Maybe I'm wrong and maybe I'm being an asshole, but Al was one of those players that I always took what he said with a grain of salt. I'm not convinced that he is able to see things for what they are all the time. Usually when something like this is brought to light we get somewhat of a he said/he said, and we have to piece it together to figure out something close to the truth, recognizing that neither side is able to tell it exactly like it is. With Ted Thompson, this doesn't happen, because he never says anything. So we have to take Al at his word. Well, I'm sorry, but I just can't do that. Al is a very emotional and very positive-minded guy, so I think there is a better than fair chance that he may have missed some signals and/or remembered things a little differently than they actually were. I take him to be someone who hears what he wants to hear, and sees what he wants to see. I'm not saying that he definitely did, but there is enough of a question in my mind to not get all pissed off at Thompson based on what Al tells us.
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