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Still puzzling to me, however, is the reaction of a hardcore element of fans to news of player's transgressions. Apparently it's fine and dandy for players to come to Foxboro with rap sheets because the Flying Elvis somehow magically washes their souls of all sins.
But you can be absolutely certain, as a very small minority of individuals pointed out under those Globe stories, that had Hernandez been drafted by the New York Jets and the same revelations were made in the New York Times, Post or Daily News, New England fans would be laughing themselves silly over Rex Ryan's misfortune, and the reporters that broke the stories would be heralded as heroes by giddy Patriots' fans.
more fan bashing...
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Well,in a way its true ...although I think the Hernandez thing is quite a bit overated, but the fact is for instance if Maroney was a Jet he would be considered here a bust 2 YEARS AGO and we would all laugh at the former #1 draft pick and if Gholston was a Patriot he would have needed another year or two to mature and is NOT a bust,as many people in here DO NOT CONSIDER a player on the Pats a bust until he leaves...then we hear that he sucks as long as he is wearing another jersey or not in the league anymore.
The world of hypocritical and radical homer fans is everywhere in today's society,all 32 NFL teams have those types of fans and has to be accepted,unbiased fans are becoming rare today - its the way it is.
Although once again back to the topic, the Hernandez issue is little to nothing IMO and the article is wasting its time with that issue unless he becomes Ricky Williams II
It goes beyond rap sheets and character...if its not a player on your team he is worth ridiculing and won't amount to squat...thats the bottom line in today's world of sports.
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Pst MARK FARINELLA of the SUN CHRONICLE STAFF.. I hate to tell you but we've been doing this for 10 years.. Its nothing new.. What is new is I live in Foxboro and didn't know of the Sun Chronicle. Now that is breaking news!
Oh and of course we would rip the Jets, Dolphins or Bills if they did this.. Its all part of bashing your opponent.. Hell we jumped on the S.Holmes story without knowing the entire story.. Its part of being fans..
Well,in a way its true ...although I think the Hernandez thing is quite a bit overated, but the fact is for instance if Maroney was a Jet he would be considered here a bust 2 YEARS AGO and we would all laugh at the former #1 draft pick and if Gholston was a Patriot he would have needed another year or two to mature and is NOT a bust,as many people in here DO NOT CONSIDER a player on the Pats a bust until he leaves...then we hear that he sucks as long as he is wearing another jersey or not in the league anymore.
The world of hypocritical and radical homer fans is everywhere in today's society,all 32 NFL teams have those types of fans and has to be accepted,unbiased fans are becoming rare today - its the way it is.
Although once again back to the topic, the Hernandez issue is little to nothing IMO and the article is wasting its time with that issue unless he becomes Ricky Williams II
It goes beyond rap sheets and character...if its not a player on your team he is worth ridiculing and won't amount to squat...thats the bottom line in today's world of sports.
LOL, nope, gholston would be a bust no matter where he ended up by now...
as for maroney...hes not a bust, he just wasnt supposed to be drafted in the 1st round....hes been an injury riddled yet above average back when healthy
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LOL, nope, gholston would be a bust no matter where he ended up by now...
as for maroney...hes not a bust, he just wasnt supposed to be drafted in the 1st round....hes been an injury riddled yet above average back when healthy
My reason for mentioning him was solely for an example of what someone in here would say if Maroney had been drafted by the Jets in 2006 - This is more about character as the OP has posted so I will not highjack this thread for what it is and that is about Hernandez in particular.
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My reason for mentioning him was solely for an example of what someone in here would say if Maroney had been drafted by the Jets in 2006 - This is more about character as the OP has posted so I will not highjack this thread for what it is and that is about Hernandez in particular.
I think the OP is trying to say that this reporter is stupid in what hes saying...and no, one instance of testing positive NOT by the NFL would not really make me lament a selection even if it were the jets who drafted the kid....and i think most pats fans would also avoid that
we have enough to discuss with gholstons bust potential, Ryan's mouth which is as big as his belly, cromarties infinite bloodline, holmes forced off planes and so on and so forth
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Yeah, because from what I read on Patsfans, the Patriots fanbase is almost exclusively made up of homers who never ever second guess a multiple SB winning coach/organisation.
If this douche-bag 'journalist' thinks its okay to equate the stuff Holmes has gotten upto (battered his girlfriend) with smoking a joint or three as a student then its not be taken seriously.
busted for pot once does not equal: date rape, girlfriend/wife battering, murder, carrying a loaded weapon into a nightclub, vehicular manslaughter, concealing evidence in a murder or fathering 8 kids with 8 different women.
It's wrong, but I bet the author probably smoked a few doobies in college. But maybe the author "didn't inhale, or like it".
Hell, I think it might be difficult to find 53 people that didn't.
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A sarcastic Bill Belichick on Tom Brady's finger injury, "It's not life threatening."
The difference in the past has been the lockerroom and culture of winning. Winning is contageous, and keeps people on the straight and narrow. When things are going bad it all goes bad.
FARINELLA: Character is taking a back seat
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