Comments on: #2 Spygate

By: Tony

Tony — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 20:24:52 +0000

And I’d also reply with the officiating ALWAYS taking the strangest, pro-Lakers turn at the most important moment in every close playoff series they played during the decade. The highway robbery that was the 2002 Western Conference Finals which was taken from a better Sacramento team remains the officiating low point of the entire decade….I mention this because Skip Clueless also mentioned the “Tuck Rule Fiasco” as a reason to vote against the Patriots as team of the decade. I’d like to force Skip to watch tapes of that 7-game officiating embarrassment that was the ’02 Western Conference Finals as punishment for bringing up both the Tuck Rule and Spygate.

By: dave

dave — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 04:44:34 +0000

at least you learned not to listen to these bozos on the sports talk radio circuit. I don’t know how anyone can. It is all about $… sensationalism sells whether it’s true or not. SPORTS TALK SHOWS SSUUCCKK!!!! All Of Them!!!! TURN THEM OFF and they will go away.

By: Classless

Classless — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 03:04:21 +0000

The Lakers are a valid pick for team of the decade BUT…if Skip Ball-less is going to throw mud with a “spygate” comment, then I guess I’ll retort with a “Kobe is a rapist” comment. Which is worse?

By: Tony

Tony — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 01:49:20 +0000

This was the media at its worst, by far.

What kills me is that they are STILL bringing this non-issue up as they now evaluate the “best of” lists as the decade draws to a close. Skip Clueless just referenced it on ESPN the other day when he picked the Lakers over the Pats as team of the decade (an otherwise justifiable pick without bringing up the Spygate nonsense).

This nonsense will never end, and what’s worse, the average fan is left with the quite incorrect impression that the Pats are the only successful team to have ever done anything like that. My God, the Broncos cheating on the salary cap and winning two Super Bowls remains a COMPLETELY FORGOTTEN story. The Steelers popping steroids like M&M’s back in the 70′s? Completely forgotten. The Raiders (admittedly) bugging the other team’s lockerroom at the Oakland Coliseum? Completely forgotten. Jimmy Johnson saying that his Cowboys also taped signals, and even stole opposing team’s old gameplans? Completely forgotten.

No folks, thanks to the media, only your New England Patriots ever broke a rule, and only your New England Patriots have “tainted” championships.

I’ll never forgive those jackals for what they did with this non-story, and it WAS a non-story. Not a single former NFL coach believes the Patriots gained any kind of advantage from their taping practices—go back and look at all of the interviews with guys like Vermeil, Johnson, and others at the time. Even Don Shula, back in the beginning, said it was no big deal—then the Pats began threatening his precious ’72 Dolphins’ perfect record, and he changed his tune. But back in September of 2007, he was among the many former coaches who believed it was all much ado about nothing.

I’m still holding my breath for that media story about what an insane conflict of interest and unfair competitive advantage the Colts had during most of this decade by having both their coach (Dungy) and GM wielding powerful positions on the NFL’s all-powerful Competition Committee…..still waiting……still waiting….not holding my breath anymore.

By: Jon

Jon — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 16:15:38 +0000

2 years later and Deof still sucks at life.

By: Tom

Tom — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 14:20:27 +0000

People from The Herald should be burned at the stake? Thrown in jail? The media aren’t the only ones who are over the top.

By: Classless

Classless — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 03:47:07 +0000

I’m sorry, Bruce, but this story has to be #1. Once it broke, it wasn’t just a week long or even month long story; it had legs all the way up until Brady blew out his knee. The story caused people in the media (supposedly objective and having ethics) to openly root against the Patriots, fabricate lies and not suffer any consequences for them (Rams walkthrough lie), and gave a team it’s own sports news ticker that wasn’t in any way related to the play on the field.

I may be dramatic, but creating stories that commit libel have thrown people in jail. In this case, those fabricators were lauded and still remain employed. Combine all those factors in with 24/7 internet coverage and I don’t see how any story is bigger.

By: Classless

Classless — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 03:40:45 +0000

Of course it was Faulk. His precious Rams lost to the Pats. Give a dumb athlete an excuse, and he’ll use it until it’s beaten deader than a horse.

By: Jarred Alexandrov

Jarred Alexandrov — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 01:54:25 +0000

It says a lot that even by basically fabricating a story that was HUGE both locally and nationally the Boston Herald will probably be out of business in five years.

And seriously, thank God for Mike Reiss. The best JOURNALIST in Boston.

By: Angry Old Bastard

Angry Old Bastard — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 23:56:08 +0000

Spygate was the straw that broke the camel’s back for me…..I USED to listen to ALOT of sportstalk radio and I USED to read just about everything the local/national sportswriters wrote……”Spygate” opened my eyes. It really exposed the sports media as a bunch of drama queens. Always looking for the soap opera side of the story and it’s only gotten worse. SEE: “The Randy Moss dogs it” stories…….very seldom listen to sportstalk radio anymore and the only sportswriter I read now Mike Reiss…..