I think the Bregman thing is a Willie Wonka-like test of the Detroit fan base by Scott Boras. "Snozzberries, who ever heard of a Snozzberry?"
Some of you punks are going to have to go through some things before he signs.
the paragraph that begins with: "We're just another society of group-bonding spectacles anyway, and I'm just doing my part to act normal..."
Was this a line from a John Hughes movie protagonist in 1983?
For people with DC experience or some awareness of politics this is Bush era code red but for the people outside that world it is at least bright orange and trending red.
I guess I was not tracking the Brian Driscoll story very well. Ezra Klein in the Bulwark pod tells an amazing story. I recommend that one.
Basically, he's Val Kilmer as Doc Holliday in "Tombstone." He's not having this coup.