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It's easy for me to remember the day because I was stuck in the hospital while my second, and last, son was born.
I dropped off my other son at daycare. While driving to the hospital I heard on the radio (I live in CA so this was 10am or so EST) that Pete Carrol had been fired. No surprise. I heard that the Patriots had asked for permission to talk to Belichick. Which got me excited because I was a "BelichickFan" from his days in Cleveland (and had to swallow hard when he was with the Jets as I was a Patriots fan).
Then I get to the hospital and am watching ESPN with the Bottom Line scrolling and I see "Bill Parcells resigns, Belichick named New York Jets Head Coach". I want to cry. Then, later, I see "Bill Belichick resigns as New York Jets Head Coach" and I say "WHAT THE ***** IS GOING ON". Meanwhile I'm stuck in a hospital room, occasionally making an excuse to leave so I can get out to the car to listen to 5 minutes of the radio.
It was an amazing day, 6 years ago today. And none of us, even ardent "BelichickFan"s could possibly have envisioned 3 Super Bowl wins 6 years later.
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Great, now I've got the image of a dynasty "conception" in my head... which comes about only when an owner and a GM/HC love each other VERY much and decide to consumate their love with a long-term contract....
...the next morning the HC/GM goes "shopping" to make a wonderful breakfast to share with the owner
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Great, now I've got the image of a dynasty "conception" in my head... which comes about only when an owner and a GM/HC love each other VERY much and decide to consumate their love with a long-term contract....
...the next morning the HC/GM goes "shopping" to make a wonderful breakfast to share with the owner
LMAO - well you know that Kraft and Belichick were eyeing each other for the 4 years of Pete Carrol knowing that they both wanted each other.
It's easy for me to remember the day because I was stuck in the hospital while my second, and last, son was born.
I dropped off my other son at daycare. While driving to the hospital I heard on the radio (I live in CA so this was 10am or so EST) that Pete Carrol had been fired. No surprise. I heard that the Patriots had asked for permission to talk to Belichick. Which got me excited because I was a "BelichickFan" from his days in Cleveland (and had to swallow hard when he was with the Jets as I was a Patriots fan).
Then I get to the hospital and am watching ESPN with the Bottom Line scrolling and I see "Bill Parcells resigns, Belichick named New York Jets Head Coach". I want to cry. Then, later, I see "Bill Belichick resigns as New York Jets Head Coach" and I say "WHAT THE ***** IS GOING ON". Meanwhile I'm stuck in a hospital room, occasionally making an excuse to leave so I can get out to the car to listen to 5 minutes of the radio.
It was an amazing day, 6 years ago today. And none of us, even ardent "BelichickFan"s could possibly have envisioned 3 Super Bowl wins 6 years later.
Great remembrance of a big day. From the sounds of your story that whole "hospital/2nd child" thing must've been a huge annoyance while trying to focus in on the real news!
Just remember to wish your kid a Happy Birthday today. Too bad that selfish wife of yours kept you stuck in the hospital that day!
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"They (Patriots) may be the greatest team ever" - Chris Mortenson, January 18, 2005 on espn.com
Great remembrance of a big day. From the sounds of your story that whole "hospital/2nd child" thing must've been a huge annoyance while trying to focus in on the real news!
Just remember to wish your kid a Happy Birthday today. Too bad that selfish wife of yours kept you stuck in the hospital that day!
a baby whose birth coincides with such an auspicious day should have a good name. so out with it!
i wish you coulda seen tthe press conference where BB resigned as coach of da jets. have never seen a coach do that before, and never will after. BB just had no words, looked scared, like he expected to be served with 100 summonses any minute.
a baby whose birth coincides with such an auspicious day should have a good name. so out with it!
i wish you coulda seen tthe press conference where BB resigned as coach of da jets. have never seen a coach do that before, and never will after. BB just had no words, looked scared, like he expected to be served with 100 summonses any minute.
Ahhh, the legendary press conference. I have heard and read so much about that performance. It kills me not to have ever seen a video of it.
If ANYONE has a LINK to that video, PLEASE, PLEASE let the rest of us hungry wretches glimpse that moment.
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"They (Patriots) may be the greatest team ever" - Chris Mortenson, January 18, 2005 on espn.com
Great remembrance of a big day. From the sounds of your story that whole "hospital/2nd child" thing must've been a huge annoyance while trying to focus in on the real news!
It was. I was able to sneak out to listen to Peter King's update. And I couldn't wait to run home to check out the message boards (Mouth Off and whatever patsfans.com was back then) to try to find out what was really going on.
6 Years Ago Today . . .
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