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Hey an actual non-Patriots bashing article in regards to spygate on PFT:
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POSTED 10:17 a.m. EDT, September 18, 2007
BILLICK COMPLAINTS JUST THE BEGINNING FOR MANGINI?
A league source opined to us on Tuesday morning that the recent comments of Ravens coach Brian Billick are "only the beginning" of the backlash that Jets head coach Eric Mangini will face after blowing the whistle on his former employer, the New England Patriots.
On Monday, Billick claimed that Jets defensive players illegal simulated the snap count, causing three illegal procedure penalties in Sunday's game between New York and Baltimore.
Some folks in league circles are troubled by the notion that Mangini violated the code of silence among coaches, doing so not because it was "the right thing to do," but because he thought he could gain a competitive advantage by pointing out a competitive advantage that he previously used to his own advantage, culminating in the head-coaching position he now holds.
If, some believe, Mangini believed that it was wrong to videotape defensive signals, he should have taken a stand when he was working for the Patriots.
So, as a result, anything that the Jets do that technically constitutes "cheating" will likely now be the subject of public complaints from other coaches.
With that said, guys like Billick should pick their battles carefully. Things that happen as part of the action on the field are extremely different, in our view, from secretly (or, as in the case of the Patriots, blatantly) videotaping defensive signals. As to the former, guys in black and white uniforms are in place to police possible rules violations. So if the Jets are calling out phony snap counts in an effort to rattle the Ravens' young offensive linemen, the game officials need to be flagging it.
It's no different, in our estimation, than holding or pass interference or anything else that happens on the field. It's only a penalty if a penalty is called, and guys surely get away with stuff in each and every game that is played.
Still, the message to Mangini is clear. He hurled a boulder in a cul-de-sac of glass houses. He can now expect plenty of rocks to come flying his way from the neighbors.
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Some folks in league circles are troubled by the notion that Mangini violated the code of silence among coaches, doing so not because it was "the right thing to do," but because he thought he could gain a competitive advantage by pointing out a competitive advantage that he previously used to his own advantage, culminating in the head-coaching position he now holds.
BINGO, I GOT BINGO!
Mangina may not like the Pandora's Box he has opened.
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And, by the very same token a cheater is a cheater and since the Jets did get busted. We all know what that means, since we so recently went through it ourselves.
Everything this season for the JETS must be tagged with the dreaded asterisk. That's right folks. It's official;
NY JETS = 0-2*
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Amid the ESPN - "don't be surprised if BB doesn't last the season" my prediction is that Belichick is coaching the Patriots long after Manjudas has been fired by the Jets.
And once he's fired, how many team owners do you think will want to bring him into their organization, knowing that any and every organizational secret will be shared with the media and/or his next organization? No, I wouldn't expect he's going to have a lot of offers. More than likely he'll wind up going into the NFL's Witness Relocation Program working as a scout for Austrailian Rules Football down under.
Frankly, if the Jets are smart, they'll send him packing before he picks up any more dirt to use against Tannenbaum and the owners of the Jets, and he might be the one not to make it through this season.
The fact is, Mangini's a cheater too, since he did what he accused BB of when he was here. So if BB's a cheater, Manjudas is a cheater AND a Rat.
And the bottom line is that once he's done with his stint as HC of the NYJ, his NFL career is over.
Amid the ESPN - "don't be surprised if BB doesn't last the season" my prediction is that Belichick is coaching the Patriots long after Manjudas has been fired by the Jets.
And once he's fired, how many team owners do you think will want to bring him into their organization, knowing that any and every organizational secret will be shared with the media and/or his next organization? No, I wouldn't expect he's going to have a lot of offers. More than likely he'll wind up going into the NFL's Witness Relocation Program working as a scout for Austrailian Rules Football down under.
Frankly, if the Jets are smart, they'll send him packing before he picks up any more dirt to use against Tannenbaum and the owners of the Jets, and he might be the one not to make it through this season.
The fact is, Mangini's a cheater too, since he did what he accused BB of when he was here. So if BB's a cheater, Manjudas is a cheater AND a Rat.
And the bottom line is that once he's done with his stint as HC of the NYJ, his NFL career is over.
What about working with the glorious angel on high, Dungy? (soft angel voices spreading good cheer heard from the distance)
Only the beginning for Mangini?
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