[S-Dubb]

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Aaron Glenn retires as a Texan
Posted by Mike Florio on July 27, 2010 8:26 PM ET
After 15 seasons, veteran defensive back Aaron Glenn finally is calling it quits. On Wednesday, he'll sign a one-day contract with one of the various teams with which he played.

He'll retire with the Texans. The team made the announcement earlier this evening.

Glenn has picked the Texans even though he spent only three seasons with the team. In contrast, he was a member of the Jets for eight years. He also spent two seasons with the Cowboys, one with the Jaguars, and one with the Saints. Glenn last played in 2008, landing on injured reserve in late November.

Picked 12th overall by the Pete Carroll-coached Jets in 1994, Glenn was a member of the first Texans team in 2002. He qualified for the Pro Bowl that year, for the third and final time of his career.

[Jetsfan115]

WTF?

[ROBJETS]

He was one of my favorite Jets player

Now he is forvever dead to me.

[ganggreen2003]

Why the hell is he retiring as a Texan when he was a JET for the longest tenure of his career....he didn't do shit with the texans and with the JETS he at least got to the playoffs and championship game

[Jetsman05]

Shame. Put alot of good, solid years in for the Jets.

Have a good retirement!

[FlyHiJets]

How do you retire with the only team in all of the four major sports to NOT ever make the playoffs over the team that you spent 8 yrs with and made a deep post season run with? WTF? One too many hits for Glenn.

[Displacednewyorker]

WOW, he just basically shat on the Jets. Thats sad, I liked the dude.

[Luigidel]

I had the same reaction when Reggie Jackson went into the hall as a Yankee, he only spent about 5 yrs with them. May be it has something to do with Glenn being left open for the expansion draft. If a team doesn't protect you during an expansion draft you can interpret it as they don't value you. Considering this would you retire as a Jet if you felt that way?

[gmany3k]

The Jets are the one to blame here Glenn was a stand up guy parcells cut him and glenn tried to get back with the team but it never happened so he had to go look for another team . I remember when he ran back an INT against us that yr right down our sideline.

[Luigidel]

gmany3k, on 28 July 2010 - 02:28 PM, said:

The Jets are the one to blame here Glenn was a stand up guy parcells cut him and glenn tried to get back with the team but it never happened so he had to go look for another team . I remember when he ran back an INT against us that yr right down our sideline.

Hey Bud, read my previous post. Parcells was not with the team February 2002 when Glenn was left available for the expansion draft

heres an article for ya

http://www.nytimes.c...ref=aaron_glenn

[Chaos]

Luigidel, on 28 July 2010 - 03:41 PM, said:

Hey Bud, read my previous post. Parcells was not with the team February 2002 when Glenn was left available for the expansion draft

heres an article for ya

http://www.nytimes.c...ref=aaron_glenn

That was a blast from the past. Haven't heard/read most of those names in a long time.

[Jetsman05]

gmany3k, on 28 July 2010 - 03:28 PM, said:

The Jets are the one to blame here Glenn was a stand up guy parcells cut him and glenn tried to get back with the team but it never happened so he had to go look for another team . I remember when he ran back an INT against us that yr right down our sideline.

Yeah... no.

[#73jetsfan]

Chaos, on 28 July 2010 - 03:46 PM, said:

That was a blast from the past. Haven't heard/read most of those names in a long time.

Interesting article !
Glenn made his choice, that's fine.
As far as I see it, It is very rare for a
Pro-athlete to start and finish his career with one team !
Now, It's all about how much money I can get before I retire.
I am sure Glenn did not
(for one minute ) give a rat's butt what some fan in New York think's about his retirement!

[Holmes10]

Luigidel, on 28 July 2010 - 02:50 PM, said:

I had the same reaction when Reggie Jackson went into the hall as a Yankee, he only spent about 5 yrs with them. May be it has something to do with Glenn being left open for the expansion draft. If a team doesn't protect you during an expansion draft you can interpret it as they don't value you. Considering this would you retire as a Jet if you felt that way?

Bingo!! He was extremely upset when the Jets exposed him to that expansion draft...but at the time his contract had the jets hands tied! Parcells gave out a couple of contracts that had the next couple of regimes in cap hell, since the contracts escalated....Marcus Coleman being another one of those...

Having stated that, Aaron Glenn was an excellent Jet! If I'm not mistaken, he was the 1st round pick by Pete Carroll in his 1 year stint here...

[Luigidel]

Leon#29, on 28 July 2010 - 05:50 PM, said:

Bingo!! He was extremely upset when the Jets exposed him to that expansion draft...but at the time his contract had the jets hands tied! Parcells gave out a couple of contracts that had the next couple of regimes in cap hell, since the contracts escalated....Marcus Coleman being another one of those...

Having stated that, Aaron Glenn was an excellent Jet! If I'm not mistaken, he was the 1st round pick by Pete Carroll in his 1 year stint here...

If Herm didn't like him for his type of defense scheme he could have been traded for pics or someone Herm liked more. Glenn had to have taken it personally because he wasn't an average player.

[S-Dubb]

Honestly, I'm shocked. I liked him, now... he's dead to me.

[HurricaneJet32]

Wasn't Glenn a Texas native? If so, maybe he took pride in being part of the creation of a new Texas team. He can say he was one of the first players in a franchise in his home state...not too shabby. He might have particularly enjoyed his time there, his teammates, coaches, owner...whatever.

You guys are being ridiculous to hate on the guy for this...it's his choice.

[santana]

HurricaneJet32, on 29 July 2010 - 09:14 AM, said:

Wasn't Glenn a Texas native? If so, maybe he took pride in being part of the creation of a new Texas team. He can say he was one of the first players in a franchise in his home state...not too shabby. He might have particularly enjoyed his time there, his teammates, coaches, owner...whatever.

You guys are being ridiculous to hate on the guy for this...it's his choice.

Ridiculous? nahhh

thats just how this board rolls

and i agree it was his choice good for glenn ny obviously didnt suit him compared to being a texan plus.. the texans seemed to be very loyal to him keeping him around as a veteran for a while.

let it be known i am still an aaron glenn fan
screw the rest of you non loyal bickering fans

[gmany3k]

Good for you Santana .

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Ridiculous? nahhh

thats just how this board rolls

and i agree it was his choice good for glenn ny obviously didnt suit him compared to being a texan plus.. the texans seemed to be very loyal to him keeping him around as a veteran for a while.

let it be known i am still an aaron glenn fan
screw the rest of you non loyal bickering fans

If you think this is bad you should check what other boards think about him.

However he was born in Texas. Humble, Texas as a matter of fact. He gets a pass.