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Interesting.
On changing from Fletcher-Baker back to just Fletcher:
"I added the hyphen Baker to honor my father and grandfather last season and give them homage. Since then I have decided to go back to Fletcher. That was something that I had planned on doing. I never changed it on my jersey. It was just to pay them respect. My grandfather actually passed during the season. He was battling some illness during the season. I just thought it was the right thing to do for him."
He also had good things to say about Buffalo:
On why he chose not to re-sign with Buffalo:
"The things that they are doing in Buffalo are very promising as well. However an opportunity like this does not come along often. It was just something I couldn't pass up. It was a situation where I was torn. I had grown to love the fans in Buffalo, as well as the organization and a lot of the things they had going on there and the direction they were heading. Buffalo is also only two hours from my home in Cleveland. There were options that I had to weigh. Buffalo wanted to retain me. When it was all said and done I looked at the opportunity to play for the Washington Redskins, I know that Mr. Snyder is going to do everything he can to make this team a winning organization. Everything I have heard from previous players is that this is a first class organization. That is an understatement. This is beyond first class."
I would like to say I wish him well here and good luck and all that but honestly I hope he fails miserably in Washington. There is only one team I despise more than the Redskins. I do thank him for being a class act while he was around in the B-Lo however. So long Fletcher-Bake.. err Fletcher whatever!
The whole thing is here: http://www.redskins.com/news/newsDetail.jsp?id=25129
On changing from Fletcher-Baker back to just Fletcher:
"I added the hyphen Baker to honor my father and grandfather last season and give them homage. Since then I have decided to go back to Fletcher. That was something that I had planned on doing. I never changed it on my jersey. It was just to pay them respect. My grandfather actually passed during the season. He was battling some illness during the season. I just thought it was the right thing to do for him."
He also had good things to say about Buffalo:
On why he chose not to re-sign with Buffalo:
"The things that they are doing in Buffalo are very promising as well. However an opportunity like this does not come along often. It was just something I couldn't pass up. It was a situation where I was torn. I had grown to love the fans in Buffalo, as well as the organization and a lot of the things they had going on there and the direction they were heading. Buffalo is also only two hours from my home in Cleveland. There were options that I had to weigh. Buffalo wanted to retain me. When it was all said and done I looked at the opportunity to play for the Washington Redskins, I know that Mr. Snyder is going to do everything he can to make this team a winning organization. Everything I have heard from previous players is that this is a first class organization. That is an understatement. This is beyond first class."
I would like to say I wish him well here and good luck and all that but honestly I hope he fails miserably in Washington. There is only one team I despise more than the Redskins. I do thank him for being a class act while he was around in the B-Lo however. So long Fletcher-Bake.. err Fletcher whatever!
The whole thing is here: http://www.redskins.com/news/newsDetail.jsp?id=25129
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