Wallace will report soon....

I just read this article and I hope it is true.... What was this guy thinkin'???

Steelers wide receiver Mike Wallace working out in Florida
Mike Wallace is training extensively in Florida and likely will report to Steelers training camp in the near future, according to the conditioning coach who has been working out the holdout receiver for the past two weeks.

By Alan Robinson

Published: Friday, August 10, 2012, 3:34 p.m.

Maybe a night’s worth of watching screen passes and quarterback scrambles convinced Mike Wallace he is better off catching passes in Pittsburgh than Orlando, Fla.

Wallace is training extensively in Florida and likely will report to Steelers training camp in the near future, according to the conditioning coach who has been working out the holdout receiver for the past two weeks.

“It has got to be pretty soon,” said conditioning coach Tom Shaw, contrasting reports that Wallace might not show up until well into the NFL season. “(The Steelers) aren’t just going to let him sit out there.”

Shaw, ending several weeks of silence by the Wallace camp, told the Tribune-Review on Friday that Wallace knows “it’s not a good thing to be out of camp. … The Steelers want him to come to camp. They’re a great organization.”

Wallace, a downfield receiving threat who is coming off successive 1,000-yard seasons, couldn’t negotiate a multiyear contract as a restricted free agent before training camp began July 25. When Wallace didn’t report, Steelers general manager Kevin Colbert cautioned the team wouldn’t budge from its policy of not negotiating with an absent player.

The Steelers want Wallace to sign his $2.7 million tender and report before they reopen talks with agent Bus Cook on a multiyear deal. However, if Wallace signs the tender, the Steelers could retain him by making him their franchise player next season.

“He’s been holding out because he feels he’s given three good years to the Steelers, and you have only so much time to make money (in the NFL),” Shaw said.

Two days after camp started, the Steelers gave a $42.5 million contract to receiver Antonio Brown, who has made only three career starts.

Without Wallace, the Steelers’ revamped offense moved the ball steadily but not spectacularly during a 24-23 preseason loss to the Eagles on Thursday night. Ben Roethlisberger didn’t attempt a single deep pass during a 16-play drive that started the game.

Shaw, who works with players such as Patriots quarterback Tom Brady and Steelers cornerback Ike Taylor at the Disney Wide World of Sports complex in Orlando, said Wallace isn’t talking to the media because his demands are being misrepresented.

“He gets mad when people write things that are totally false,” Shaw said. “He doesn’t want a $100 million contract, a $50 million contract. He’s never told anybody that. He knows the Steelers aren’t talking, and he’s not talking, so it gets him upset and he doesn’t want to talk (publicly).”

Wallace is working out just as if he were in camp, except for the lack of contact, Shaw said.

“He’s fast as lightning right now,” Shaw said. “He’s not going to put himself in a bad situation (conditioning-wise) so that he couldn’t play in the first game.”

While Wallace apparently hasn’t talked to the Steelers since camp began, Shaw said the receiver willingly chatted with several Pittsburgh-based youth teams who worked out at the Disney complex.

“Some people pump up guys like Tim Tebow, put him on a pedestal,” Shaw said. “But I’ve seen him walk by kids at Disney. Mike goes right to them and signs autographs. He’s a mentor to all the kids we’ve got here. He’s out there teaching them how to run routes. It’s great to see.”

Alan Robinson is a staff writer for Trib Total Media. He can be reached at arobinson@tribweb.com.

 

I'd buy this if we didn't know what Brown got and if he didn't take a shot at Tebow. Yes, Tebow may have to actu8ally get somewhere sometimes and he just might, be a little more well known to kids than Wallace...just maybe.

 

I'll believe it when I see it.

 

He'll be here.

I think It's getting close.

 

and that's a bad thing?, drives like this keep the other QB's on the bench * Brady*

 

I blame Bruce Ariens for all of this.

 

But they still get the same number of possessions.

 

Yes but when you put together long drive their defense gets tired while ours rests. Also long drives screws up the rythm of the other offense.

 

This is from Bouchette / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
August 11, 2012 12:01 am

By Ed Bouchette / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

"The Steelers have another chance to put some procedural pressure on holdout Mike Wallace starting today, if they wish. It is unlikely they will.

From today through Wednesday, teams can provide written notice to certain unsigned players and the union of their intent to place such players on what is called the Exempt List if they fail to report no later than one day prior to the second preseason game. The Steelers play the Indianapolis Colts Aug. 19.

A player thus notified who fails to report by then would be ineligible to play or receive compensation for at least three games, counting the preseason or regular season, from the time he reports.

Thus, the Steelers could give Wallace that notice and, if he didn't report, he would be ineligible for three games until he does report.

There is little indication the Steelers would do that. They passed on the chance to reduce Wallace's tender from $2.742,000 to $577,500 when they could have done so June 15.

Some of Wallace's teammates who have been talking with him during his holdout continue to express optimism that he will end his holdout soon."

 

I don't get how he feels slighted or wronged by the team as they've done nothing that they could have with reference to punitive measures against him.

 

The thing that would really be missed come mid season is just having wallace on the field will open up the short game. The DBs won't be able to cheat up knowing if Wallace gets behind them it is over so you'll basically have Brown and Sanders getting open underneath with the opposing defense either playing zone or man to man just because of the threat of Wallace. I think the team will do well without him but he does bring a lot to the table and I hope he comes back soon and that article did sound encouraging.

 

No kidding. We have been hearing "He will show up soon" for a couple of months now. YAWN