Cheerleaders get fired up about Salahi

Washington Post ^ | 12/3/2009 | Paul Farhi

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Before she made it into a White House state dinner without an official invitation, Michaele Salahi made it onto the Redskins alumni cheerleading squad -- without ever having been a Redskins cheerleader.

Salahi performed at FedEx Field during halftime of the Redskins-St. Louis Rams game Sept. 20 with a group of 150 former Redskins cheerleaders. Salahi's rehearsals with the group were filmed by a crew that has been following Michaele Salahi and her husband, Tareq, for possible inclusion on a cable TV reality show, "The Real Housewives of D.C."

Several former cheerleaders said in interviews that Michaele Salahi's presence at a rehearsal drew attention because of the TV cameras, but also suspicion because no one seemed to remember her as a cheerleader for the team.

Their doubts were heightened when Salahi couldn't perform some of the basic cheerleader routines, including the standard choreography for the team's fight song, "Hail to the Redskins."

But it wasn't until stories about the Salahis' White House incident last week that the cheerleaders decided to follow up on her credentials as a Redskins cheerleader.

"She was never at an audition, never at a game and never performed" as an original cheerleader, said Sheryl Olecheck, a Redskins cheerleader from 1986 to 1996 who choreographed the team for seven years. "When I saw her, I had to ask around: 'Who is that?' "

Another former cheerleader said she asked Salahi who her choreographer was when she performed. "She couldn't answer," she said.

The Washington Redskins Cheerleaders Alumni Association lists Salahi on its membership roster and indicates that she was a cheerleader during 1991 season under her nickname and maiden name, Missy Holt. However, when asked by the group for proof of her participation, Salahi was unable to supply any.

[2nd Bn, 11th Mar]

In almost every picture I have seen of this woman, she has her head slightly tilted. What a POS poser!

[End Times Sentinel]

Redman is very capable

A lot of folks don't remember this, but coming into the 2000 Draft, Redman and Chad Pennington were pretty much neck and neck. However, at the Combine, Redman ran a 40 that would raise flags if he was an Offensive Lineman. I think it was something in the neighborhood of 5.34.

Based, pretty much solely on that he slid to the third round (after Giovani Carmazzi, believe that?).

I very much agree, Redman is a smart, capable QB who can make all the throws. I'm not saying he was ever going to be a franchise type guy, but why he was playing Arena ball when Craig Krenzel and Jim Sorgi were in the NFL is a mystery to me.

[HighlyOpinionated]

In almost every picture I have seen of this woman, she has her head slightly tilted. What a POS poser!

Maybe she attended the David Caruso School of Posing?