Rick Cartman
It is what it is
Jeff Ireland grew up a Chicago Bears water boy. But nobody has ever carried his water farther and harder than Armando. Watching Ireland getting flushed down the toilet was hilarious for many reasons and watching Mando scramble as his source was being shown the door was one of my favorites. It was pure laziness on Mando's part -- he had suckled Ireland's balls well enough and long enough that Ireland fed him lots of information. He didn't want to have to go through that again.
I knew Ireland was feeding him stuff when Mando did that fluff piece for him after that Harbaugh meeting debacle. Poor multimillionaire Jeff Ireland had to worry if he was going to feed his kids if big bad Ross canned him for not getting on the plane. Also it seemed way too often when there was a bad draft pick there was a story coming out from Mando that Philbin/Sparano/Ross/Parcells was pounding the table for the guy. I'm just so glad he's gone. The guy sucked as a person and as a general manager.