Comments on: Red Zone = Red Light for Patriots

By: Angry Old Bastard

Angry Old Bastard — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:40:01 +0000

exactly…..Brady,Faulk, Welker,Moss and one of the best short passing offences in the league….Think that’s one of the reasons Belichick thought they might be able to pick up 2 yards?…..OK, so it didn’t work….people can talk about it until the cows come home, it’s not going to change the outcome.

guess that’s the great thing about the second guess……your NEVER wrong and ALLWAYS right. Great work if you can find it.

By: TM

TM — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:53:17 +0000

BB could have put this all to bed, when asked why he didn’t trust his D, by saying “Actually it’s the complete opposite. I was confident that if we couldn’t gain 2 yards our D would have stopped Manning from 30 yards out.”

The end. The fact that he didn’t doesn’t mean a thing. Enough already.

By: J.R.

J.R. — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:04:38 +0000

As we all know, the electronic (TV, radio/talk show, web) and print media hacks relish colorful and quotable “characters” — players, coaches, managers, team execs, etc. — as it makes their jobs very easy and somewhat more enjoyable. So, when they encounter someone who refuses to “play the game,” which means they have to actually work, they take it as a personal insult (“Don’t you know who I am??”) and — surprise! — out come the sharp knives and cheap shots as payback. It’s pathetic and so transparent.

BB gives these jackels just the bare minimum of information, particulary regarding injuries, and delivers it in a monotone fashion and it drives them crazy.

I always thought it was pathetic the way these ass clowns would giggle like star-struck little girls at a Parcells press conference, all simply because Bill gave them “good quotes.”

By: Paul

Paul — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:32:03 +0000

And it was 4th and 1 not 4th and 2.

By: Peter

Peter — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:24:33 +0000

http://www.telegram.com/article/20090928/NEWS/909280393/1009/SPORTS

As I recall, people did talk about it after the Atlanta game beyond even the linked article. Difference was that it was in the third quarter so there would be time to cover it up if things went wrong.

By: Curry Hicks

Curry Hicks — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:38:48 +0000

Right on Tony. I was thinking to myself, What is the endgame to all of this? And you nailed it. The media asshats and chicken-little fans dislike BB because of his “arrogance” and will only be happy if BB prostrates himself in front of the media and apologizes a thousand times.

By: Tony

Tony — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:26:33 +0000

What kills me about the media “coverage” of this situation is that the words “arrogant”, “ego”, and “hubris” appear all over the place.

What in God’s name does Belichick’s ego or hubris have to do with the decision?

Could there have been some legitimate FOOTBALL-RELATED reasons behind his decision?

Nope, I guess not, because the assclowns in the media–people who literally are the walking embodiment of hubris, arrogance and egomania–have decided that it was Darth Hoodie’s “ego” and “arrogance” that made up his mind in this case.

What morons.

By: Lance

Lance — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:22:21 +0000

ditto. No local microphone tough guy applauded (or commented) on the earlier 4th down attempt. They’d rather be thought of as imbeciles than fan-boys.

I’m disgusted at the chicken little fans – they know nothing about football and don’t know it. God, I hate this town sometimes.

By: Angry Old Bastard

Angry Old Bastard — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:49:09 +0000

I’ve been on a FULL sports media blackout since Sunday nights game….even from this site…..I didn’t even want to know what the “knights of the keybord” were writing about….I mean, I knew what they were writing about but well ya know…..

remember the game earlier this year when the Pats went for it on 4th down from like their OWN 30 yard line and MADE IT?…and then they went down and scored?….I remember thinking, not many other coaches would try that. This is going to generate some big headline tomorrow…..well IT DIDN’T…because they MADE IT…..of course when they DON’t make it….the second guessing, know-it -all types go wild…….they make me sick to my stomach..