Well, I liked the side story that went from "Benning is a drafting genius" to "Drafting is a collaborative effort"
Personally, I liked the side story where the anti-Benning crew tried to pass off opinion as fact (I.e. the blatant lie that Drance
confirmed that Benning wanted Glass over Pettersson when Drance CLEARLY stated that he doesn’t actually know what went down). Here was the exact transcript, and here is why the “Benning bro’s” ended up winning the argument in convincing fashion.
The VANcast with JPat and Drancer: Brackett Busting - The Athletic
Thomas Drance:
8:44 -
it’s tough for me to know for sure because I wasn’t in the room.
9:19 - and whether Jim was pushing to have Glass HIGHER, whether it was a debate of one vs the other,
you know I can’t say it with certainty how far it went, but you know, there are certainly some people within the organization that say, without Linden, the pick is Glass, and on the other side, there are people that insist that, you know, Jim was really high on Pettersson too as was Weisbrod and on and on, so, take that as you will,
I don’t know if we’ll ever get the unvarnished story there, but it’s clearly a part of it.
12:00 - Drance even explains why Benning and Weisbrod may have put Hoglander on the draft board (I.e. positional needs) and reiterates that he doesn’t think that this caused any rift between Brackett and Benning.
13:20 - Drance speculates that he thinks the staff departures (I.e. Chris McDonald to Arizona, etc.) is what played a bigger role in Brackett ultimately wanting to leave.
So long story short - some members of the anti-Benning crew tried to pass off speculation as fact, and were quickly proven wrong...to put it politely.