What ever happened to DelRio's accusation? - New England Patriots Forums

jeffd · 01-13-2006, 09:20 AM

At half time the network sideline reporter said that Del Rio was livid about communication system problems saying that "it seemed to go out at key moments" and that he will be asking the NFL to investigate. I know that often times, especially with real time reporting, things get misunderstood or turn out to be flat wrong but that is a HUGE accusation to just let linger and not substantiate or correct.

Anyone hear that and/ or any follow up to it?

PatsLoad · 01-13-2006, 09:22 AM

yeah that was pretty funny I was wondering about this as well

KDPpatsfan · 01-13-2006, 09:23 AM

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Originally Posted by PatsLoad

yeah that was pretty funny I was wondering about this as well

I didn't take it as him insinuating anything bad about the pats, just that he was pissed it wasn'y working and wanted it fixed.

PatsLoad · 01-13-2006, 09:32 AM

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Originally Posted by KDPpatsfan

I didn't take it as him insinuating anything bad about the pats, just that he was pissed it wasn'y working and wanted it fixed.

Well he claimed it was at "key moments" so I took it as somewhat of an accusation

***T-ShirtDynasty*** · 01-13-2006, 09:33 AM

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Originally Posted by KDPpatsfan

I didn't take it as him insinuating anything bad about the pats, just that he was pissed it wasn'y working and wanted it fixed.

Right... NFL teams bring their own communication systems. It was Jaguars equipment, not equipment that the Pats provide to him. So he'd have no beef with us anyway.

His problem was that when he complained to the Ref, he asked them to make the Pats remove their headsets as well until the problem was worked out. The ref's refused saying there's nothing in the rules that would make them do that. So now he's going to speak to the competition committe this offseason and see if he can get a 'fairness rule' in place on it.

Problem was fixed at halftime by the way.

Fanfrom1960 · 01-13-2006, 09:34 AM

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Originally Posted by jeffd

At half time the network sideline reporter said that Del Rio was livid about communication system problems saying that "it seemed to go out at key moments" and that he will be asking the NFL to investigate. I know that often times, especially with real time reporting, things get misunderstood or turn out to be flat wrong but that is a HUGE accusation to just let linger and not substantiate or correct.

Anyone hear that and/ or any follow up to it?

I heard they're questioning Red Auerbach about it.

***PATSNUTme*** · 01-13-2006, 09:42 AM

I think that under NFL rules, that if one teams equipment isn't working , the other team has to stop using theirs. I've seen that several times.

Perhaps it was coming in and out and the ref didn't rule thatit was down. Important to note: he said "at key moments" if wasn't working. What the hell does that mean? So, at non-key moments it was working.

***T-ShirtDynasty*** · 01-13-2006, 09:44 AM

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Matt from Munster, IN: What exactly happened with the headset communications between the quarterback and coaches? Did it affect any of the play calls?

Vic: The Jaguars' coach-to-quarterback communications device and Jack Del Rio's headset went on the fritz in the first half. They kept cutting out. Del Rio advised the referee of the problem and requested the Patriots be required to take their headsets off, which is how I remember the situation having always been handled in the past. The referee, however, told Del Rio there was no NFL mandate for that to occur. In other words, you're screwed, coach. Del Rio said the problem resulted in false starts. It was fixed during halftime and did not re-surface in the second half. Del Rio brought a laugh when he told reporters that his team played its worst football in the second half, so maybe it was a good thing the headsets didn't work in the first half. He also said he will stimulate discussion on the matter during the winter meetings in an attempt to create a fairness rule.

http://www.jaguars.com/Story/4980.asp

patsox23 · 01-13-2006, 09:55 AM

"Del Rio said the problem resulted in false starts."

How? This makes NO SENSE to me.

Bella*chick · 01-13-2006, 10:16 AM

At least he had a sense of humor about the fact that his team played worse in the second half after the problem had been addressed. I know when I was watching the game I thought a much bigger deal was going to be made about it afterwards, but it just sort of never came up.