The league stated that Wilson's profane tirade to the press following the loss was the reason for the fine. "We expect more from our general managers in this league" commented a representative from league commissioner Matt Rectenwald's office. "We we can tolerate a few incidental expletives during press conferences, in fact, we are accustomed to it these days, to fill your entire press game conference with nothing but expletives is just over the line. While the fine doesn't make up for the words heard by our fans, especially the youth of the game, we feel the fine is all the power we have at the moment as a league."
While this article can't fully disclose what was said during the press conference, here is an edited and censored version.
Wilson excluded his tirade by knocking over the microphone before storming out of the room. This is the 2nd such tirade of the season by Wilson. He performed a similar stunt back in April when the team stumbled out of the gate, going 1-4 in the team's first 5 games of the season. The team responded by winning 15 of their next 22 contests. The 5-game losing streak is a season long for the team as it's playoff hopes continue to hang in the balance.The ****-ing *** wipes wouldn't know how to *** d*** win if their ****ing lives depended on it. They're going to choke on it like a *** d*** whore choking on a mother ****ing d***. These sorry sons of b****es are worthless pieces of dog ****. They're all a bunch of ****ing ****-ups that are going to ****ing **** this up and not make the ****ing post-season. To lose to those ****ing Mountie hat wearing ****ers 3 times in a row is a ****ing disgrace.
*** D**** it! I'm done.
Portland responded after the tirade, taking the next two against divisional opponent Hawaii. But the team went back to losing ways when it dropped the first 2 to Des Moines.
