FWIW, here was my thought process. My original and follow-up posts were sincere. I still run hot and cold when it comes to Manuel and I don't give him the benefit of the doubt yet. AD's giving peptalks to the football team strikes me as strange. Hence my post.
I was quickly set straight and my cynicism was addressed, so much so I felt a mea culpa of some sort was in order. I had to pick one of the posts to reply to and it wasn't going to be the one from Little Mary Sunshine. I hadn't caught P's invite to Warde and your point that this was a way for WM to add a sense of importance was a good one, combine that with the fact you're a fan I respect, I chose yours. Go back and read my post with that in mind and I think you'll see that sometimes a cigar is just a cigar. The funny thing is that real-time, I wondered if you would think I was ball-busting. That's why added the "thanks". I get the feeling that was the thing that set you off.
