Coach Tuesday

I think that’s the real question we’re all dancing around but not asking directly: Is Josh Allen coachable?

That's sort of right but it's complicated. His claim is that he reported certain things to the NFL, the NFL didn't follow up on those reports and instead didn't renew his contract, in retaliation for his reporting. In a nutshell. So you're correct that under his theory, he doesn't have to prove that the things he told the NFL were true, just that he reported them and he was fired as a result. But the specifics about what he told the NFL was hearsay (at least the Pegula part), and the league is surely going to object to it coming in that way. I could see a judge saying, "Mr. Trotter, you can testify generally what you reported, but leave out the specifics, i.e., the name of the owner who you heard said something...", because the prejudicial impact of that evidence to the NFL (and Terry) outweighs its probative value. Put simply: the specific report wasn't and isn't needed to prove up the claim. Wigdor could've been responsible and respectful and pled the allegation like this: "On September 3, 2020 Trotter reported to the League that he had heard that one NFL owner used racist language." That would be enough. Putting in the specifics, which may well not be admissible at trial, was a needless hit-job/media attention exercise. That's how I see it at least.

Part of it I’m guessing is a failure to win the play before the snap, which may well come from a lack of film study, which may well come from a feeling that “I’m the best athlete in the world - I will figure out what the defense is doing and react to it on the fly, and if that doesn’t work, I’ll just jump over or run through it.” Josh is a baby.

Oh it’s worse than that. Wigdor/Trotter will have to introduce admissible and reliable evidence to support this allegation. How? Trotter’s testimony about what he heard second-hand is hearsay. It can’t come in for its truth. MAYBE they’ll try to get it in for something else (the NFL’s pattern and practice of failing to investigate allegations of racism? good luck). So most likely they’ll need to present a witness who can actually testify based on direct knowledge that this was said. But we know that no such witness has been located yet. Unless there’s a record of it (recording, or perhaps some internal contemporaneous NFL memo of a report made), this allegation will never actually be presented to a jury. And Wigdor surely knows this - meaning he was fine destroying Pegula’s reputation for a few more headlines. Doug Wigdor is a scum bag.

This is exactly what it looked like to me. Unprofessional and immature. Peoples’ livelihoods are at stake. How is Josh gonna feel when his buddy the OC is canned because of him? Dude needs to GROW THE F UP already.

If they miss the playoffs I fire McD and Dorsey and hire Ben Johnson and join the modern era of football. But I probably won’t be owning the team any time soon.

0-5 in OT for Josh. Oof.

Ok so the NFL investigated this and interviewed every single person who was present and found nothing. And yet Wigdor put it in the Complaint as a second-hand piece of information. Doug Wigdor is a crap human being. He has zero reservations about destroying someone's reputation without any factual basis if he thinks it will give his client some leverage. He gives lawyers a bad (worse) name.

FYI the Wigdor firm is the same firm representing Brian Flores in his lawsuit.

You know what you sound like right?

Then you’re a proud racist.

He can't, because statements in a Complaint are protected. He'd have to sue Wigdor for violating his ethical duties to investigate, like Leon Black did.

Not for nothing, the Wigdor law firm has a history of being accused of putting reckless and unsubstantiated allegations into a Complaint (and then immediately publicizing them). Google Leon Black's lawsuit against Wigdor.

That does not sound like Terry.

Horrible take.

He is definitely not winning the down pre-snap. He is continuing to try to figure things out on the fly post-snap which doesn’t work against savvy defenses. He’s immature and unprofessional. Sorry to say it but it’s true.

These coaches have failed at situational awareness at critical times over and over again. I don’t know what some of you are seeing out there.

OH I GET IT A GIRL’S NAME HAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHA

He was running around with no idea what he was doing and several times just slammed himself head first into the defense. He won’t even last to October at this rate. Josh is gone. He’s totally out to sea and no wonder Diggs has been melting down.

Pretty much this. This is why I wish Pegula had a culture of accountability but we basically have the opposite. McBeane got their contracts extended. Josh is a child with no one challenging him to grow up. There are zero grownups in the house.

Spencer Brown disappoints my soul.

Allen is gone. Something is just wrong.

Allen’s career is not going to last if he doesn’t make some serious changes.

This is not enjoyable. Frankly just a lack of professionalism.