Patriots head coach Mike Vrabel took time during a press conference Tuesday to specifically address the scandal involving pictures of him taken with New York Times NFL reporter Dianna Russini at an adults-only resort in Arizona, one of them embracing and one of then holding hands floating side by side in a pool. Russini has since resigned from the Times.
Vrabel made a statement before taking questions, saying "I've had some difficult conversations with people that I care about, with my family, the organization, the coaches, the players. Those have been positive and productive.
"We believe that in order to be successful on and off the field you have to make good decisions. That includes me, that starts we me. We never want our actions to negatively affect the team. We never want to be the cause of a distraction."
As far as his interactions with the team, he said, "Those are comments and questions that I've answered for the team and with the team and we'll keep those private and to ourselves. I care deeply about this football team and I'm excited to coach them. "I also know that I'm going to attack each day with humility and focus. And what I can promise you is that my family, this organization, the team, the staff, the coaches, everybody, our fans most importantly will get the best version of me going forward. And that's what I know. I'm excited to do that, but I wanted to just address this and thank you for dealing with a private and personal matter."
My take: Yikes. Doesn't take much reading between the lines.
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Vrabel addresses scandal
Patriots head coach Mike Vrabel took time during a press conference Tuesday to specifically address the scandal involving pictures of him taken with New York Times NFL reporter Dianna Russini at an adults-only resort in Arizona, one of them embracing and one of then holding hands floating side by side in a pool. Russini has since resigned from the Times.
Vrabel made a statement before taking questions, saying "I've had some difficult conversations with people that I care about, with my family, the organization, the coaches, the players. Those have been positive and productive.
"We believe that in order to be successful on and off the field you have to make good decisions. That includes me, that starts we me. We never want our actions to negatively affect the team. We never want to be the cause of a distraction."
As far as his interactions with the team, he said, "Those are comments and questions that I've answered for the team and with the team and we'll keep those private and to ourselves. I care deeply about this football team and I'm excited to coach them. "I also know that I'm going to attack each day with humility and focus. And what I can promise you is that my family, this organization, the team, the staff, the coaches, everybody, our fans most importantly will get the best version of me going forward. And that's what I know. I'm excited to do that, but I wanted to just address this and thank you for dealing with a private and personal matter."
My take: Yikes. Doesn't take much reading between the lines.
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