike Brown’s fetish for bad boys I’m starting to wonder if you should implement a “don’t ask; don’t tell” policy in your dealings with this franchise, Chick.By John
October 9, 2008 3:40 PM | Link to this
I don’t feel Shula had the same respect of the players and others as Marvin does. As I remember, Dave was yelling something at Reasons as he came off the field and Gary seemed to smile, and tugged on the coach’s hat. The team was really in disarray at that time and had a few fans in the stands.By psychostats
October 9, 2008 7:58 PM | Link to this
I read just enough about Ocho Smoocho to know I wanted to stop right there. … And for his next touchdown celebration, Chad plants a BIG ONE on the football. Ewwwww…By Done with the Bengals
October 9, 2008 9:25 PM | Link to this
The monster Chad is referring to is Mike Brown. Read between the lines people. Marvin is just a puppet of Mikey boy. Mike runs the team. That is why they are THE worst franchise in the NFL. One winning season in 18 years? You have an owner who is the self anointed GM and he has no one to answer to. He should have to answer to the fans and season ticket holders but they keep buying merchandise and season tickets and the other schleps who go down there and pay $7 a beer because you have to drink to get thru the ineptness on the field…all im saying is Mike Brown is an idiot who has not and will not change his ways. Your all suckers. I was. Im not anymore. Check out whodeyrevolution.com and get a clue. Mike has no clue. He knows how to count your money though. I used to have passion for this team. He has taken that from me and probably you. His legacy will be…dumbass.By tiewrinty
January 13, 2009 4:57 PM | Link to this
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