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Originally Posted by HoosierinFL
I agree that McAfee looks bad in this tale, but I think that if he did accuse Pagano, it speaks volume as to the lack of trust and confidence he had in both Grigson AND Pagano. I mean, McAfee retired even *after* Grigson was fired (but Pagano retained).
And was it just him? Or was the rest of team more or less feeling the same about the staff?
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McAfee was just on DD show telling this tale.....re: his relationship with Pagano he says that he lumped Pags and Grigson together until he took the USO trip to Japan. On the 17 hour flight he told Pags he was inclined to leave the NFL because he felt he was being mistreated and not valued (multiple fines over nothing, etc....). He says that he and Pags brokered a deal that Pat would stay and that Pags would insulate him from Grigson. From that point Pat developed a better relationship with Pags (probably misguided since IMO that was not practical). When the fine/Pittsburgh game blame incident happened he felt that Pags had let him down and thus made his decision to leave as soon as the season was over.