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Chat: Chat with Tedy Bruschi - SportsNation - ESPN

Dan (Southington,Ct)


You can't argue with success, but I have to say sending players home for being late when there weather and travel problems is overdoing the control issue. Are there problems in the Pats locker room that need to be addressed? Brady did say the team is not tough enough. By the way, thanks for all the great memories.
Tedy Bruschi
(12:02 PM)


I don't think this is coach Belichick overreacting. I think this is an action he took due to other things that have happened througout the course of the year.
secor (NH)


Tedy Player discontent in December - that's a hard one to overcome. Do you sit those players? Are you interested in being cloned?
Tedy Bruschi
(12:03 PM)


I think it depends on how they responded when they came back Thursday and how they worked going on into the week. If you came back with a good attitude, coaches will see that positively and move on to the game.

Scott (Leominster)


Hi Tedy, I think BB may have lost the veterans on this defense after the INDY game what are your thoughts?
Tedy Bruschi
(12:05 PM)


If any veterans were upset about the Indy situation, they should have gotten over it quickly. It's OK to get emotional about coaching decisions, but if you don't move on, you have problems.
Jon (Stoughton, MA)


Tedy, thoughts on if BB should deactivate Adalius Thomas for the rest of the year?
Tedy Bruschi
(12:07 PM)


He already deactivated him once, and that's before he mouthed off. I think that's inevitable.
JS (Foxboro)


How big of a bust has Adalius Thomas been?
Tedy Bruschi
(12:08 PM)


I know the coaches have expected a lot more out of him. He started out gangbusters with the INT for a TD against San Diego. I think that's what everyone has expected from him. This year has certainly been a disappointment.
**** (Hudson)


With Adalius Thomas's lack of production; and now apparently becoming a cancer to the team can the Patriots just cut there ties with him at this point in the season? Also, how do you think Belichick handled his comments he made in the media yesterday?
Tedy Bruschi
(12:10 PM)


Coach Belichick always handles situations with players in house. I think that's the best thing he can do is keep it out of the media on his part. Cutting ties with Adalius now, the Patriots wouldn't get anything for him. Do they try to trade him in the offseason? Or make an example of him to the other players and just deactivate him the rest of the year? That's up to coach Belichick. We'll see what he does, because it's on Belichick now.
Todd (Nh)


Tedy, how would you have reacted in the locker to AD's insubordination?
Tedy Bruschi
(12:11 PM)


As a former leader on that team, I definitely would have confronted him.

Robb (Cary NC)


Tedy, who should be a vocal leadership role on defense. Is Mayo too young to get them in line?
Tedy Bruschi
(12:13 PM)


Mayo's doing the best he can, but he's still only in his second year. There is still a lot he has to learn in terms of leadership. The problem is it seems like Adalius is the most vocal.

 

[Patspsycho]

A lot of insights, as usual. I think his take on the situation is the best I've read.

 

[SVN]

these were even more telling

How will BB react to this challenge?
Tedy Bruschi
(12:15 PM)


That's a great question. It's clearly on him now. What's he do with a player that publically criticizes your disciplinary tatics? I'm waiting for his reaction myself. It should be stiff.
Gary (Boston)


Teddy, In the past I had heard you say that the fans and the media don't know what is really going on the locker room. From the outside things aren't looking so good right now. Do you think the things that are going on behind the scenes right now are positive or negative? Is all this stuff we are seeing ripping the team apart or pulling it together?
Tedy Bruschi
(12:18 PM)


Gary, in the past, I said that, because we kept everything in house. Right now, Adalius clearly is not doing that. So, actually, you fans definitely know what's going on now. This is definitely a negative influence on the lockerroom. I think it definitely does have a possibility of dividing the lockerroom. The fans are getting a realistic taste of the drama going on right now, thanks to Adalius' public remarks. Welcome to an NFL lockerroom.
Dan (Boston)


forget the defensive leaders, what about the team leaders? Should guys like Brady be speaking up?
Tedy Bruschi
(12:19 PM)


Right now, anybody speaking out positively would be a good thing. Somebody should step forward and contradict the tone that's coming from Adalius Thomas.

i bet no one wants to discuss it any longer but hope someone addressed it privately.

 

[102 Pat]

Thanks for posting that, interesting to hear his thoughts on the Thomas situation.

 

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Hank (Buffalo)


What do you think about the punishment? It was snowing afterall. Deserved?
Tedy Bruschi
(12:26 PM)


Hank, you're in Buffalo, you know about snow. Don't you know what to do? The punishment was well-deserved. To get out of slumps, you need to work even harder. If you have an 8 o'clock meeting, you should have been there at 7 a.m. in the first place. Bill has done things like this before, it's just never been through the media. It's always been kept in house. And the message has always been well received by other teammates.

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[Don_the_patfan]

AD needs to get kicked off this team in a hurry. And he can take Burgess and Springs with him. Sad that inmates are now running the place. Get these people out and we might have a chance.

 

[condon84]

I gather from what Ted is saying is that Thomas is running wild, undercutting BB as he pleases and no one has the guts/stones to confront him in the locker room. Man, I wish Vrabel was still here.

 

[Patspsycho]

Burgess needs to get kicked off this team in a hurry. And he can take Burgess and Springs with him. Sad that inmates are now running the place. Get these people out and we might have a chance.

Lay off the glue, boy!

 

[PatsChamp88]

Burgess needs to get kicked off this team in a hurry. And he can take Burgess and Springs with him. Sad that inmates are now running the place. Get these people out and we might have a chance.

We have two Burgessesses

 

[Don_the_patfan]

Lay off the glue, boy!

Coming from you it's a compliment.

 

[Seymour93]

I think we should just cut Thomas and take the cap hit. I'm sick of him.

Either way, he will probably get booed on Sunday.

 

[MoLewisrocks]

I gather from what Ted is saying is that Thomas is running wild, undercutting BB as he pleases and no one has the guts/stones to confront him in the locker room. Man, I wish Vrabel was still here.

Nah, he had some issues of his own with Bill and the system on his personal back 9 which is why he is finishing his own career off griping in KC. The NFLPA rep thing is the kiss of death here, I think that's why Light gave it up... Rodney or Tedy would have nipped this crap in the bud and really made AD feel like he belonged in a kindergarden. Unfortunately guys like them don't grow on trees.

 

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readingtedy say that it has happened before but in house i get the feeling that its thomas who leaked it to the media

 

[VJCPatriot]

Interesting thoughts from Bruschi. wish we still had him. but time marches on. I think AD will be gone from this team, if not this year, he'll likely be cut or traded in the offseason.

 

[wiggins!]

Mo, was just going to say somthing similar.

I think Tedy's translation is simple: "If I or Willie or Rodney were still there, this wouldn't be happening (publically)."

AD's acting like he learned from the loudmouths in baltimore - not people here in New England - which is true.

 

[condon84]

Nah, he had some issues of his own with Bill and the system on his personal back 9 which is why he is finishing his own career off griping in KC. The NFLPA rep thing is the kiss of death here, I think that's why Light gave it up... Rodney or Tedy would have nipped this crap in the bud and really made AD feel like he belonged in a kindergarden. Unfortunately guys like them don't grow on trees.

Vrabel had issues with Bill? Never heard anything about that.

Someone does need to confront AD. I thought that was why we brought Junior in for. Wilfork or Warren needs to step up. Even offensive players like Brady or Faulk need to get in his face.

 

[dtbrks]

The tide is quickly turning against AD and I hope people realize that this isn't the first time BB has done this stuff and wont be the last. AD is just being a drama queen.

 

[Triumph]

We have two Burgessesses

Thomas is just about as productive as Burgess at this point.

 

[mayoclinic]

"The problem is it seems like Adalius is the most vocal."

Very interesting statement. The guy who is speaking out is the loudmouth me-first idiot, not the team-first leaders. Wouldn't have happened with Tedy and Rodney around.

Send AD back to Baltimore where loudmouth me-first crybabies who don't take responsibility are worshipped as heroes.

 

[JMarr]

I gather from what Ted is saying is that Thomas is running wild, undercutting BB as he pleases and no one has the guts/stones to confront him in the locker room. Man, I wish Vrabel was still here.

LOL, maybe this is really getting to be like kindergarden in that lockerroom. Unfortunately the only guy on the team I see as being able to kick Adalius's ass is Wilfork, but he's probably not quick enough for AD. Maybe Warren could get it done, but he's too mellow.