Why BB's reputation just went UP among fellow NFL coaches

[PonyExpress]

Attacked by a barrage of misleading and reckless media reports, BB could have easily defended himself, and protected his public rep, by revealing that EVERYBODY IN THE LEAGUE TAPES SIGNALS. Instead, he said nothing, allowed himself to be publicly humiliated, taking the flak for the whole league as a willing fall guy. He never even made a counteraccusation against the Jets, an obvious, easy argument to make given the mounting evidence gathered on this board. His silence spoke volumes to the coaching fraternity, distinguishing him starkly from Mangini. BB's silence was a more profound indication of his character than any statement he could have made, and people in the know- well, they know it.

[Slagathor]

Originally Posted by PonyExpress

Attacked by a barrage of misleading and reckless media reports, BB could have easily defended himself, and protected his public rep, by revealing that EVERYBODY IN THE LEAGUE TAPES SIGNALS. Instead, he said nothing, allowed himself to be publicly humiliated, taking the flak for the whole league as a willing fall guy. He never even made a counteraccusation against the Jets, an obvious, easy argument to make given the mounting evidence gathered on this board. His silence spoke volumes to the coaching fraternity, distinguishing him starkly from Mangini. BB's silence was a more profound indication of his character than any statement he could have made, and people in the know- well, they know it.

Good Point!

[SmokeShowin]

Ditto, good point.

[emoney_33]

Damn straight, and I expect nothing else from good ol' BB. He loves the game too much, he still is the biggest student of the game and the hardest working non-player in the game. He will never do anything to intentionally hurt the game. If he has to report something to the league he will do so with discretion. He must be extremely disappointed with Mangini.


But hey it's us against the world for real again!

[Patriot_in_NY]

Originally Posted by Slagathor

Good Point!

It is............... But you heard the man. He's busy preparing for San Diego

[Ghost of Ben Dreith]

Originally Posted by PonyExpress

Attacked by a barrage of misleading and reckless media reports, BB could have easily defended himself, and protected his public rep, by revealing that EVERYBODY IN THE LEAGUE TAPES SIGNALS. Instead, he said nothing, allowed himself to be publicly humiliated, taking the flak for the whole league as a willing fall guy. He never even made a counteraccusation against the Jets, an obvious, easy argument to make given the mounting evidence gathered on this board. His silence spoke volumes to the coaching fraternity, distinguishing him starkly from Mangini. BB's silence was a more profound indication of his character than any statement he could have made, and people in the know- well, they know it.

This might be true for some coaches, but not for all of them as evidenced by the whining and moaning from that arseclown Fisher and by Dungy. I think those that already respected him, would expect him to do just as he did in accepting blame and not throwing any other coaches under the bus. Those that disliked him/were jealous of him couldn't care less what he did or didn't do in accepting blame, they just want to pile on and possibly make those losses inflicted by him easier to deal with in their own minds.

I do think Mangina comes off the worse in the comparison.

[BrianPat]

Originally Posted by PonyExpress

Attacked by a barrage of misleading and reckless media reports, BB could have easily defended himself, and protected his public rep, by revealing that EVERYBODY IN THE LEAGUE TAPES SIGNALS. Instead, he said nothing, allowed himself to be publicly humiliated, taking the flak for the whole league as a willing fall guy. He never even made a counteraccusation against the Jets, an obvious, easy argument to make given the mounting evidence gathered on this board. His silence spoke volumes to the coaching fraternity, distinguishing him starkly from Mangini. BB's silence was a more profound indication of his character than any statement he could have made, and people in the know- well, they know it.

You can't say what you can't prove. Accusing every team of video taping calls, you better have lots of proof or you look very very bad !

[LoveDemPats]

Yea, and he also taught some of the newbies how to act in public. There were a lot of transgressions after this fiasco. There will be fallout. Many of the old guard knew how BB would react, and he will continue to be respected. But what do you think about Dungy's status now? Or, Fisher, and Tomlin? There were an awful lot of people that were not too respectful. Do you think that they will learn that maybe they just should have kept quiet? What if they simply continue to throw stones? I have seen people do this as a way to keep the pressure off themselves. No matter what the evidence is, they go on the attack. Learning that the coaches should have just said "no comment" may actually cause some of these people to open thier mouths even wider believe it or not.

[IcyPatriot]

Great post PonyExpress and I agree. Mangini let the media into the inner sanctum of coaching. A place the media would love to be ... how hard they try every press conference to get there. Such a fool is Mangini ... perhaps he can coach wearing a helmet?

[Slagathor]

Originally Posted by Ghost of Ben Dreith

This might be true for some coaches, but not for all of them as evidenced by the whining and moaning from that arseclown Fisher and by Dungy. I think those that already respected him, would expect him to do just as he did in accepting blame and not throwing any other coaches under the bus. Those that disliked him/were jealous of him couldn't care less what he did or didn't do in accepting blame, they just want to pile on and possibly make those losses inflicted by him easier to deal with in their own minds.

I do think Mangina comes off the worse in the comparison.

It all comes down to that handshake at midfield and the idea of brotherhood amongst coaches. That moment truly was a Judas selling out Jesus moment (by analogy only).

Belichick did not hide the camera. He never has.

History will not be kind to Mangini, especially amongst his peers.