The Bitterness of Brian Mitchell

The Delusions of Grandeur tour continues for former ESPN 980 mouthpiece Brian Mitchell. For anyone who will listen, Mitchell has been espousing the ills of 980, and their effort to control the message that Washington football sucks. The Washington Times is now in on the fun, recounting a conversation Mitchell had here in Baltimore with Jerry Coleman. Among the choicest of the sour-grapes: On having to change his style to remain on 980: “If I can’t be me, I don’t want to be there anyway.” On the behind-the-scenes decision making: “I know a lot of things that went down prior to [his firing] that proves it had nothing to do with the economy.” On the Redskins under Dan Snyder: “What have they really done in the playoffs to make people believe they’ve gotten better? Nothing.” On Redskins fans: “Fans believed more what I said than they believed the message of the people they put in place to give the message out.” On ... (link)