This week I chat with tight end Tony McGee, who spent nine years in Cincinnati and two more in the NFL with the Giants and Cowboys. He's currently the CEO of HNM Enterprises, a successful global logistics company with over 30 employees at the home office in Orlando and multiple locations, warehouses across the US.
He played 156 games with 322 receptions for 4,089 yards and 21 touchdowns, but by arriving in Cincinnati in 1993 never experienced a winning season or trip to the playoffs.
Beyond telling stories about his time as a player, McGee opens up about how he made one of the most successful transitions from football to the business world of anyone you will talk to from that era.
He also talks about frustrations in that despite that remarkable transition, valuable advice he could offer and a loyal nine-year career with the Bengals, the team has never invited him back once.
"Quite honestly, I can say I haven't been invited back to do anything or be a part of it or talk to the guys. There's been no outreach at all. And that's fine. At some point I will come to a game and buy my own ticket and take my daughter to a game just to show her where I used to play. It would be greatly appreciated if the team would reach out and put something together and invite us out. I know some teams have alumni functions and things like that, quite honeslty, I've never been invited to anything or heard anything. So, you just go on with your life."
Keep an eye out over the coming weeks as the series continues. Here are the previous two Lost Decade podcasts:
Adrian Ross (6.5)
Ashley Ambrose (6.12)
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