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 Brad Childress isn't happy with ESPN's new power couple (Chris Mortensen and Ed Werder looked so happy in those honeymoon pictures) and he's telling Minneapolis radio all about it.
In an interview with KFAN, Childress took the worldwide leader's dynamic duo to task.
"Absolutely not," Brad Childress said when asked about ESPN's report that the team had given Favre a deadline of this week. "Maybe by Deanna (Favre) or somebody like that, but certainly not from me. Not even — not even close. (I) don't know where that dropped out of the sky from. ...
"I don’t know how you guys in that industry go about your sourcing. 'A source says that a source says,' I don’t know, it’s questionable, very questionable.
Childress was then asked why he didn't correct ESPN's report publicly before this.
"I really don’t clarify things that are incorrect because I literally could stand at a press conference all day long and clarify," he said. "It’s really not my job to comment on erroneous things.
"I don’t have time to do that. I can sit and laugh at it and wonder how responsible that is. I simply don’t have time to do that."
For its part, ESPN is sticking by Werder's and Mortensen's report. And Werder is now reporting that the Vikings have temporarily given up their pursuit of Favre "after the retired quarterback failed to report to organized team
activities that began Tuesday as head coach Brad Childress had
mandated, team and league sources said.
"The Vikings conveyed their decision in a phone call from vice president
of football operations Rob Brzezinski to Bus Cook, the agent who
represents Favre."
Do you believe Childress about the deadline? Did ESPN act irresponsibly? Will Brett wind up in Minnesota this year? Sound off here.
Message Edited by Lee_Russakoff on 06-10-2009 01:12 PM
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