re: Vrabel Files - part 56 - on a boat with pregnant Russini

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It would only be a distraction if Russini was still working,

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That would be a different kind of distraction for sure. But this has already been a distraction since she resigned/got fired. It’s a TMZ gossip story about 2 well known people having a years long affair and possibly a man raising another man’s child. We’re past the conflict of interest part. It’s 2 “celebrities;” their jobs no longer matter except that that’s how they became “famous.”

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With her no longer covering the NFL, this is just run of the mill infidelity

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There’s probably hundreds of affairs going on at any given time in the NFL circles that never get mentioned. This is not just “run of the mill.” The conflict of interest played a part, but this would still be a story if Vrabel were having an affair with someone of similar notoriety as Russinni who was in a completely different field. Like a B/C list actress. Or some chick from Fox News or something. The biggest reason is because of the video/photo documentation that keeps getting leaked every week or 2. If it was run of the mill, we wouldn’t have an 8 page thread on the 4th or 5th new “drop.” For the whatever reason, people are still interested. I think the baby being named “Michael” and that insane tweet of hers asking about best NFL “Mikes” and the suspicion that it may be Vrabel’s kid has blown it up and/or kept it going.

Matt Flynn this morning said he thought if things keep dropping out like this, it would become a distraction that could cost him his job. I don’t know if I agree, but he’s been in a ton of NFL locker rooms. He said it’s important for the players to respect the coach, and you’ve got a bunch of grown men in the building—players and coaches—who have families and kids that will lose respect for Vrabel as a man and, subsequently, as a coach.

He talked about how there were other dynamics, like coaches and players wives all socializing together and how that might affect Vrabel’s wife moving forward, that we don’t understand fully, and that it could get to a point where he has to resign. I think that was with the caveat that more information continues to trickle out. I’m not making that argument, just saying it’s not as clear cut and “no big deal, just “run of the mill” infidelity as you’re suggesting.

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Imagine the poor husband’s face when he realized his son wasn’t named Michael because Dianna’s favorite album was Thriller.

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TMZ now saying the kid is named after her brother, who is also named Michael. I've said earlier, it's just an Italian Jersey thing. Michael, Anthony, Christopher, or Joseph is a high probability.

NFL front offices and locker rooms accept with open arms guys with heinous domestic violence charges and other criminal charges, but cheating on your wife is a bridge too far? Cmon yall

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NFL front offices and locker rooms accept with open arms guys with heinous domestic violence charges and other criminal charges

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Players aren't management.
And I'm not saying staffers will sit out until he's fired but there's going to be a lot of talking about him behind his back. Especially since these stories are gonna keep coming. He's the office gossip now.

It’s all ball once training camp kicks off. It’ll be a funny footnote in his wiki at the end of the day

Sounds like the kind of guy that’s never been told no. Titans firing him might have been the first time.

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After he made the Super Bowl year one, so many were ready to clown on the Titans for having the audacity to fire him. No doubt they knew what he was doing.

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I think it’s silly to give the titans that much credit. They’ve fired like 3 GMs and 2 HCs since Vrabel left. They’re a mess and a half and absolutely would’ve leaked this if they knew about it given how ugly that got