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This is the best of the Ben Mallor show on Fox Sports Radio.

When you announce you're going to do something, when you make the declaration, hey, this is big news here.

Everyone come check out how great we are.

We've got our new head coach.

And then you have to walk back from that.

This is a new level of embarrassment.

It happens every once in a while. This is not totally unique what is taking place here in Indianapolis, but it's extra

special when it happens because it doesn't happen all that much.

Once a blue moon, as the line goes.

Actually, it's less frequent than that. It's less

frequent than that. But I assume you know, but you can't assume everyone's aware of what

has gone on. So maybe you've been out of the loop here. Big story here. Josh McDaniels, the

announcement on Twitter that McDaniels was going to take over as the head coach in Indianapolis

came down on Tuesday morning and by Tuesday night, oops.

Can we have a mulligan on that?

Yeah, McDaniels had walked out of the agreement and Chuck Pagano, his old job is still

available.

They want Pagano back. They can hire him. No, I don't think Pagano's gotten another job yet. So if you want to hire Chuck Pagano, his old job is still available. He won Pagano back.

They can hire him.

No, I don't think Pagano's gotten another job yet.

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