Patriots Rumor Is Mike’s job security in danger? (Vrabel + Russini)

[NormZauchin]

Not mainly people on this thread. Mostly stuff from outside the forum and outside New England.

 

[ViperGTS]

I don't want him fired right now. If more comes out and it becomes a continuous distraction then it might be time. We aren't there yet.

 

[TheRainMaker]

Question then would be if it’s on a temporary basis or for good. I could definitely see a deal where he takes a “year off” lets McDaniels run the show for a year. Then rejoins in a year when the dust settles.

It may be "temporary", but it will give Bob options in the event it calms down and whoever replaces Vrabel doesn't do well. I think Vrabel could step down if more information comes out as we've seen recently. And it only takes one ******* reporter to bring up information Vrabel may have received if they were having an affair. That's when it could really get ugly for the Patriots.

 

[Actual Pats Fan]

Anything someone says before “but” is horseshit, as demonstrated above.

Hart paved the way for Clinton. Clinton paved the way for everyone else.

Should we leave out Edwards?

 

[Uptown]

 

[1960Pats]

That's the first time I've seen the woman. Holy crap.

 

[1960Pats]

Should we leave out Edwards?

The person who paved the way for Clinton was Ross Perot.

 

[Thelonious]

Still on this?

I'll repeat what I said on day two or something of this ugly gloatfest. Vrabel should have issued a short press release to all the yammering fanboys and clickbait jackasses in the press saying simply: "This is a private matter. Mind your own ****ing business."

If you remain obsessed with this, you are pathetic.

Do I approve of his apparent actions? No. Do I feel the least admiration for his taste in girlfriends? No. But none of this is any of my business, or yours. Do I think this need affect the team. No, I do not. The fact that it might, or is, is not the result of Vrabel's actions. It would be the result of such ugly gloating, encouraged and exploited by our decadent press, as we see among the loser cohort in the team's and the league's fanbase,.

 

[Ross12]

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Finally…so nostalgic..

This is legitimately hilarious

 

[Ross12]

I do think it's a little funny that when I was in this thread discussing ways in which some things could be more innocuous than they appeared, many here took quite an issue with that - said I needed to stop carrying Mike's water.

But now that the story is coming out that Russini named her child after her brother (something I proposed days ago) and that her husband is NOT seeking a paternity test, there are several here saying things like "I bet that's just an alibi and she REALLY named him after Vrabel but used her brother as a cover", and "I bet he's actually getting the test but just not telling anyone about it".

I don't know what's up with that. Seems like a big double standard to me. I don't mean to give anyone a hard time; it simply goes back to my point about having a discussion in good faith.

 

[StockingAnarchyNumber12]

Florio mentioned this could get too loud for Vrabel especially if the sharmuta Russini starts talking. This could force him to step away for a bit or the entire season.

With that said, you know Josh McDaniels is watching this very closely. In fact, he’s always wanted to take over for BB, so this could be his chance.

And the worst part for Mike is that if Josh does well, Vrabel will never get his job back. See Terrell Williams losing his job after his time away from illness.

I think the only way Vrabel leaves is if:

A) Abuse allegations come out (they won’t)
B) More women start popping out

This alone won’t be enough

 

[XLIX]

I do think it's a little funny that when I was in this thread discussing ways in which some things could be more innocuous than they appeared, many here took quite an issue with that - said I needed to stop carrying Mike's water

Yeah and you were proven wrong. Things weren’t more innocuous than they appeared; things were exactly as they appeared.

But now that the story is coming out that Russini named her child after her brother (something I proposed days ago) and that her husband is NOT seeking a paternity test, there are several here saying things like "I bet that's just an alibi and she REALLY named him after Vrabel but used her brother as a cover", and "I bet he's actually getting the test but just not telling anyone about it".

I don't know what's up with that. Seems like a big double standard to me. I don't mean to give anyone a hard time; it simply goes back to my point about having a discussion in good faith.

What’s the double standard? I am absolutely, 100% speaking in good faith when I say:

1) FACT: Russini spent time in Nashville almost exactly 9 months before the birth of EACH of her children to report on the team coached by the man with whom she was having an affair

2) OPINION: If I were Russini’s husband, I would get a paternity test

3) CONJECTURE: It is entirely in the realm of possibility that he has done precisely that. After all, it isn’t like he’d give a press release on the way to the clinic. He would definitely keep it down low (at least for the time being).

You may disagree with my opinion, but nothing I have written is outrageously out of line.

 

[reflexblue]

Just some numbers. About 20 percent of American adults admit to having had an affair or currently being in an affair. We have to assume the real number is higher than this. However, using this percentage one comes out with 30 to 40 million adult Americans having cheated or currently being a cheater. Do the moral posers want all of these 30 to 40 million Americans to be fired from their jobs? Going to be tough on the economy and may be difficult to fill all the vacancies.

Bingo

 

[raduray]

I do think it's a little funny that when I was in this thread discussing ways in which some things could be more innocuous than they appeared, many here took quite an issue with that - said I needed to stop carrying Mike's water.

But now that the story is coming out that Russini named her child after her brother (something I proposed days ago) and that her husband is NOT seeking a paternity test, there are several here saying things like "I bet that's just an alibi and she REALLY named him after Vrabel but used her brother as a cover", and "I bet he's actually getting the test but just not telling anyone about it".

I don't know what's up with that. Seems like a big double standard to me. I don't mean to give anyone a hard time; it simply goes back to my point about having a discussion in good faith.

You're on an Internet forum. You should lower your expectations.

 

[borg]

I do think it's a little funny that when I was in this thread discussing ways in which some things could be more innocuous than they appeared, many here took quite an issue with that - said I needed to stop carrying Mike's water.

But now that the story is coming out that Russini named her child after her brother

gul·lible
adjective
1. easily persuaded to believe something; credulous:

"PR is a highly effective endeavor to persuade gullible fanboys to accept every neatly crafted narrative offered as alibi."

Example 'We were accompanied by 6 friends on our elicit rendezvous at the no-camera couples-only boutique resort'




"Little Mike was named after my...ahem..........brother...and certainly not after any player/coach who I coincidently gave a shout out to, 4 days after Little Mike's birth"

 

[Real fan 02]

Florio mentioned this could get too loud for Vrabel especially if the sharmuta Russini starts talking. This could force him to step away for a bit or the entire season.

With that said, you know Josh McDaniels is watching this very closely. In fact, he’s always wanted to take over for BB, so this could be his chance.

And the worst part for Mike is that if Josh does well, Vrabel will never get his job back. See Terrell Williams losing his job after his time away from illness.

Very much true. What I believe is that the Patriots have to know more photos ect are to come.. so the Patriots have this under control as far as crisis management.. if he does decide to "step away'' I believe it's Tomlin that gets the call.. although Josh is very intriguing as well..

 

[upstater1]

I don't want him fired right now. If more comes out and it becomes a continuous distraction then it might be time. We aren't there yet.

No other team would even think of firing him for this. Would not happen.

Although everyone remembers our owner's indiscretions, its impact is totally zero years after the fact. Same thing here. It happened, it's a thing that happens to a lot of people, it's a thing that our coaches have done in the past multiple times.

 

[upstater1]

You're on an Internet forum. You should lower your expectations.

If only this internet forum retained 1980s/1990s sensibility before the dawn of reality TV when everything under the sun turned into everyone's business.

 

[Bill Lee]

It would be the result of such ugly gloating, encouraged and exploited by our decadent press, as we see among the loser cohort in the team's and the league's fanbase,.

You are describing our current society at large, not just now, but for many decades now.

If not, tell me where to find the one that is beautiful and magnanimous, and where the story about a married sports team leader having sexual liaisons with the married lead sports reporter for one of the principal media platforms in the world would be treated as a private matter.

Sorry you find all of this to be pathetic. Perhaps you should join a monastery where you can spend your time wandering their library and their gardens in isolation, spending your time reading books about philosophy, and thinking pure thoughts without being disappointed by the pathetic losers at large in modern society.

In short, you're the prototypical old man shaking your fist at the clouds... But you do you....

 

[Bill Lee]

If only this internet forum retained 1980s/1990s sensibility before the dawn of reality TV when everything under the sun turned into everyone's business.

Gossip rags have been a thing my whole life, although I can't recall ever spending a dime on one.

It was the National Enquirer who famously surfaced the Hart/Rice affair back in 1987.

It's always been up to people to decide what "content" they will consume.

The same news stand that had the National Enquirer also had NYT, WaPo, our own Globe, etc.

I googled my way to the top 10 tabloid stories of the 1950s-1980s:

1. JFK–Marilyn Monroe rumors (1960s)
2. Elizabeth Taylor love life coverage (1950s–1970s)
3. The Profumo Affair (1963)
4. Frank Sinatra mob association rumors (1950s–1980s)
5. Princess Margaret scandals (1950s–1970s)
6. Elvis Presley private life obsession (1950s–1970s)
7. Ted Kennedy Chappaquiddick scandal (1969)
8. “Crying Game” style celebrity scandals of the paparazzi era (1970s–1980s)
9. Gary Hart “Monkey Business” affair (1987)
10. Early Princess Diana press obsession (late 1980s)

And for each of these story lines, there were countless many others.

Our current scandal is bread-and-butter, garden variety stuff.

In short, this is nothing new, despite what the tut-tut people and the pearl clutchers say.