You really think the phone call goes like this
Briles: hey coach P, sure I want that player.....no need for me to ask why he was disciplined and suspended and is now kicked off the team, I really don't have any need/want to know....please lets not talk about it, neither you or I should bring it up at all.....can he play ball?........lemme have him.
Hows the weather?
Thanks so much for calling coach. Lets make this trade official soon and I'll send you a bottle of wine since I can't send a player. Is it weird at all that we didn't talk about why he is leaving? Na, I didn't think so either.
Don't worry, I'm not going to ask the player about this stuff either. I'll just have my football staffer get with yours to get his jersey size and we will have our academics people work out the rest. I'll have him a scholly in no time. And I don't care why he lost his scholly with you.
And did I mention that I don't care one bit why he lost his scholarship at Boise? Not sure if you were paying attention, just wanted to make that clear Coach P.
How's the wife? Gonna beat Idaho this year? What is your fav book. Hows the wife? C'mon coach P, lets talk about everything but the player.
Or do you think they talked about it at length like Petersen said?
Common freaking sense man.
And again. Briles came out and said "we knew nothing" to cover his own arse. Petersen could have just left it alone. His butt wasn't on the line. Still isn't. He could have stayed out of the story. He simply felt like telling the truth. Simple as that. I might buy that he was lying or had a beef or was worried about himself if he just came out and spoke all about this for no reason. But Briles was repeatedly on record lying. He got tired of it. Simply human nature.
Briles: hey coach P, sure I want that player.....no need for me to ask why he was disciplined and suspended and is now kicked off the team, I really don't have any need/want to know....please lets not talk about it, neither you or I should bring it up at all.....can he play ball?........lemme have him.
Hows the weather?
Thanks so much for calling coach. Lets make this trade official soon and I'll send you a bottle of wine since I can't send a player. Is it weird at all that we didn't talk about why he is leaving? Na, I didn't think so either.
Don't worry, I'm not going to ask the player about this stuff either. I'll just have my football staffer get with yours to get his jersey size and we will have our academics people work out the rest. I'll have him a scholly in no time. And I don't care why he lost his scholly with you.
And did I mention that I don't care one bit why he lost his scholarship at Boise? Not sure if you were paying attention, just wanted to make that clear Coach P.
How's the wife? Gonna beat Idaho this year? What is your fav book. Hows the wife? C'mon coach P, lets talk about everything but the player.
Or do you think they talked about it at length like Petersen said?
Common freaking sense man.
And again. Briles came out and said "we knew nothing" to cover his own arse. Petersen could have just left it alone. His butt wasn't on the line. Still isn't. He could have stayed out of the story. He simply felt like telling the truth. Simple as that. I might buy that he was lying or had a beef or was worried about himself if he just came out and spoke all about this for no reason. But Briles was repeatedly on record lying. He got tired of it. Simply human nature.