re: Can I get a history lesson on The Rant's Manning family hatred?

Archie's summer camp starting in the early 90's and throughout the years heavily influenced kids away from LSU. Jake Delhomme will tell you this straight from the horse's mouth. Not really a secret that Archie not only hates LSU, but went out of his way to indirectly hurt LSU's chances at recruits or diamonds in the rough with high ceilings.

I don't know how much Saban recruited Eli, he had just got the LSU job and was still an unknown.
Plus Booty decided to finally come back and you had Davey

I don't think you can argue with either's decision, Peyton went to the most talented SEC team at the time and LSU was horrible and Eli got to play for Cutcliffe who mentored Manning at his dad and mom's alma mater.

To be fair...when did LSU have anything to offer a Manning? When Peyton and Eli were making their choices LSU wasn't exactly a powerhouse

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They’re not “too good” for LSU, they’re just in a different place culturally.

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You’re over thinking this. Majority of LSU’s players didn’t grow up dreaming to be a tiger. It doesn’t have as much weight as people on here make it seem. A lot of these kids who dream of being a tiger don’t even end up being offered. Perfect example. Dak Prescott. “Culture fit” doesn’t matter. The only culture that matters is a clean program that wins.

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- As a school, we have recently developed one of the most talented QB's in the NFL who is Super Bowl caliber.

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I think Archie would put the kibosh on that, seems like he's the ultimate helicopter parent/grandparent

Archie was solid, he just played for a rival.

His kids suck.

I have no hatred for them
They seem like nice people
They are not sending any kids here
They don't bad mouth LSU if any of them hate LSU
its Archie but that has mellowed from the 60"s

Archie was responsible for ensuring the Saints were not a good organization while he was in New Orleans. He was a likeable, “aw shucks” guy who people couldn’t stay mad at. It’s obvious he was trying, right? But he never challenged his teammates to be better. He was not a motivator. He didn’t complain to or about the team managers in an effort to build a winning team. He left to go play elsewhere but scurried back for an announcing job.

Archie convinced Peyton to go back to Tenn to avoid being drafted by the Saints. Peyton had another overhyped, mediocre season there and then Team Manning made threats about what would happen if he didn’t get drafted by the right team. Eli did the same thing and looked like someone shot his dog when he was drafted by a team he and Daddy didn’t like.

Peyton thought that the way to motivate his teammates and coaches was to badmouth them and blame them for losses. He talks like he has a mouthful of marbles. People used to actually debate if Tom Brady was better than Oeyton! LOL!

I feel the least disdain for Eli. He appears to be an idiot savant but not so much a savant. He’s the Dumb One. He curses so he’s cool with me.

Cooper, aka Goort, was an embarrassment to the family and kept locked away in the attic until recently. Just kidding but his injury and lack of athletic achievements has made him bitter. People say that he’s a huge success in financial planning. Really? I might not know a lick about financial instruments but if I called the top execs at any N.O. firm and dropped the Manning name and asked if we could talk finances during a round of golf with my dad or brothers, who would say no??? No one’s buying that BS.

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he lost out on that one with moo st., got paid by Jerry for accomplishing nothing so far, so it worked out for him

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If he went to LSU and broke a bunch of school records then went on to be QB for Dallas in the same fashion, most die hards on here would be kissing his arse just like they do for OBJ and Whitworth