Ex-Cardinals VP Terry McDonough accuses Bidwill of cheating

[TJ]

By the way: I hope you’re ready to lose a first or second round pick

 

[QuebecCard]

Exactly!

How many employers out there publicly release info on an employees personal, health, and family problems?
This is an HR nightmare and the Cardinals made their legal problems even worse!
Who would ever want to work for them now? If you cross them, they will try to humiliate you by airing your personal information.

Unbelievable!

I can't say that I have much sympathy for McDonough, but if you're going to get into a public pissing match, make sure it's not with a skunk.

 

[MaoTosiFanClub]

Amateur hour organization and leadership.

Full text of the Cardinals' tweet in response to McDonough's accusations:

 

[QuebecCard]

Wow! This is one of the most unprofessional responses I've ever read.
McDonough, right or wrong, filed his grievance with the NFL/arbitration, and it was leaked. The Cardinals respond publicly with this, which doesn't deny what McDonough said, just says McDonough misconstrued things or didn't have the full details. But apparently McDonough was a psychotic nightmare and they kept him on the staff and continued to pay him.

Interesting, I would say.

And I'm not saying what the Cardinals is saying is false, we don't know the truth here, but this is a bad look for the Cardinals..

Leaked...

Have a suspicion that it's someone whose surname starts with McD and I don't mean McDonald.

 

[egomaniac247]

I utterly cannot believe that in todays age of extremely cautious HR and legal depts that the Cardinals publicly released that statement.

 

[MaoTosiFanClub]

Exactly!

How many employers out there publicly release info on an employees personal, health, and family problems?
This is an HR nightmare and the Cardinals made their legal problems even worse!
Who would ever want to work for them now? If you cross them, they will try to humiliate you by airing your personal information.

Unbelievable!

Like 6 months ago they leaked to NFL media types that Colt McCoy was better than Kyler. Total clown show.

 

[PDXChris]

Leaked...

Have a suspicion that it's someone whose name starts with McD and I don't mean McDonald.

Oh boy. While many will assume that, no one for sure know. The Cardinals purposely crossed many lines in their PR statements. McD might own the Cardinals when it's all said and done.

 

[QuebecCard]

Oh boy. While many will assume that, no one for sure know. The Cardinals purposely crossed many lines in their PR statements. McD might own the Cardinals when it's all said and done.

 

[PDXChris]

It does not. Toronto is no more Buffalo's market than Buffalo is a market for the Blue Jays and Raptors.

Anyway, not going to happen, and I'd prefer Montreal as a destination.

Sorry, should have said media rights. Just like I'm forced to watch the Seahawks Portland every week since the Seahawks own the media rights to Portland. The Bills have the media rights to Buffalo to broadcast on TV and radio.

There was a similar issue when the Nationals moved to DC out of Montreal and the Nationals had to pay up the wazoo to relocate there and share the market with Baltimore. Unfortunately, Buffalo is so small of a market, they need the TV/radio revenue from Toronto.

 

[Krangodnzr]

Oh boy. While many will assume that, no one for sure know. The Cardinals purposely crossed many lines in their PR statements. McD might own the Cardinals when it's all said and done.

I don't know.

We've heard for  years that McDonough is a massive dick. The Cardinals just laid that all out there. I'd imagine this is going to be one of those instances where the Cardinals do come out looking bad, but that McDonough is also a douche who should have been fired many years ago.

 

[QuebecCard]

Sorry, should have said media rights. Just like I'm forced to watch the Seahawks Portland every week since the Seahawks own the media rights to Portland. The Bills have the media rights to Buffalo to broadcast on TV and radio.

There was a similar issue when the Nationals moved to DC out of Montreal and the Nationals had to pay up the wazoo to relocate there and share the market with Baltimore. Unfortunately, Buffalo is so small of a market, they need the TV/radio revenue from Toronto.

Buffalo's only revenue from Canada is through the 25% of season ticket holders residing in southern Ontario bordering on NY state. The Bills have no particular hold or cachet in Ontario. Canadian sports broadcasters purchase TV rights from NFL broadcasters directly, and all advertising is Canadian. We have the same choices on Sunday; our cable networks carry the Sunday ticket package.

 

[PDXChris]

I don't know.

We've heard for  years that McDonough is a massive dick. The Cardinals just laid that all out there. I'd imagine this is going to be one of those instances where the Cardinals do come out looking bad, but that McDonough is also a douche who should have been fired many years ago.

There is no doubt he should have been fired years ago. That is the worst part, their press release makes him sound like the second coming of Mousilini, but he kept his job and according to them just decided to move on when they hired Monti. It doesn't add up. If that stuff is true, then they enabled his behavior by keeping him on staff. There is no right here, they are all in the wrong.

 

[Krangodnzr]

There is no doubt he should have been fired years ago. That is the worst part, their press release makes him sound like the second coming of Mousilini, but he kept his job and according to the just decided to move on when they hired Monti. It doesn't add up. If that stuff is true, then they enabled his behavior by keeping him on staff. There is no right here, they are all in the wrong.

Another explanation is that Keim wanted him around.

No Keim, no job for McDouche.

 

[BigDavis75]

What an absolutely insane public response from the Cardinals, I can’t believe it

 

[PDXChris]

Another explanation is that Keim wanted him around.

No Keim, no job for McDouche.

With what they claimed, there is no plausible reason to keep him. He was an absolute liability.

 

[Krangodnzr]

With what they claimed, there is no plausible reason to keep him. He was an absolute liability.

Sure there is. He's a Keim guy. Keim is probably friends with him.

 

[PDXChris]

Sure there is. He's a Keim guy. Keim is probably friends with him.

And now the Cardinals are the ones with mud on thier face, a big disgrace and somebody better put them back into their place.

 

[kerouac9]

Another explanation is that Keim wanted him around.

No Keim, no job for McDouche.

It would be easier if you listed the problems with the Cards that weren’t Keims fault.

 

[MaoTosiFanClub]

Keim under oath will be something

 

[Timm Rosenbach]

Maybe Bidwill will be forced to sell the team. We can only hope, https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/36069257/ex-cardinals-vp-terry-mcdonough-accuses-owner-cheating

Laura Rutledge is hot

 

[Zalixar]

Keim under oath will be something

He'll be under something that's for sure

 

[az jam]

The Cardinal defense sttement is overwhelming negative on McDonough. They would not have released it if they didn't have facts to back it. Bidwill is a lawyer and certainly has strong legal council advising him. We may not like the Bidwills because they have not built a winning organization and are known for being extremely frugal. But they are not racists and have always been involved with positive contributions to the community. I'm not one to defend Michael, as I think he is a crappy owner, but I really don't buy the comments that Micheal is a cheater, discriminatory and guilty of gross misconduct.

 

[gimpy]

What in the world has/is happening to my Arizona sports teams?! ASU, Suns, now the Cardinals. Are the Dbacks next?, SMH

 

[Redsz]

As I said earlier - the truth will be somewhere in the middle.

The Cardinals must feel they have a very strong position from a legal perspective to air all that dirty laundry in a public statement. Must have alot of evidence documented.

I imagine that Bidwill has taken so much heat over the last year that they felt the need to respond in a robust way.

Putting out a one liner saying that they will address everything at arbitration or "no comment" can be taken in a number of different ways by the media.

My view - entering into a public poo fight does not help your brand.

 

[GatorAZ]

By the way: I hope you’re ready to lose a first or second round pick

How many picks has Dan Snyder lost?