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If some stupid rumor is the reason that the situation got the the point it is at now where it is struggling to see closure and still involves some very angry people, that's just unfortunate.
I have no idea about the inner workings of the situation (which all just seems unfortunate and petty), but the first print reporter as far as I know to publish the rumor that Z had begged out of the 2nd half against Dallas was Windhorst. Brown dismissed this rumor as being untrue the next time he met the media after the next day's practice. Now Windhorst is wishing the whole situation would just go away and that Z would get over it. Nothing connects any these dots, at least as far as I have read on the board. But it means that Windhorst has been trying to get at the details for the last several days.
So, the fact that Windhorst of all people would like to just see the whole affair go away--just like many others probably would--may be related to the fact that he either is embarrassed to have reported a false rumor, is mad that something he was told appears untrue, recognizes that he may have been duped by a source, or realizes that it may be a long time until Z or Brown grants him an interview. So, it's in Windhorst's long-term interest for everyone to let this go. The media in general gets frustrated when the people who hold the keys to the story are either barely talking (MB) or virtually not talking at all (Z). It leads media members to speculate and sometimes to grasp at straws. And it exasperates them. Windhorst may be leaning to one side now (it's 4 days after the Dallas game) but he has not defended Brown all 4 days, and this may just reflect that Windhorst is prioritizing professional interests whereas Zs emotions are still fresh.
Anyway, that's a long way of saying that Windhorst's actions don't mean he's a fully heartless bastard or a 100% Brown-homer. Everyone processed what happened on Saturday on a different time schedule, and there are surely other professional complications at work, too.
Ah, what could have been avoided...
EDIT - my bad, it was Boyer's column in which the rumor first appeared, then Pluto (although who knows who fed them the info). So, many of my details above look pretty bad at this point... but my general point about media having quite different goals from players may still stand.
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