WEB EXCLUSIVE: Tiki Barber’s agent speaks about the former Giants’ intestinal fortitude and claims he’s not going to Tampa Bay
The
transition from feature tailback to talk show sidekick has been rocky
for Tiki Barber. He has tried to be as cutting and occasionally
inflammatory as other sports commentators, yet he has been criticized
as an athlete and disloyal teammate, instead of a burgeoning television
analyst.Barber’s longtime agent Mark Lepselter thinks that the media should lay off their new colleague. “Half the people that throw darts couldn’t take it themselves,” he said.
Unlike his predecessors, the loquacious Barber made his private thoughts about his former team very public. He wrote that Giants head coach Tom Coughlin took the joy out of football. He disparaged quarterback Eli Manning’s leadership abilities.
Then he sat back and watched his draconian former coach with his comical quarterback win Super Bowl XLII. According to the New York tabloids, the dramatic turn of events has left Barber with egg on his face.
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