"Gar Foreman and John Paxson are the idiots in the room now that Ernie Grunfeld is fired" — Big Cat

Take Slip·Apr 3, 2019·Hot Seat/Cool Throne

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Gar Foreman and John Paxson are the idiots in the room now that Ernie Grunfeld is fired

Gar Foreman and John Paxson because now they are the idiots in the room. So it's like you never want to be the last to leave a party. They are the dum-dums. And you could always say, well, it's not Ernie Grunfeld. Well, guess what? Now Ernie Grunfeld's gone, so you are on the hot seat.

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GarPax were eventually removed/reassigned by the Bulls in 2020 following years of fan protest.

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Take Slip·Apr 3, 2019

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The AAF died exactly like the XFL did

This is what we warned you about. This is exactly what happened with the XFL. It just died. And we all got excited. And then it died.

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The AAF did indeed collapse mid-season in 2019, much like the original 2001 XFL (though XFL finished one season).

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Tom Dundon only bought the AAF to acquire its gambling technology

Albert Breer said that the speculation was that [Tom] Dundon bought the league just to get access to their gambling app that they were building. So $70 million for a gambling app seems like a shrewd investment.

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While rumored, Dundon has denied this was the sole reason, but the tech was a key asset in the liquidation.

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Take Slip·Apr 3, 2019

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PFT Commenter

The Alliance of American Football failed because they didn't have an 'L' for League in their name

That was the biggest, actually, problem, is they didn't have an L. Yeah. And you know what? Two vowels at the start of your league? Yes. Listen, these are things that we could have solved.

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The league did indeed fail, though the name was likely not the primary cause.