06-17-2011, 01:49 PM
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Ahman Green vs. Rick Smith
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Ahman Green called KGOW (1560 AM) host Sean Pendergast on Thursday to say that Texans general manager Rick Smith asked him in 2007, when he saw limited action because of a hamstring injury after signing a four-year, $23 million contract, if he was faking the injury.
“I kind of took a step back,” he said. “It was kind of a ‘wow.’ It was probably the biggest eye-opening thing I’ve ever experienced in my professional career. … When he said that, it took everything in my power not to do something that I would have regretted.”
Green, who said he was not faking the injury, said Smith’s attitude toward him “left a bad taste in my mouth, and it was a strange experience from there on” with the Texans. He also said that before he came to Houston, other players warned him to be “leery” of Smith. “See the curve ball coming at you. Be ready for that,” he said he was told. The Texans had no comment.…
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