07-26-2021, 04:39 PM
(07-26-2021, 04:29 PM)Wes Mantooth Wrote: Man, he can be tough to listen to sometimes.
He says the fans wanted it, the media wanted it and most importantly, the former players wanted it. He also says they're thrilled to be honored. I mean, yeah, no kidding. All of this has be true for years and years and years.
Why would you have to be dragged to do anything that your fans and players want? What could have possibly prevented you from trying to make these people happy? It's not money, as this isn't really something that's even a blip on the radar that is the budget of an NFL team. Why did he fight this for so long?
I'll never understand how someone can be this stubborn. He knowingly dismissed fans and players wishes for years, all the while suffering in the media as a result. Why? Because he just didn't want to do it, and now he's being dragged along (forced to).
In my mind this is basically what he just said: "There were plenty of good reasons to do it all along. I knew that it would make the fans and former players happy but I just didn't feel like doing it. I really don't care what anyone else wants or making my customers or employees happy. I only really care about standing up for my principles. But I'm doing to now because I'm being forced to. And I actually quite enjoy it now that we're doing it, so I was wrong all along."
He also shared his thoughts on free agency: 'If I had my ideal situation, there wouldn't be free agency.' He literally hasn't budged on his opinion of free agency since it's inception 3 decades ago.
