RYAN MALLETT TRADE NAILED BY BRADDOCK
Written by: Craig Shelton
Date posted: 9/3/2014
When Texans fans woke up Sunday to the news that former Arkansas Razorback,
quarterback Ryan Mallet, was a Houston Texan after three years as an understudy
to Tom Brady in New England, the fan (and media) buzz was set forth at God
speed.
Unfortunately for Texans fans, the news broke of Mallet's trade to
Houston over the Labor Day weekend, which meant Houston's vibrant sports talk
market was being manned by third-string talent or sports talk's version of street
free-agents. As a result, coverage and analysis of the Mallet
trade was poor to unlistenable until Tuesday morning when the first teamers
rolled into the locker room and took control of the M.I C.
Irregardless of which side of the proverbial "line in the sand" you find
yourself on in terms of projecting the level of success Ryan Mallet will have as
a Texans signal caller, chances are you overlooked what took place as a result
of the Ryan Mallett trade to Houston. What was achieved via the Mallet trade was
the further confirmation that Jayson Braddock (SportsTalk790) is currently
Houston's most valuable football mind.
As far back as OTAs when the rumor mill began to flurry around the
possibility of Ryan Mallet possibly coming to the Texans by way of a trade with
New England, Jayson Braddock told me of information he had that the Texans were
definitely in trade mode - all out, full-time, in an attempt to acquire Mallet.
As time went on, many in the media including some of Jayson's contemporaries at
Sports Talk 790 discredited any thought that the Texans were efforting to
acquire Mallet via trade.
Many media members across town even argued that the Texans should not even
consider going after Mallet because he didn't have the experience and, "we've
already been down the back-up quarterback road with Matt Schaub."
As time progressed further throughout the NFL off-season without any
movement in regard to Mallet coming to Houston via trade, doubt permeated
throughout the Houston market with other members of the media (including Houston
Chronicle/Texans beat writer John McClain) ensuring Texans fans on several
occasions that, "there's no way the Texans are trading for Ryan Mallett."
Well, John McClain was incorrect as it has become commonplace with McClain's
analysis of circumstances regarding the Texans operations.
Personally speaking, I do not find any level of remarkability in the fact
none of the local media around Houston came out and gave Jayson Braddock credit
for his steadfast position and hardline on Mallet being traded to the Texans at
some point by New England.
What I do find remarkable and (somewhat suspicious) is the fact that none
of Jayson's teammates at Sports Talk 790, many of the same guys that he has gone
on air with, gave Braddock any credit for getting it right in regard to the
Mallet trade.
I totally understand the competitive nature of the business of sports media
and sports talk media specifically. That being said, to completely snub one of
your own guys when there was a clear opportunity for the people at Sports Talk
790 to waive the glorious 790 flag in saying "WE GOT IT RIGHT," when John
McClain who works with CBS RADIO, the home broadcast station for the
Houston Texans, "got it wrong!"
I just find this set of circumstances, very, very suspicious.
HMW will be looking further into the odd circumstances around Jayson
Braddock being snubbed by his own teammates at Sports Talk 790.
Trust me people when I tell you, it's just not commonplace in this market
for any sports talk station, let alone any individual sports talk host, to pass
up an opportunity to boast and brag and wave their flag.
@CraigSheltonHMW
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