Steamer86

Belichick showed the team many clips of various players missing assignments and making errors. He ripped them for 45 minutes - saying they need to improve. Brady said "Coach gave it to us pretty good today," "We've made plenty of mistakes. Especially the last month of football, I don't think it's been our best."

If someone on this board made all those comments, the Kool-aid police would rip them a new one and call them a whiner.

The truth is, we were playing better earlier in year and it is ok to say that and point out areas where we think they could use some improvement. We still love the team and recognize we are still playing as well as anyone but we also see areas that seem to have slipped a bit and it is ok to talk about it....

sebman2112

I understand what you're saying, but the members of this board aren't the head coach of a 14-0 football team, that already has homefield advantage throughout the playoffs. Meaning, BB needs to keep finding reasons to motivate the players. Us fans spewing BS within the pages of this website will have no effect on their play.

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ClevTrev

So, do you feel better now? Not that you have any clue about the substance of those comments and the nature in which they were conveyed . . . .

Is this another "the sky is falling" post?

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MetalBleachers

Yes, they need work. I don't know who has argued against that. But what Belichick sees on film is a lot different that what we see on CBS. In other words, if he has something to say about the game, I'll listen to him.

As far as we fans go, I can only speak for myself that I've never followed a team quite like this record-wise. It's cool and special and scary in a lot of ways. I guess you can say that the Patriots haven't been perfect, but their record has been.

DaBruinz

A few things.
1) The people ripping into this team are doing so without 1% of the football knowledge that BB has forgotten.
2) When they do rip into the team, usually its without any support from reallity.

3) There have been threads that talk about areas needing improvement, but its typically NOT the OP who mentions it. The OPs have been the ones whining and complaining and not understanding what was going on.

Deus Irae

I don't know of any poster here who has a problem with breaking down plays and showing the errors. Not a single poster. Not one. I'm sure they exist, if it makes you feel better, but that's not what the 'homers' call out the whiners for, since the homers A.) Don't actually know the plays, and B.) Don't make their arguments by even attempting to break the plays down.


"Player sucks!", on an undefeated team, is whining. Showing a series of Photos and saying something like "Look where player is missing his block because he's slow getting out of his stance" is legitimate criticism (It may not be accurate, but at least it's legitimate).

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OhExaulted1

What's the matter Steamer, you bound up tonight?

BelichickFan

I have a feeling Belichick's 45 minutes didn't consist of : Maroney is a bust. Meriweather is a bust. Watson sucks. Thomas is a disappointment. That's whining. And you can bet that's NOT what Belichick did.

PatriotsReign

You should know by now, it's ok for coaches to complain and/or whine. It's when fans start to do it that it gets sickening.

In my opinion, the game against the Steelers was one of the best games we've played this year. Since we can't count the Jets, Miami, Buffalo or any of the other crappy teams we've played, why do you think we played better football earlier in the year.

And BTW...it's NEVER ok to whine on this board. For you to use Brady's comments as a lead-in to you rationalizing complaining....get a life.

Disco Volante

Haha.

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