I am surprised no one caught this Borges Gem - New England Patriots Forums

***Rob0729*** · 10-11-2010, 08:25 AM

Peter King put this on his MMQB:

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"Take away the Patriots from Bill Belichick and what is he? A gym teacher with better jewelry, no disrespect to gym teachers intended.''
-- Ron Borges, columnist for the Boston Herald, in a scathing column critical of Belichick for trading Randy Moss.

Read more: Tampa Bay reaching 3-1, Brett Favre under investigation par for*season in 2010 - Peter King - SI.com

Maybe someone did catch it and I missed it, but I guess it speaks to how irrelevant Borges really is that not only did no one read his column to catch this quote or that he is so desperate for attention that he would write such a ridiculous quote.

cmasspatsfan · 10-11-2010, 08:28 AM

Borges used that line a few years ago too, he's so lazy he just cutting and pasting old quotes. At least he's only plagarizing himself now.

NJPatsfan26 · 10-11-2010, 08:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Rob0729

Peter King put this on his MMQB:

Read more: Tampa Bay reaching 3-1, Brett Favre under investigation par for*season in 2010 - Peter King - SI.com

Maybe someone did catch it and I missed it, but I guess it speaks to how irrelevant Borges really is that not only did no one read his column to catch this quote or that he is so desperate for attention that he would write such a ridiculous quote.

What would a mediot be without stupid lines like this? An actual sports journalist.

FredFromDartmouth · 10-11-2010, 08:37 AM

I am a bit appalled at such lack of journalistic integrity. He has been wrong so many times that he is reduced to this.

***convertedpatsfan*** · 10-11-2010, 08:39 AM

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Originally Posted by cmasspatsfan

Borges used that line a few years ago too, he's so lazy he just cutting and pasting old quotes. At least he's only plagarizing himself now.

I'm surprised anyone still reads/listens to this guy.

Steve:Section 102 · 10-11-2010, 08:41 AM

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Originally Posted by convertedpatsfan

I'm surprised anyone still reads/listens to this guy.

CSNNE trots him out when they want the voice of Doom and Gloom.

***Rob0729*** · 10-11-2010, 08:42 AM

BTW, I am happy that I can quote it from Peter King (who himself is a moron, but at least I skim his MMQB to read the few things that might interest me) and provide a link to SI.com than actually give Borges' column the attention it definitely doesn't deserve. Borges now gets to look like an idiot without benefitting from clicks to his moronic article (in fairness, I have not read his article, but it isn't hard to accurately assume that it is stupid).

***Rob0729*** · 10-11-2010, 08:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Steve:Section 102

CSNNE trots him out when they want the voice of Doom and Gloom.

The Big Show on WEEI does the same. It is like having Dakota from Braintree on for four hours allowing Ordway to look smart shooting down Borges' stupid anti-Belichickian arguments.

Patsfanin Philly · 10-11-2010, 09:49 AM

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Originally Posted by Rob0729

BTW, I am happy that I can quote it from Peter King (who himself is a moron, but at least I skim his MMQB to read the few things that might interest me) and provide a link to SI.com than actually give Borges' column the attention it definitely doesn't deserve. Borges now gets to look like an idiot without benefitting from clicks to his moronic article (in fairness, I have not read his article, but it isn't hard to accurately assume that it is stupid).

King ripped a player who made a last minute interception and ran with it instead of falling to the ground, only to be stripped of it by Roddy White costing his team the game......
When the same situation arose yesterday ( last minute interception and the guy this time goes to the house for a pick 6) what is King's response??
>>>p. The Raiders, for breaking the 13-game schneid against San Diego, and Tyvon Branch, for having the football sense to not just dive on a fourth-quarter loose ball but to run it back 68 yards for the insurance touchdown.<<
How about a little consistency? Either it's the right move to run it or it's not. You can't have the hindsight of criticizing if he loses it but praise if he scores... I have neither the time nor the inclination to look for the original quote ( re Roddy White) but it's typical of the media....

***reflexblue*** · 10-11-2010, 09:53 AM

Why does anyone still pay this guy for his thoughts is beyond me. But then again there must be people out there that don't really pay attention and still think he has integrity, or he credible.