Tiller is a thug... he''s got to go

[Maplerock]

Tillery is a thug. Worst sportsmanship I've ever seen. Kicking the injured player''s head was bad enough. Then stepping on the ankle of the downed player was bizarre.

I think Fertita was robbed, but this guy makes us look bad. Ridiculous.

 

[Java65]

Disagree, we need more people with attitude. ND wants, and has, players that play like alter boys and you get alter boy performance. Does he need to learn sure, but I want more guys with his attitude and who hate losing.

 

[VirginiaWildcat]

Disagree, we need more people with attitude. ND wants, and has, players that play like alter boys and you get alter boy performance. Does he need to learn sure, but I want more guys with his attitude and who hate losing.

There's a difference between having attitude and playing like a thug...

 

[airman3]

You don't need a player with that kind of attitude

 

[end_23]

Disagree, we need more people with attitude. ND wants, and has, players that play like alter boys and you get alter boy performance. Does he need to learn sure, but I want more guys with his attitude and who hate losing.

Exactly. Maplerock is a Kelly lover too.

 

[wicker]

he seems to care. More than you can say for pretty much everyone else

 

[end_23]

There's a difference between having attitude and playing like a thug...

ND needs to start intimidating people again. Half the country hates ND any ways.

 

[Java65]

You don't need a player with that kind of attitude

Not if you are playing chess but if you are playing football you need a lot of them. Sure Tillary crossed the line but hell he cares and he's not going to back down from our biggest rivals.

ND needs to realize you can't play this game with alter boys.

 

[Java65]

There's a difference between having attitude and playing like a thug...

... and every single top program has a thug or 2. ND had a few of them back when we used to win. ND and too many fans would probably call for Chris Zorich to be tossed

 

[Maplerock]

Disagree, we need more people with attitude. ND wants, and has, players that play like alter boys and you get alter boy performance. Does he need to learn sure, but I want more guys with his attitude and who hate losing.

All our guys want to win. You don't win by kicking people when they're down. Beat them on the field. Anyone that thinks his behavior is what we need is ignorant.

Of course we need hard play, but not low class actions like he showed. His reputation is forever damaged.

 

[ZORO50]

Nico had the best hit in years.

Tillery should issue an apology to USC and to both players.
Nudging the head of the guy was worse. The kid looked dead after Nico's clean hit.

 

[Bumpdaddy]

Not if you are playing chess but if you are playing football you need a lot of them. Sure Tillary crossed the line but hell he cares and he's not going to back down from our biggest rivals.

ND needs to realize you can't play this game with alter boys.

If he wanted to prove he wasn't going to back down from one of our biggest rivals he should have beat the man in front of him. It's one thing to play with an attitude when you are also playing well, but a having an attitude just because you were frustrated that you couldn't beat your opponent before the whistle blew, that's bush league. Make an actual difference on the field before you show me you have an "edge."

 

[Bodizephax]

Disagree, we need more people with attitude. ND wants, and has, players that play like alter boys and you get alter boy performance. Does he need to learn sure, but I want more guys with his attitude and who hate losing.

What the hell are you talking about?!! Tillery plays very soft except when a player is defenseless on the ground. He is a coward and should be kicked off the team !

 

[Bodizephax]

... and every single top program has a thug or 2. ND had a few of them back when we used to win. ND and too many fans would probably call for Chris Zorich to be tossed

You are an idiot ! To compare Zorich to Tillery is laughable ! Tillery is a wussy on the football field, Did he even have a tackle today?

 

[bizzybecknd]

Was playing golf, just re-watched the Tillery play. That was far from thuggish. Good lord, the team has gone soft? How about the fan base? That wasn't a kick.

 

[SCglory]

Disagree, we need more people with attitude. ND wants, and has, players that play like alter boys and you get alter boy performance. Does he need to learn sure, but I want more guys with his attitude and who hate losing.

typical thug/loser attitude. You and guys like you are why notre dame is a sewer. You and that scumbag #99 are cut from the same clothe: losers all the way. Enjoy your off-season, you've earned it.

 

[SCglory]

All our guys want to win. You don't win by kicking people when they're down. Beat them on the field. Anyone that thinks his behavior is what we need is ignorant.

Of course we need hard play, but not low class actions like he showed. His reputation is forever damaged.

"his" reputation?? As far as the rest of the country goes, you are the new Miami....without the talent

 

[beachcardinal]

Have to say I was surprised by that. Not typical for ND.

 

[bizzybecknd]

Ok, just saw the ankle step. Still, it's football and he 'shouldn't be kicked off the team'. But that was unnecessary.

 

[St_Henry_Buckeye]

Was playing golf, just re-watched the Tillery play. That was far from thuggish. Good lord, the team has gone soft? How about the fan base? That wasn't a kick.

This post just shows how far ND has fallen. To somehow try to justify that thug's actions is beyond reprehensible. No he did not kick the guy. He stood on his ankle in an attempt to injure him. That is a sissy who is forced to take cheap shots rather than play straight up. I am sure you are in a small minority of ND fans thankfully.

 

[Bumpdaddy]

"his" reputation?? As far as the rest of the country goes, you are the new Miami....without the talent

Right, and you speak for the rest of the country. What a tool. You did see that the post you responded to was actually on your side... well, on the side of a reasonable USC fan anyway. Do you consider yourself a typical USC fan? I assume, since you speak for the entire country, you must.

 

[Extirpate 6951]

Ok, just saw the ankle step. Still, it's football and he 'shouldn't be kicked off the team'. But that was unnecessary.

Maybe it was accidental!

 

[theskibro]

Tillery is a thug. Worst sportsmanship I've ever seen. Kicking the injured player''s head was bad enough. Then stepping on the ankle of the downed player was bizarre.

I think Fertita was robbed, but this guy makes us look bad. Ridiculous.

totally disagree I will take Tillerys attitude any day all he is doing is showing the frustration of playing for Kelly - a loser wait till next year you think this is ugly?

 

[atlirishfan2]

You dont kick a player off the team for that. hell SUH is/was one of the dirtiest players but I assure you that you'd take him on your team any day... play with raw emotion and edge this was a rivalry game get over it

 

[NDnTN]

Ill take a Suh type player on my team anyday. Tillery doesnt play like Suh between the whistles though....

 

[NDnTN]

Who played good though...... Khalid Kareem. Impressed

 

[shabak]

Disagree, we need more people with attitude. ND wants, and has, players that play like alter boys and you get alter boy performance. Does he need to learn sure, but I want more guys with his attitude and who hate losing.

I agree. We need more badass is on the team who can survive academically. I don't condone what he did, I could understand that he did it out of frustration. We don't need gentleman playing football. We need controlled killers.

 

[TrojanHorse98]

The stepping on the foot was a whatever man, do what you do, stupid is as stupid does & it just helps the other team but moving a guy's head when he is down, thats not cool. not at all, thats when you have to wonder if the dude is all there; there is something wrong (and not in a good way) with that dude

 

[tkirish]

Yeah lots of frustration on NDs part. No excuse for that type of behavior. If he returns some form of punishment is warranted. Maybe missing a game or two. I don't know, but something should be done. Kicking someone when they are on the ground doesn't make you tough. It's just the opposite, it makes you a coward.

 

[beachcardinal]

It was bush league, but throwing off the team? Seems a bit extreme.

 

[wiu86]

Saw replay on both. Really cheap for sure. If a player can lose a game for targeting, this type behavior is right with it-especially since both were after the whistle had blown.

 

[1Redrum]

I turned the game off in the 4th so do not have the benefit of watching it live but he did not "kick" anyone in the head. Should he have not brushed his left foot against his head? Absolutely and he should be punished but after reading this and before watching the play on YouTube I was expecting way worse.

Bush league, stupid but no intent to injure. Stepping on the ankle was worse but even that was done gingerly.

 

[bizzybecknd]

This post just shows how far ND has fallen. To somehow try to justify that thug's actions is beyond reprehensible. No he did not kick the guy. He stood on his ankle in an attempt to injure him. That is a sissy who is forced to take cheap shots rather than play straight up. I am sure you are in a small minority of ND fans thankfully.

A thug is a guy who gets behind the wheel drunk and puts others lives at risk....

 

[bizzybecknd]

A thug is a guy who gets behind the wheel drunk and puts others lives at risk....

This post just shows how far ND has fallen. To somehow try to justify that thug's actions is beyond reprehensible. No he did not kick the guy. He stood on his ankle in an attempt to injure him. That is a sissy who is forced to take cheap shots rather than play straight up. I am sure you are in a small minority of ND fans thankfully.

or Mauruce Clarett or your current QB. Let's not throw stones from that moral tower that is The Buckeyes over a guy stepping on ankles on the football field.

 

[greenknight]

Was playing golf, just re-watched the Tillery play. That was far from thuggish. Good lord, the team has gone soft? How about the fan base? That wasn't a kick.

Huhhhhh kicks a person in head that just had his bell rung and stomps on downed players ankle dudes a scumbag

 

[impossibilityofreason1]

Was playing golf, just re-watched the Tillery play. That was far from thuggish. Good lord, the team has gone soft? How about the fan base? That wasn't a kick.

This. Some of the ND fan base would be whining if we had ass kicking coach or players that mixed it up and took no shit like the Holtz era. The whine and cheese crowd isnt ready for a take no prisoners crowd. Im not sure if Fertita is a good player but he brings the pain. We dont have enough of those players

 

[MARTY SC PSYC]

Disagree, we need more people with attitude. ND wants, and has, players that play like alter boys and you get alter boy performance. Does he need to learn sure, but I want more guys with his attitude and who hate losing.

Really? what does a kick to the head of a player laid out on the ground with a possible concussion and then stepping on a downed lineman's foot have to do with "attitude" and a guy who "hates losing"....the guy should be held accountable and it sure looked like your coach agreed with me.

 

[bizzybecknd]

Do you know what a kick is? The first one was harmless and you clearly have never been on the bottom of a pile. We got shots to ribs/kidneys/groins.. All part of the game.. As was Fertitta's hit. Over reaction by America, it has gone incredibly soft.

 

[MARTY SC PSYC]

Do you know what a kick is? The first one was harmless and you clearly have never been on the bottom of a pile. We got shots to ribs/kidneys/groins.. All part of the game.. As was Fertitta's hit. Over reaction by America, it has gone incredibly soft.

Harmless kick to the head?....I suppose you may be the one who's been kicked too many times in the head to know how damaging that act can be to a guy with a likely concussion if not worse...as a matter of fact, the player for SC has gone to the hospital for an MRI as we speak.

 

[beachcardinal]

Do you know what a kick is? The first one was harmless and you clearly have never been on the bottom of a pile. We got shots to ribs/kidneys/groins.. All part of the game.. As was Fertitta's hit. Over reaction by America, it has gone incredibly soft.

It is really hard to believe your are defending these actions.