Wells interrogated Jim McNally for SEVEN HOURS

supafly · May 16, 2015

VectorPrime said:
Apparently the surveillance tapes are on a 10 day loop which means the footage for older games no longer exists. I suppose it could mean there is footage for the Divisional game since that was only 8 days earlier but that is cutting it close. I know, I was extremely disappointed to hear about this too. But based on the fact that the officials specifically said how odd it was that McNally went into the bathroom and that it was something they had never seen in their years on the job I think we can assume that he hadn't been doing it before. The question then is where do the investigators claim he was able to deflate the balls in the past if not in the bathroom? Do they address this?

I do not believe that they suggested any ways that he could have deflated balls post official inspection, so it's just left up to the imagination of the ignorant, casual fan.

Had this issue been raised, it would be difficult to explain what happened during the Oct. home game against the NYJ. I find it difficult to believe that if something had been going on, they wouldn't have attempted to do it vs. their biggest rival on national television.

Mack Herron · May 16, 2015

supafly said:
Deus-- is that really a direct, word for word quote where Wells actually suggests "1,000 crimes against the NFL?" If so, that's beyond insane.

Poetic license perhaps? Goodell is so far down the rabbit hole with this one it is hard to tell anymore.

scout · May 16, 2015

VectorPrime said:
I've been reading around and apparently 7 hours for an interview, even for something so dumb as this, isn't too out of the ordinary. McNally is not going to find much sympathy for this and refusing a second interview.

Ok, how many consecutive hours did Ray Rice get interviewed?

supafly · May 16, 2015

Mack Herron said:
Poetic license perhaps? Goodell is so far down the rabbit hole with this one it is hard to tell anymore.

Yes, I was a bit ashamed for asking the question due to realizing how silly it may sound, but it's really hard to know what to believe anymore.

Deus Irae · May 16, 2015

mgteich said:
I guess all that matter is that we vent. There should be no reasoned discussion of what might or might no happen. I bow to your superior experience. I'm sure that you have participated in many more depositions and formal questioning that I have. NOT

The why is that there MIGHT be some who might want to try to understand, rather than just vent. But perhaps, not.

And why don't we make believe that the Wells folks interviewed him 10 or 12 times. He was interviewed by them once, apparently for 7 hours. The league had previously interviewed him. The interviewers compared their notes, and decided that they had followup questions. The patriots decided that enough was enough.

mgteich said:
Yup this a "winner". Please document anywhere other than here that says that the Wells folks interviewed McNally more than once.

Again, I don't really understand your problem here, for multiple reasons.

1: They don't get to re-set the interview numbers to zero every time they switch interrogators.
2: You were the one who'd compared these to depositions earlier, and you only get one of those per deponent, unless you get court permission to go back
3: According to the Patriots' side of things, it was agreed upon that there would be just the one interview -

You have requested new
interviews of those already interviewed, as well as interviews of a
number of other individuals. We will work to accommodate all
those interviews. The interviews will be arranged so that, barring
unanticipated circumstances, there will not be future multiple
interviews of the same person.”

No time limits were put on his prior interviews, three by League
Security and one, full day interview, by you.

We had an agreement from the outset that, barring extraordinary
or unexpected circumstances, each person would be subjected to
only one interview by you.

If there are truly unanticipated fact areas that you believe
are relevant to whether there was tampering with the balls at the
AFC Game for which you need his input, let me know what they
are and I will see how best to get you that information. Certainly
were we in litigation you would not get the relief you now seek
without disclosing specifically what it is that has triggered the
request for a fifth deposition of the same witness and what it is
you plan to cover. I do not feel I am asking you for anything out of
the ordinary by making this request.

Deus Irae · May 16, 2015

supafly said:
Deus-- is that really a direct, word for word quote where Wells actually suggests "1,000 crimes against the NFL?" If so, that's beyond insane.

No. I was trying to highlight the absurdity of a man using what is basically nothing more than a pair of texts more than 6 months old, and out of context, as proof of malfeasance 'more probably than not'.

supafly · May 16, 2015

Deus Irae said:
No. I was trying to highlight the absurdity of a man using what is basically nothing more than a pair of texts more than 6 months old, and out of context, as proof of malfeasance 'more probably than not'.

Thanks. It sounded quite shocking and I wondered if I simply missed it, but felt that there was still a 50/50 shot, which speaks volumes for this entire investigation.

TheFlyingWedge · May 16, 2015

It probably sounded a bit like the Salem Witch Trials...

[Hathorne]: Sarah Good what evil spirit have you familiarity with?
[Good]: None
[Hathorne]: Have you made no contract with the devil?
Good answered ‘no’
[Hathorne]: Why do you hurt these children?
[Good]: I do not hurt them. I scorn it.
[Hathorne]: Who do you imploy then to do it?
[Good]: I imploy no body.
[Hathorne]: What creature do you imploy then?
[Good]: No creature but I am falsely accused.
[Hathorne]: Why did you go away muttering from Mr Parris his house?
[Good]: I did not mutter but I thanked him for what he gave my child.
[Hathorne]: Have you made no contract with the devil?
[Good]: No.

- See more at: http://historyofmassachusetts.org/john-hathorne-the-salem-witch-judge/#sthash.Nhq5jdi3.dpuf

Joker · May 16, 2015

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TheFlyingWedge · May 16, 2015

Joker said:
I clicked this thread just to see THIS guy...LOVE this avatar

Thanks amigo! I photoshopped it several years ago - I think its Knute Rockne but not sure

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