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And this wasn't some 30-second mimicking that Payton played for laughs in front of his team, either. Oh, no. He worked at it, watching film of a Belichick interview to get his tone and mannerisms down right, dressing the part, and even talking to current Saints and ex-Patriots Randall Gay, Heath Evans and David Thomas to quiz them on how Belichick would dissect New Orleans in preparing his Patriots to play that coming Monday night in the Superdome.
"I made a careful note of how he scrunched up his face and how he tilted his head,'' Payton writes of Belichick. "I became Bill Belichick. The hair greased over to the side and darkened. The blue hoodie with the New England Patriots logo. The khakis and the tennis shoes.
Interesting excerpt from Payton's book about how he made a video of himself pretending to be BB and dissecting the Saints weaknesses BB-style prior to the Pats game. Imitation is the highest form of flattery, right?
I would love to see this video.
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"To get the voice right, I went on NFL.com Tuesday night and listened to Mike Lombardi interviewing Bill. Listened three or four times until I had that flat, tightly wound, slightly psycho-sounding monotone exactly right.
If Belichick HAD any respect for Payton, I think it's gone now. I don't think the greased hair and psycho-sounding monotone voice comments are exactly endearing signs of respect.
I don't think the greased hair and psycho-sounding monotone voice comments are exactly endearing signs of respect.
I thought the same thing. To me those characterizations ruined an otherwise respectful and fun story. I don't know if someone coached him to be more colorful in his writing or what, but he went a bit overboard.
If you all really think BB is going to care that he is called "slightly psycho-sounding" or have greased to the side hair then you guys really don't get it.
we all know if you listen to him when he is with the full press he does sound slightly physco nad i am betting its on purpose.
as for the hair comment i am guessing that he had to do it to look like BB
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If some of you think Bill would be all butt hurt over these revelations, I think it's your own delicate sensitivity.
BB has a great sense of humor and would probably play the tape for the team if he had a copy. Yes, imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.
Gags and imitations are part of the camaraderie of team sports. If you don't think BB has a closetful of Parcells imitations from the old days, you're crazy.
If there was any other coach in the league I would want coaching the Patriots, this would be the guy.
Something tells me he has total respect for BB and BB respects him.
I thought Urban Meyer was supposed to be the next coach of the Patriots.
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If some of you think Bill would be all butt hurt over these revelations, I think it's your own delicate sensitivity.
BB has a great sense of humor and would probably play the tape for the team if he had a copy. Yes, imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.
Gags and imitations are part of the camaraderie of team sports. If you don't think BB has a closetful of Parcells imitations from the old days, you're crazy.
Lighten up, Francis.
Agree 100%. I can't imagine BB being offended at all, and I'm sure he'd play the video as well if he could get a copy.
Considering we have joint practices with the Saints, it suggests BB has a healthy amount of respect for the Saints and Payton. It'd be even better if BB showed up doing a Sean Payton impression...
I don't think BB would be offended by this, imitation is the highest form of flattery after all.
That being said, I think Payton missed the point. BB would never play dress up and work on his imitation of another coach, he would be preparing for how to beat the other team.
Payton must have known how bad they were going to beat us and needed something to do with his spare time.
Sean Payton imitates BB in many ways
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