03-30-2017, 09:24 AM
(03-30-2017, 08:30 AM)Sled21 Wrote: This team is Mike Brown's family. He sees himself as a father figure to a lot of player, Pac included, who grew up without fathers and no one to really teach them. Yes, you and I would cut Pac for his constant BS after so many chances, but not Mike Brown. It's no different than him keeping an underperforming Devon Still on the team so his daughter could be insured for her cancer treatments. It may not be the best thing as far as a football team winning, but to me it's better than having a heartless owner who just throws people away. I respect him for that. People are free to go cheer for another team anytime, and if they don't like the way this team is run, they can go buy their own.
Pacman and Devon Stills situation are very different. Still was still relatively young and (we thought) would come into his own eventually. Oh, and he never had repeated trouble with the law. Pacman is on, what, his tenth chance? And Mike is speaking and acting like its his first offense.
Mike never should have gotten as close to Pacman as he did. He's emotionally involved now. He'll never cut him loose (even though he should because not cutting him sends a message that his shit behavior will be tolerated as long as folks cozy up to Mike). Same can be said for Marv Lewis. Marv could go 4-12 next season and Mike will still give him his yearly extension. Simply because they're good buddies. Paul Alexander too, for that matter.
This BS of refusing to seperate business and personal friends is asinine from a management standpoint. It's one of the many things that makes Mike the worst owner in professional sports.
