Krugman

I realize BB was the brains behind shutting down the "K Gun" offence in the Giants-Bills superbowl,but it seems to be deeper than that,just wondering on a bye week....

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captain stone

Because Bill's a Bon Jovi fan?

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RelocatedPatFan

I didn't realize he did. And I'd think he'd be more bothered by the fact that buffalo hasn't won the divisions since 1995.

Since 1996 here's a total of the division winners
0 Buffalo
1 Indy
2 Jets
2 Miami
11 New England (3-3 in SB appearances)

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randomk1

Kelly did call Brady the best ever so there's that.

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patman52

BB publicly is not a very likable guy if you haven't noticed. I don't care, he is a great coach and that is what I want out of a Coach. Who was more likable than McPherson?

BB is gruff, condescending, unwilling to give 95 percent of talking heads anything other than X and Os. And is not willing to be politically correct. I am sure Kelly respects him as a coach, just does not like him as a guy.

It could be just that BB may have said something disparaging about Kelly to someone and it got back to him.

DarrylS

His private personna is completely different from his HC personna... doubt if he disparaged Kelly, that is not something he does..

Ask Nick Saban, Jimmy Johnson, Tony LaRussa, Pepper Johnson, Jim Brown, Ozzie Newsome, Jon Bon Jovi and many others who know him off the gridiron and have a deep respect for him..

The reason why he does not like the press is because of stupid questions and because it is another silly NFL rule... remember when Bedard came in here a few years ago, and asked BB where he kept his Superbowl Rings??? It is all downhill from there...

If any reasonable person had to deal with the likes of Borges, Felger and the rest of the mediots that inundate our airwaves and print media.. that person may tend to be a lot gruff as well.

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PittPatriot

Well, aren't you curious where BB keeps his rings? I consider Sports news to be less news and more entertainment. Part of being a sports reporter is providing interesting information to your reading/viewing group. We all know BB would never turn on the overhead projector and give a detailed X's and O's on his strategies, nor would he talk about injuries or other data that would potentially provide an opponent with information. Reporters have to earn a living and there is only so many Mike Reiss-types (media voice for the team) you can have in a city. When a reporter asked, "Can't you gauge yourself better against better teams with better records?" during the week the Pats played the winless Colts, BB ripped her a new one…hence the benign, yet fan-interest peaking "where do you store your rings?"

I like BB as my coach…but I have no idea how he'd react if I stopped him on the street to shake his hand and thank him or take a picture with him.

1960Pats

As for Belichamp's personal side, he does seem like the type of guy that could be funny if he wanted. I can't say for sure. The only person I know who knows him at all thinks he's a jerk, but he works in sports media. According to him, when Belichamp refers to the press he'll usually refer to them as "those ******oles."

I think his feelings about the mediots goes much deeper than just dealing with the Borges' and Felgers' of the world. Before he even sat down to DO HIS JOB he was called "duplicitous pond scum" by a local writer, and that came after he was abused by the NY mediots for leaving the Jets.

That, combined with his leave-no-stone-left-unturned attitude toward winning, has him coaching his players and coaches what not to say to the media and how to take them down dead-ends. That was in Pepper Johnson's book Won For All.

When you win you can get away with that stuff.

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FredFromDartmouth

BB is not a nice guy and he even admits it. When discussing Parcells and himself he said: "We are both *****holes". He is cold and ruthless with personnel decisions but his jobs demands it. I would not want to work for him...

scout

If he was an ******* outside of football, it would be well documented. Word gets around Nantucket really fast. Football, he is ruthless. Cuts the last man on the roster the day before the Superbowl (I applaud).