Hour 3 - Jon Gruden A PR Headache, More Reaction To Belichick Snub
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Who was Frank Ramos and what is his legacy?
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You know, I know I got to mention this, unfortunately, for the Jet family. A longtime PR man, Frank Ramos, unfortunately, his life came to an end. I believe he was 89 years old. And he started... Way back when, he's been a part of the Jet organization for like 39 years. He was there when I was there. He was always a gentleman, always made sure that the beat writers got what they needed, always made sure that I was available, would always ask one of his lieutenants, maybe it'd be Doug Miller or Frank himself, would come to me and say, okay, this is... you know, what they're going to be asking you about and would really go out of his way to make sure that everybody got what they wanted, nobody was ever embarrassed, and everybody appreciated his professionalism.
And interestingly, reading Rich Cimini's obit on ESPN.com this morning, You know, Roger Goodell got his start in the NFL as an intern under Frank Ramos as a PR person. Wow. How about that? Think about that for a second. And obviously he's probably most notable because he was with Joe Namath when Joe Namath made the guarantee about beating the Colts in the Super Bowl. Wow. And Frank has seen it all. I think he worked for, what, five or six different owners of the Jets, 11 head coaches, five general managers. I mean, and he survived it all. I mean, every aspect of Jet life and, of course, Woody Johnson basically says that the thing about Frank that he so admired was that he remembered everybody, everything.
It's almost like he had a photographic memory. And he was an encyclopedia for the history of the Jets, good or bad. But unfortunately, his life came to an end, I believe, yesterday. And Rich wrote a beautiful obit on him this morning. And I just wanted to make sure that his family heard from us. and gave our condolences to somebody that was a big part of my life when I was with the Jets.
And, Boomer, I was on quite a few trips with the Jets and worked the sidelines and all that. Do you remember he used to run all the time? He was a big jogger like Chernoff was.
Like Cherny, yeah.
Yeah, and I remember him going out for a run in the early morning in Jackson, Mississippi when the Jets were there.
Yeah, we played a preseason game against the Philadelphia Eagles down there. Yeah, I know. I was there. What a weird one that was. That was.
What are the implications of the Jon Gruden rumors?
But again, that's where my idea of playing games in the continental United States where maybe a pro football team isn't located would be a nice idea.
I love that idea more so than the international stuff. Obviously, the money and growing the game and all those things, what the NFL cares about. But just from a selfish American fan standpoint, I would love that.
I mean, you don't have to do 16 of them. You can just do like five of them and do six or seven international games. The thing about the international games, those countries and those cities are paying the NFL to come and do those things. Yeah. The NFL is like, yeah, we're growing the game. Yeah, you're growing the game by growing more money. These cities and London, England is spending money to bring these teams there and footing the bill, essentially.
And I remember at the time, the Jets didn't charge. I don't know if they do now. They didn't charge for preseason back then. So that was a Jet home game. So they really weren't giving up a gate. That was one of their Jet home preseason games.
Well, I mean, they're going to go to 18 games. We all know it. which is going to be crazy for the players, but the players will balk at it just simply because of all the injuries and all the extra work.
They'll get an extra bye week?
I would think start Labor Day, end on President's Day, have two bye weeks, 18 games. That's what I would think. It makes the most sense, especially with the ratings for Labor Day with college football. This past year was amazing. And speaking of ratings, I don't know if you saw the CBS rating for their 3 o'clock game.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
Who was Frank Ramos and what is his legacy?
0:00–2:33
2
What are the implications of the Jon Gruden rumors?
2:33–9:15
3
How did Mike McCarthy's emotions impact his introduction as Steelers' head coach?
9:15–10:27
4
What was the reaction to Bill Belichick missing the Hall of Fame?
10:27–12:10
5
What does Joel Sherman think about the Yankees and their fans?
12:10–13:43
6
Is Tom Brady facing a similar snub as Belichick?
13:43–17:11
7
How does the NFL's PR strategy impact its coaches and players?
17:11–22:23
8
What are the challenges and politics behind Hall of Fame selections?
22:23–37:10
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