MoLewisrocks

See, you do know a little more about him than you think you do. People/fans allow reporters to be the judges of personal character because we're too dam busy judging too many dam people in this media driven age to do it ourselves (or not care to as the case may be.)

People who have gotten to know Bill well seem to like him very well. But he doesn't suffer fools which leaves many in the media on the outside looking in and thay resent that. Even that aging idiot in Baltimore who was interviewed last week in NFLN's hatched Who Is He segment, never understood that if he did his job as an owner, rather than trying to interfere in Bill's football operations while expecting Bill to run interference for him with the all important fans and influential media owners are best left to manage, he might not have had to hire those moving vans.

Guys like Kossar had to go because he cared more about being acknowledged and getting his way than he did about winning. That's why some had to go here, too. But ownership had his back when he pulled the trigger because it was his football genius they traded for, not his personality. That is Kraft's genius.

patchick

Just giving the piece a much-deserved bump -- fresh insights on this story are rare. (And especially rare from ESPN!)

Fencer

Great story.

As favorable as they come, too.

And it still calls him an "unpleasant human being."

DarrylS

This along with putting his players in a position to capitalize on their strengths and putting them in a position to win, the Herald has an article on Bruschi/Seau and how they are sharing the weakside LB spot on this defense.. realistically alone Tedy could not handle the workload, so bringing in Seau is brilliant.. it allows both players to play part of the game well, instead all of the game mediocre. You could go on and on, but bottom line is he is respected by his players and by most of the true believers. Guys like Felger, Borges and some of the other scribes all want something different, to mold him into a warm and fuzzy reincarnation of a Pete Carroll.. in reality they beat Carroll up also.. he is what he is, the greatest FB coach of all time.

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Brady'sButtBoy

I enjoyed reading this piece, every Pats fan will. Plus, some of the overheated pundits around the country would benefit from reading it as well.

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Captain Cliche

I totally agree...in fact I started a thread on the subject that dropped like a rock.

Maybe it is a simplistic view, but I felt it was all about his obsessive nature with video tape.

It's obviously not about cheating, or civil disobedience, or making a statement, he just couldn't lay off the video.

His obsession cost him a first rounder. The perfect punishment.

He exposes the media for the lazy, mental midgets they are. They have been circling overhead waiting for such an opportunity.

Ask an intelligent question...get an intelligent and thoughtful response. Do your homework...get a look inside. Act like the village idiot...get brushed off like an insect.

He even starts some responses with, "That's a good question...."

So I guess I just answered my own question. For what started out as a simple cause...video taping signals anyone on the planet can obtain....the effect was a brutal feeding frenzy when the sharks smelled blood.

With any other coach and any other organization...would the punishment have been so much greater than the crime???

I don't think a Cleveland or a Miami or an Indianapolis with a media friendly coach would had suffered such a severe and unpresidented punishment.

I think NFL history will look back on this episode as an extreme over-reaction by a rookie comissioner who bought into the media feeding frenzy in a ham-handed attempt to impose his "tough guy" image.

I even wonder if there is some down the road compensation or deal for taking the fall so Goodell can make his mark.

psychoPat

So The Worldwide Leader can publish something favorable to BB !

But even so ... as noted previously ... it has to end downbeat:

"The same thing that makes him [an unlikable] human being," Belichick added in a telling aside [about LT], "makes him one of the greatest players who ever lived."

I've been thinking about this a lot lately. I believe the same is true of Bill Belichick.

captain stone

I also took note of that last sentence. Garber does BB a disservice, by comparing him with LT. Lawrence Taylor was one of the biggest a-holes in football, then and now. He was/is loud, obnoxious, rude, disrespectful and ignorant; another disciple of Muhammed Ali. BB is none of those things; in fact, he is the opposite of those things. The drive-by media still don't understand, and most probably never will.

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bishbash

Good one Capt. Think I'll use it for a sig.
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