EH31 2,522 Report Share Posted August 17, 2006 By STEVE WYCHE The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Published on: 08/15/06 Flowery Branch  Pads cracked, coaches got riled and tempers flared. In the eyes of coach Jim Mora, that resulted in the Falcons having one of their best practices of training camp at the first of two workouts Monday. "I loved the way they worked today," Mora said. "We had a little ruckus, which we hadn't had since the first week of camp. They're tired; they know camp is winding down, and they want to get their work in. These guys have a lot of pride. It was just a good, physical practice." Two heated skirmishes occurred, the first between cornerback DeAngelo Hall and wide receiver Adam Jennings, the second involving a cluster of players  including Hall again  after tackle Todd Weiner and safety Lawyer Milloy tussled to the ground. Hall didn't take part in the evening practice and had his left wrist and thumb bandaged. They were pretty typical of training camp flare-ups, but these were seasoned with some hot sauce. Emotions carried over through several drills, in which high tempo and effort replaced tempers. "It was intense," Mora said. "They were into it." Possibly setting the tone, the Falcons broke out a new full-contact drill where coaches were relentless in their open critiques of players. Mora didn't say whether the drill was in response to some of the struggles defenders had getting off blocks in Friday's 26-23 victory over New England in the opening exhibition, claiming it was more, "to get the pads going." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EH31 2,522 Author Report Share Posted August 17, 2006 That was the best article I could find. I heard the Hall-Jennings "scuffle" was big.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Narz_Wave 10 Report Share Posted August 17, 2006 D Hall plays with alot of fire. I remember him playing at VaTech I believe it was his freshman year at Pitt. He was on the punt team and leveled the returner after he had called for a fair catch. Stupid penalty, but you could tell it was an attempt to try and light a fire under the Tech team that was playing pretty crappy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VHSLhelper 571 Report Share Posted August 17, 2006 you need to get onto VVA. While they were showing tennis lessons, JHL (Johnson City) & CYB (Bristol) were showing the incident (and Blfd. is the closer of the 3!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beaverteeth 10 Report Share Posted August 17, 2006 WVVA news was there and showed the whole thing on the news last night. it was a little scuffle with some facemask slinging, nothing too outragous.Deon "prime time" came over and grabbed hall to break it up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HomeTownFan 10 Report Share Posted August 17, 2006 Hall is nothing but a thug, talent doesn't include class. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
98spartan 10 Report Share Posted August 17, 2006 [ QUOTE ] Hall is nothing but a thug, talent doesn't include class. [/ QUOTE ] i agree totally. it seems like alot of tech players have this problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigD4VT 11 Report Share Posted August 17, 2006 Ahh, another stab at VT because of the actions of a FORMER player. There are training camp scuffles throughout the NFL every year. That's what happens with competitive people sometimes. Doesn't make them thugs. Cocky maybe, but nobody ever said Hall wasn't cocky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
98spartan 10 Report Share Posted August 17, 2006 you look at tech over the past few years.they remind me of miami of the past.call it cocky or what ever you want, but there actions of the field the past few seasons got alot of people talking.been an awful lot of personal fouls lately.it seems this stems from being cocky then gettin showed up by someone and gettin mad.reacting in the wrong way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigD4VT 11 Report Share Posted August 17, 2006 I don't like it either. And it's being dealt with by Frank Beamer... But the point is being cocky doesn't make you a thug. Chipper Jones is cocky. Is he a thug? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLU 10 Report Share Posted August 17, 2006 Beamer is a good football coach, but maybe he pampers the kids too much off the field? In return they think they can do whatever they want in the real world. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
98spartan 10 Report Share Posted August 17, 2006 i said " call it cocky or what ever you want." in my opinion they are a bunch of thugs.just my opinion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
98spartan 10 Report Share Posted August 17, 2006 listen man i played hs ball and know what its like to get fired up.but show it in a different way.there is no need to give gestures to the crowd or spit on people, get a cheap shot in on someone, dance around. that doesnt show much class. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigD4VT 11 Report Share Posted August 17, 2006 [ QUOTE ] Beamer is a good football coach, but maybe he pampers the kids too much off the field? In return they think they can do whatever they want in the real world. [/ QUOTE ] What's gotten into you BLU? You made a good point without insulting anyone [shocked}. I agree with you to a point. I think Beamer does pamper them them a little too much sometimes but I don't think it has anything to do with their actions after they leave Tech. Hall's in the NFL now and has an NFL coach. But in his case I don't see where he's done anything wrong. Athletic arrogance is not a crime. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigD4VT 11 Report Share Posted August 17, 2006 [ QUOTE ] listen man i played hs ball and know what its like to get fired up.but show it in a different way.there is no need to give gestures to the crowd or spit on people, get a cheap shot in on someone, dance around. that doesnt show much class. [/ QUOTE ] I agree... but it doesn't make them thugs. Just undisciplined and hopefully you won't see any of that in Lane this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulldogs52 483 Report Share Posted August 17, 2006 [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] Hall is nothing but a thug, talent doesn't include class. [/ QUOTE ] i agree totally. it seems like alot of tech players have this problem. [/ QUOTE ] This happens at all levels these players are tired of hitting on each other they are ready for the season to begin, But i find it funny how some of you judge people!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
falcons1 10 Report Share Posted August 17, 2006 Im on of the biggest Falcons Fans there is and. D. Hall is not a thug he plays with this swagger if he gets beat or someone catches a pass on him he gets into this mode where he will do anything possible to not let it happen he wants to be the best there is in the NFL at CB. He is not a thug he just has the swagger "cocky" attidude and personally i like it if he can back it up its fine. He is far from a thug i have a really good friend that plays for Deep Creek the High School he came from and he says he talks to D.Hall alot and that he sees him alot too and he is kinda of dorky in person and has a really high pitch voice haha he isnt the kind of guy that goes out and gets into trouble far from it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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