It’s impossible to deny that many in the Boston sports media dislike the man making the decisions down in Foxboro–hell, Shaughnessy even hates Belichick’s boss dating back to the Parcells affair, when Shank firmly came down on the side of the Tuna and never missed an opportunity to rip Kraft.

Many of these people have let their personal agendas get in the way, and any time things are not going 100% swimmingly for the Patriots, they let loose with all of their fury against the head coach.

Moreover, their dislike of the head coach comes with the added cross of having to dislike the FANS who give the head coach the benefit of the doubt whenever he makes a controversial decision.

Add it all up and what you’ve got is a mess. You don’t get “reporting” or “facts”; you usually just get hatchet jobs against Belichick and, in Shaughnessy’s case, the owner who hired him and the fans who support both of them.

Is that what you want to read the day after a loss?

I’d rather read a sober analysis of what went wrong and what the Pats need to do to fix things.

I used to read about EVERY game, win or lose; but in the last few years as the anti-Belichick animosity has grown stronger in the media (again, we’re talking about a few hacks, mainly), I’ve pretty much stayed away from the media after the team loses.

With the Red Sox, Bruins and Celtics, it’s different. You don’t have that hatred of the coach and the organization permeating throughout the media, so I usually check out the game stories, win or lose.

With Belichick and the Pats, it’s a personal thing for some of the writers in this town and quite frankly, I don’t need to read about their personal feelings towards the coach, fans and ownership.