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Steve Smith Is ON WFNZ Having A Confessional, Won't Let the Story End

FootballMaestro

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By the way, to address the title of the thread:  Don't you need to admit to some wrongdoing for it to be a "confessional"?

 

What would be a more appropriate word?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(I'm probably gonna regret asking that) :unsure:

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Why did Steve feel the needs to call in?  This has to be the first time I've ever heard of a professional athlete calling a radio station on his own terms to "set the record straight."  I feel somewhere down the line GMan told Smitty's agent that he appeared to have lost a step, lost of some of his competitiveness or whatever and told his agent Smitty would be evaluated.  The agent twists this with typical agent speak, Smitty gets worked up (as he always does) and now we're here. 

 

I also felt like Garcia was tooling around to encourage some of those responses.

 

Well... he called in to WBT news on his own terms back in February (while on vacation) to comment on Gettleman's quotes:

 

http://www.wbt.com/keith-larson/2014/02/25/steve-smith-responds-to-gettlemans-presser

 

 

 

Then he voluntarily called in to WFNZ to talk about his release a couple of months later:

 

http://charlotte.cbslocal.com/2014/03/13/steve-smith-talks-being-cut-from-carolina-panthers-nfl-future/

 

 

There were numerous other occasions where local radio hosts would be talking about a football subject (or even a life in general subject) and Steve would call in from out of the blue. 

 

Steve calling into local radio to set the record straight has been a normal occurrence for a long time. 

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Well... he called in to WBT news on his own terms back in February (while on vacation) to comment on Gettleman's quotes:

 

http://www.wbt.com/keith-larson/2014/02/25/steve-smith-responds-to-gettlemans-presser

 

 

 

Then he voluntarily called in to WFNZ to talk about his release a couple of months later:

 

http://charlotte.cbslocal.com/2014/03/13/steve-smith-talks-being-cut-from-carolina-panthers-nfl-future/

 

 

There were numerous other occasions where local radio hosts would be talking about a football subject (or even a life in general subject) and Steve would call in from out of the blue. 

 

Steve calling into local radio to set the record straight has been a normal occurrence for a long time. 

 

If by "set the record straight" you mean sounding like a jilted, heartbroken 13 year old girl then I agree. 

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