Wade-"Get your ring finger ready" (1 Viewer)

[Bankerguy]

The original story was writen by Mac Engel.

This was taken from a poster at the "Ranch Report" who was also present when the comments were made.

Here is what was posted:

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I wanted to take up for Wade Phillips speech because Engel was there and cant even get the story correct. Here is what happened, Wade Phillips was introduced and was walking to the podium while he was there was a gentleman up front yelling over and over GET YOUR RING FINGER READY! GET YOUR RING FINGER READY! he yelled it at least 10 times. Wade looked at the table and then went on speaking, toward the end of the speech the guy starts yelling it again GET YOUR RING FINGER READY! Wade Phillips gets a smirk on his face and says yes get your ring finger ready. Bad reporting starts a lot of crap, now I wonder about all of the things I have read through the years was blown out of proportion.

I was sitting next to the table that was yelling GET YOUR RING FINGER READY! Now I wonder how many things reported are not true!

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[BigRed]

I was sitting next to the table that was yelling GET YOUR RING FINGER READY!

And didn't ##### slap the moron back into next week because........

 

[Addai's Adidas]

I was sitting next to the table that was yelling GET YOUR RING FINGER READY!

And didn't ##### slap the moron back into next week because........

because only toughguy troublemakers do that.

 

[Osaurus]

So the fudge rounds are okay?

 

[Bankerguy]

I thought this was funny.

One of the posters at a Cowboys Message Board I frequent wrote Mac Engel about this story. Here is the exchange between them:

Hey Mac,

People want to know more about the 'Get the ring finger ready' comment.

Some say you are a poor journalist because you used it out of context. They say someone else was yelling over and over again to Wade that same comment and that Wade made the comment back to the crowd to appease the guy and hush him up.

What says you about the situation?

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And here's his response back to me..

I've received one or two e-mails about this. I was at the back of the stadium club, leaning against the window that overlooks the field. The only thing I could hear was hoots and hollers, and Wade behind a mic at a podium.

I wouldn't be surprised if Wade was goaded into saying it, but I would have been unable to hear anybody else unless they were close to me, or they had a microphone in front of their mouth.

I had zero intention of blowing something out of proportion. I thought it was a funny, throwaway line. But since absolutely nothing else is going on these days in the world of sport something like this is going to get a lot of attention.

It reminded me of the student council kid running for office who screams, "And no homework for everybody!"

But it doesn't change the fact that Wade said it, even if he was playfully goaded into it. If he didn't want to say, he didn't have to. Besides, his entire team believes it, too.

That's what happened. And, yes, tell whomever I'm a poor journalist but for different reasons.

All the best.

Mac Engel

Fort Worth Star-Telegram

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[Ridgelake]

There's a reason that I rarely read the Star Telegram's stuff. You're getting a clue as to why.