Originally Posted by
ensco
If I had to guess at what is going on:
-I think the bosses got their heads turned by the momentum in CMNT ratings (158,000 for the Mexico game at the Azteca, 338,000 vs Panama, 713,000 vs CR, 1.153 M for Mexico game in Edmonton)
-I think Manning read the room, he is a canny operator, who had a damn close call on the Curtis fiasco, and knows he doesn't have that long a runway here anymore anyway
-I think he made a battlefield decision to go big and totally switch up his messaging/approach, and become the bald Tim Leiweke
Or something like that