However for him to take sides and attempt to affect the outcome - that is a very slippery slope from which I see no return. What's next, espn analysts looking at the coaches all-22 film and giving pointers to one team? Doing the same thing but misleading their opponent?
On that same line of thinking, I was mildly bothered by ESPN's hiring of Eric Mangini the week before this playoff matchup against the Jets. I found it odd that he was basiclly hired to keep repeating gameplan tips to beating the Patriots, both on TV and on their radio stations.
Not trying to rationalize that is the reason they lost, but thought it was definitly BS that it was the one and only main topic he was hired for. (Does anybody really think ESPN hires Mangini if Cleveland had lost to the Patriots this year?) I kept thinking, "when does ESPN bring in a former coach with the gameplan for beating Pitt, or Balt?"
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