saintfan

He'd call Loomis a 'cracker' one time, and one time only, and that'd be that.

It's almost like the guy never wanted to be in Oakland and he was trying to get himself fired.

hitta

I actually disagree with that. Loomis tries hard to remain neutral and let the locker room dynamics do their own thing. Mayock inserted himself into an issue that seemed like was already solved. Brown was was ready to play with a new helmet. Gruden was fine with him. Mayock is a douchebag. I don't like Brown, but this isn't entirely his fault imo. If the coach wanted the guy gone, then he should be gone. This was more about Mayock wanting to validate his authority or some ****.

st thomas

I hear ya but Brown is a pre Madonna -dough bag but is good and he won’t be in my locker room ever ever ever.

hitta

Yea, I mean there is no disputing that. My issue is for weeks now, you've had all the coaches and the organizations talk about how much they supported him over the helmet issue. Then suddenly, a week before the season, you fine him to the point where it voids his guaranteed money. It really just feels like Mayock wanted to display his authority. It feels like mixed messages, and Mayock should have let Gruden decide how to handle it. Not have some sort of weird dick measuring contest. Brown was ready to play, chose a new helmet and everything. Something just feels very wrong with how this was handled. You either tell him to get his ass on the field a few weeks back and say that you were upset with how Brown was handling things, or you let it go. The whole thing is a giant bag of mixed signals . This is not how you run a front office. Loomis would never do this kind of ****.

subguy

The coaches have to manage the team and obviously the GM has some say. If I have an employee that caused that kind of disruption...good riddance. Mayock has the authority. There were no mixed signals, Brown wanted to control the team...a double good riddance. It is not a case of "the man" doing anything but trying to control the team, which is his job. NE did what NE does. If the disruption continues there, we will see what happens, that will be interesting.