Branch press conference - New England Patriots Forums

***PatsRI*** · 09-12-2006, 03:29 PM

"The Pats did what was best for them and I did what was best for me and my family."

"I was shocked when I found out yesterday"

"He didn't think he could hold out 5 days...then I had missed all training camp. I knew I had my puropse and the (Pats knew too)."

"We studied a whole lot in NE" - Key to success with Pats

"It was the right thing to do but I felt bad. I understood my purpose though, plus my little girl running around helped."

"No (it didn't get personal with the Pats) I wouldn't say that."

That was about it, he'll wear 83 I guess and he sounded happy, I guess 39 mil will do that for you. The strange thing is he rally didn't sound bitter (like Lawyer, Gash, Willie etal) did. He kept saying he understood where the Pats were coming from but he had his purpose.

***BelichickFan*** · 09-12-2006, 03:32 PM

BelichickFan Press Conference :

"***** You, Branch".

Kdo5 · 09-12-2006, 03:36 PM

Any pictures of him holding up his new Seahawks #83 jersey and his having a wide smile on his face...

***BelichickFan*** · 09-12-2006, 03:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Kdo5

Any pictures of him holding up his new Seahawks #83 jersey and his having a wide smile on his face...

Maybe he called his high school coach again to thank him

***PatsRI*** · 09-12-2006, 03:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Kdo5

Any pictures of him holding up his new Seahawks #83 jersey and his having a wide smile on his face...

Just had the audio stream.

desi-patsfan · 09-12-2006, 03:37 PM

Later Branch. Hope you have a good umbrealla.

OT: After 6655 posts by BelichickFan, he/she is an "unknown quantity"? Damn, what do you have to do to get people to recognise you?

kencc · 09-12-2006, 03:38 PM

Don't blame this all on Branch. Both sides screwed this up. Pats let him get other offers, when he came back with 2 offers they should have compromised & uped there offer & gotten this done, but they were being pig headed also.

***BelichickFan*** · 09-12-2006, 03:39 PM

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Originally Posted by kencc

Don't blame this all on Branch. Both sides screwed this up. Pats let him get other offers, when he came back with 2 offers they should have compromised & uped there offer & gotten this done, but they were being pig headed also.

I thought the $6M per that we offered was overpaying, let alone upping it.

Brownfan80 · 09-12-2006, 03:41 PM

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Originally Posted by desi-patsfan

OT: After 6655 posts by BelichickFan, he/she is an "unknown quantity"? Damn, what do you have to do to get people to recognise you?

BF wasn't even green in his icon until I voted positively for him a few days ago. Crazy huh?

***PatsRI*** · 09-12-2006, 03:41 PM

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Originally Posted by kencc

Don't blame this all on Branch. Both sides screwed this up. Pats let him get other offers, when he came back with 2 offers they should have compromised & uped there offer & gotten this done, but they were being pig headed also.

I think we've covered this with about 3000 posts.