After Joe Montana's comments

get your facts straight people;

first i dont know why joe had to talk about this. its kind of rediculous for him to make any comments other than protecting coach devine.

1st. coach devine chose to dress rudy for the last game. rudy was well liked by the senior squad. the sweater scene NEVER happened. Coach devine DID talk to the senior varsity players before posting the list and rudy was on it. Coach Devine was also aware of the promise he inherited from the previous coach to Rudy.

2nd. the coach played him without any chants. there was never a slow clap at practice. rudy was on the list for the last game, therefor he never quit nor dramatically came back. personally i hate the quit scene but it leads to the big talk. i cant respect someone who put in all that effort and quits on the job in the last seconds.

3rd. coach devine was approached by the film makers and they asked him if they could use him as negative character. they sold him on the idea to an extent. this is a coach who thought rudy was a key part of the team and the story was an important and motivational one to tell. he figured a little spice wouldnt harm. he was etremely unhappy with the lengths to which he was made to look like a bad guy. the sweater scene was unacceptable to him.

4th. JOE MONTANA's quote was "kinda playin around, i wont say joke, but playin around". personally i dont take this as an insult. i also dont think its a change from what i figured was happening in the movie anyways. it wasnt a huge game but what rudy did was work from nothing to a couple plays for the team of his dreams in the field of his dreams. The seniors definently knew it was his dream. i dont think it destroys the carry at all. they picked him up like you would a chum after a great success. as pointed out earlier joe didnt have the kind of connection with rudy that the seniors did because he was a 3rd string freshman on scholarship. rudy was a walk on practice squad player with zero athletic ability and was taking the spot of a scholarship player. the seniors highly respected Rudy. the real rudy might be an ass in person or maybe not, it doesnt matter. the guy practiced every play with 110 percent and it was for the love of the fighting irish. Despite getting killed, and even demanding to be hit with full force, he never missed a game or stayed down. the boys respected it. so yes in fun and in salute of rudy they carried the guy off the field. it happens in sport on occassion when someone shows real dedication. the guys knew he was proud to do what the team needed him to. he took his role seriously and played it with the heart most would love to see in a starter.

5th. in closing... in hockey we have something called black aces (borrowed poker reference). black aces are players that cant make the line-up for the game but they are key to good teams. the depth of your black aces and the competitiveness keeps you mentally focussed and ready for the game. now a days the sports world is full of "practice? we talkin about practice?" athletes. some teams, and i will point out that they tend to be the elite teams, still keep black ace lineups to inject into practices to get the compete level up and keep players honest. i will also point out that this is far less necessary in hockey than in football. football is about plays and thus there is much more need for the varsity or starting team to keep their heads in the practice and work honestly, and to see a well executed defense or offense against them. a good scout team only strengthens the team as a whole. if you got one guy who gets killed over and over and keeps coming back because he is dedicated to the team and knows why he is there and what he brings to the team... than others follow the example and have no excuses.

do i really need to say this stuff? to me none of these "revelations" are a surprise. i rolled my eyes at the jersey scene... IF it had ever happened the player starting it would likely be a drama queen. captains normally dont have to do stuff like that to make a coach listen to them. the fact rudy is on the scout team and highly respected means that to some degree the players are benefiting from him and if they are successful than it can be attributed to the whole group including doctors trainers therapists tutors and rudy. the quiting scene made zero sense and came off as pouting which i just dont see happening from the dedicated character. the carry scene i thought was in fun and was more of a team thing than a full team and crowd thing. i blame the director for making the carry seem more than it was. sean saluting the crowd as rudy is a bit much...and i thought this before montanas statements. he played two shifts, more likely is he got carried off high fiving the guys he readied for war every week. it was their thing and no one elses. it came off as rediculous that rudy salute the crowd for his 2 plays... no one is that delusional.

joe montana should know by now that most people are illiterate and cant even quote correctly. its just best to not say anything. if the viewer doesnt think the players were just having fun hoisting and carrying rudy off the field after an otherwise meaningless game, than what the *beep* WERE you thinking? it doesnt diminish it, they werent making fun of rudy. rudy was dressed and played in place of an elite scholarship player for a reason, and they hoisted him in fun for a reason.

there are athletes that want to coast thru practices and there are athletes who want to face the challenges and be prepared. you want it easy? practice with your mom.

There's a high level of humor in calling Montana the egomaniac when Rudy basically spent a decade begging movie studios to make this film, which is essentially a two-hour story about how awesome he is because he got to play for Notre Dame for 30 seconds.