08-11-2013, 03:18 PM
I don't see how honoring Elway when it is his time can in any way be seen as a slam on Toby. It's just not his time and I believe Toby would understand this.Â
Look at it this way, if Jim Plunket and John Elway had to wait 20+ years to see if their numbers stood the test of time why would Toby merit a faster evaluation? What has he done differently to deserve a fast track path? Are his numbers that much better than Darrin Nelson's, John Elway's, Jim Plunkett's and, yes, Andrew Luck's? The Toby we know would understand this and it's is hard to imangine him being OFFENDED by waiting just as his heroes did.
(By the way, didn't we have this discussion about 5 years ago when we realized that Toby would be great and was wearing Elway's number? This entire discussion has a deja vu quality.)
Look at it this way, if Jim Plunket and John Elway had to wait 20+ years to see if their numbers stood the test of time why would Toby merit a faster evaluation? What has he done differently to deserve a fast track path? Are his numbers that much better than Darrin Nelson's, John Elway's, Jim Plunkett's and, yes, Andrew Luck's? The Toby we know would understand this and it's is hard to imangine him being OFFENDED by waiting just as his heroes did.
(By the way, didn't we have this discussion about 5 years ago when we realized that Toby would be great and was wearing Elway's number? This entire discussion has a deja vu quality.)
In 1938 Neville Chamberlain declared "Peace in our time", Superman first appeared in Action Comics, Seabiscuit beat War Admiral ....... and C.a.l last won the Rose Bowl.