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from www.nydailynews.com – Whether it was for his critical talk about Xs and Os or his advice on open marriages and oral sex, the San Francisco 49ers have pulled the plug on longtime radio voice Gary Plummer’s mic.
The former 49ers radio color commentator was canned Tuesday after a raunchy podcast made its way around the Internet where the former linebacker detailed the extra-curricular activities of some of his former teammates on the “Lady Brain” podcast taped at the Super Bowl in February. He has been replaced by former defensive back Eric Davis.
But according to Plummer, he’s not sure if it was his commentary or his lifestyle choices that led to him being let go.
Plummer told the San Francisco Chronicle that his tales of players’ infidelity and frat-house behavior weren’t the sole reasons for his firing.
“The talked to me four or five times during the year about being too hard on the team, and the need to fill the stadium,” he told the paper. “I don’t think that’s my job as an analyst.”
“It was a convenient excuse to get rid of somebody who told the truth,” Plummer told the San Jose Mercury News.
Plummer said he was often called into meetings with 49ers management over his criticisms of the team and they warned him that he was being too hard on the team.
“I literally asked them, ‘How much powdered sugar do you want me to put on dog (expletive) to make it taste good? We’re 0-5. We’re last in the league in offense, and we’ve had three players quit,” Plummer told the Mercury News.
Plummer, 51, took part in a podcast with San Jose’s KSJO-FM “Lady Brain,” a show that covers relationships, sex and body issues. The former 49er and San Diego Charger spoke freely about “his own open marriage, how to best give oral sex, and how the 49ers’ staff used to line up women for the players,” according to the Chronicle.
He also retold a story where a player engaged in sexual acts with a fan near a team bus while family members were on board.
Plummer speculated that the Niners were most upset with his comments about team staffers being sent into the stands to get phone numbers of women when San Francisco was blowing teams out in the mid ’90s, saying those tales created a loophole for the 49ers to let him go.
A few days after the interview aired the show’s hosts removed the podcast from the website at Plummer’s urging, the Chronicle reports. One of the show’s hosts Stephanie Walton, is a personal friend of the former player.
49ers spokesman Bob Lange didn’t get into specifics about why Plummer was fired, simply saying that it was the team’s decision to let him go.
“It is our decision, and obviously we would consult with our broadcast partner,” Lange told the Chronicle.
For his part, Plummer says his only regrets are that he didn’t get to hear or edit the interview before it hit the airwaves on Feb. 6.