Russini & Vrabel Nothing to see here?

lancerman · Tuesday at 4:19 PM

If she resigned with this little time, she was forced to. It was either that or her getting fired.

ViperGTS · Tuesday at 4:28 PM

You don't resign unless there is some fire imo.

Borg140 · Tuesday at 4:32 PM

Unfortunate. But inevitable imo.

Joey007 · Tuesday at 4:49 PM

yeah, even though she’s denying. That’s pretty hard to think it’s anything else at this point.

n1997y · Tuesday at 4:54 PM

ViperGTS said:
You don't resign unless there is some fire imo.

Nah, sometimes the lynch mob is persuasive enough that facts don’t matter

RobertWeathers · Tuesday at 4:54 PM

lancerman said:
If she resigned with this little time, she was forced to. It was either that or her getting fired.

Yep. Even with her contact up 6/30 an NFL reporter on a national level doesn't resign before the freaking draft.

Ross12 · Tuesday at 4:55 PM

The resignation is not a great sign, though it is mostly a reflection of her side of things. It does add more credence to the fact that there was inappropriate activity going on. I don't know why else she would resign, unless she felt the NYT was going to terminate her simply for fraternizing too much, or something, even if there was not an intimate component. We don't know what Vrabel's side of things from a personal life standpoint looks like, but I don't know if we'll actually find out, either.

RobertWeathers · Tuesday at 4:56 PM

n1997y said:
Nah, sometimes the lynch mob is persuasive enough that facts don’t matter

If she was innocent then she would sue their asses. She has a better hope at salvaging her career doing that than resigning in shame.

Huckleberry1 · Tuesday at 4:59 PM

RobertWeathers said:
If she was innocent then she would sue their asses. She has a better hope at salvaging her career doing that than resigning in shame.

In most states and occupations you can be fired for no reason at all. I doubt she has a legal challenge.

n1997y · Tuesday at 5:00 PM

RobertWeathers said:
If she was innocent then she would sue their asses. She has a better hope at salvaging her career doing that than resigning in shame.

She could also be forestalling the investigation from turning over rocks unrelated to this particular incident. Maybe she discovered they weren’t half-assing the investigation and decided it was best to cut losses now. The Times could hang her on compromising her impartiality as an investigative reporter even if she was innocent of other misbehavior, and they could end up calling into question all of her work not just anything dealing with Vrabes and the Pats.

Joey007 · Tuesday at 5:00 PM

Ross12 said:
The resignation is not a great sign, though it is mostly a reflection of her side of things. It does add more credence to the fact that there was inappropriate activity going on. I don't know why else she would resign, unless she felt the NYT was going to terminate her simply for fraternizing too much, or something, even if there was not an intimate component. We don't know what Vrabel's side of things from a personal life standpoint looks like, but I don't know if we'll actually find out, either.

It feels kinda clear to me now. She’s had endless time to clear herself, prove her alibis, and nothing ever came out of it.

I mainly just hope the NFL doesn’t try to do anything on their end with Vrabel, and things move on. His personal life is still his business to me, whether I condone it or not.

Ross12 · Tuesday at 5:04 PM

Joey007 said:
It feels kinda clear to me now. She’s had endless time to clear herself, prove her alibis, and nothing ever came out of it.

I mainly just hope the NFL doesn’t try to do anything on their end with Vrabel, and things move on. His personal life is still his business to me, whether I condone it or not.

I don't know what grounds they would have, as he did not violate any conduct policy that I am aware of. No law was broken, no charges were pressed or threatened to be pressed. As you've said, this is a personal issue. Not to make light of the issue, but it would be like disciplining a coach for being an alcoholic.

Huckleberry1 · Tuesday at 5:06 PM

Joey007 said:
It feels kinda clear to me now. She’s had endless time to clear herself, prove her alibis, and nothing ever came out of it.

I mainly just hope the NFL doesn’t try to do anything on their end with Vrabel, and things move on. His personal life is still his business to me, whether I condone it or not.

The NFL has no say in Vrabel's personal life. Even if something happened it's commonplace, if they start doling out penalties for sex lives there will be no end to it.

Brotherblues · Tuesday at 5:08 PM

RobertWeathers said:
Yep. Even with her contact up 6/30 an NFL reporter on a national level doesn't resign before the freaking draft.

She can't do the job anyway. Anything she posts will get innundated with questions about the scandal, whatever she says not related to the scandal will be totally ignored.

Also, many of her sources in other teams are likely to ghost her hard. They can't trust her not to run to Vrabel with whatever intel she gets from their team. "Don't offer them a 1st, they'll do it for a 2nd, but you gotta wait it out."

RobertWeathers · Tuesday at 5:12 PM

Huckleberry1 said:
In most states and occupations you can be fired for no reason at all. I doubt she has a legal challenge.

If she is innocent and forced to resign she does.

Borg140 · Tuesday at 5:13 PM

Ross12 said:
I don't know what grounds they would have, as he did not violate any conduct policy that I am aware of. No law was broken, no charges were pressed or threatened to be pressed. As you've said, this is a personal issue. Not to make light of the issue, but it would be like disciplining a coach for being an alcoholic.

Agreed. I really doubt anything happens from the NFL. He already addressed it in the media. Otherwise, it’s a personal issue, not a league matter, or shouldn’t be.

RobertWeathers · Tuesday at 5:14 PM

n1997y said:
She could also be forestalling the investigation from turning over rocks unrelated to this particular incident. Maybe she discovered they weren’t half-assing the investigation and decided it was best to cut losses now. The Times could hang her on compromising her impartiality as an investigative reporter even if she was innocent of other misbehavior, and they could end up calling into question all of her work not just anything dealing with Vrabes and the Pats.

Possibly. My hope is she resigned and decided to commit the time and focus to figure out why she is still married.

RobertWeathers · Tuesday at 5:16 PM

Brotherblues said:
She can't do the job anyway. Anything she posts will get innundated with questions about the scandal, whatever she says not related to the scandal will be totally ignored.

Also, many of her sources in other teams are likely to ghost her hard. They can't trust her not to run to Vrabel with whatever intel she gets from their team. "Don't offer them a 1st, they'll do it for a 2nd, but you gotta wait it out."

Yes but The Athletic already issued a public statement fully supporting her.

I think she did hook up w/ Vrabes but just stating what if she didn't.

Thelonious · Tuesday at 5:33 PM

Asinine gossip in the manner of middle school girls. You all should be ashamed of yourselves for being so sunken in masturbatory glee, but then if you had sound enough character to realize you should be ashamed, you wouldn't indulge in this sort of embarrassing stuff in the first place.

Triumph · Tuesday at 5:42 PM

ViperGTS said:
You don't resign unless there is some fire imo.

Word.

Otherwise her contract expires quietly.

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