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I blame Kraft for this. He's known for his low profile negotiator compromise for the good of the league style. I'm sure he told BB to zip it. Worse yet, BB is awful as a spokesperson on those kinds of issues. He cannot control his disdain, disrespect and sarcasm so he does the right thing and says nothing. You're asking a pig to fly.
I'm still pissed at Kraft's hands off on this issue. Pats PR professionals needed to be tasked with formulating a message and correcting the total fabrications that exist to this day.
I have said this before and I'll say it again: when you fail to respond and defend yourself it's logical for both the accusers and the observers to conclude that what you're accused of is the truth.Wrong guy.
I blame Kraft for this. He's known for his low profile negotiator compromise for the good of the league style. I'm sure he told BB to zip it. Worse yet, BB is awful as a spokesperson on those kinds of issues. He cannot control his disdain, disrespect and sarcasm so he does the right thing and says nothing. You're asking a pig to fly.
I'm still pissed at Kraft's hands off on this issue. Pats PR professionals needed to be tasked with formulating a message and correcting the total fabrications that exist to this day.
I'm a "homer" and I have no problem with your take on this. In fact I think you are right.As time passes, the one thing I lament is the poor PR job that this team has done on these types of issues.. they just take what these twitter loving jackazzes put out there.
The Pats should have refuted Spygate and refuted this crap.. as much as I respect BB, this is one thing that I wish he would change..
I understand what you're saying, but Willie shouldn't have to do it. The wimps running this effing organization should have had the balls to do it the minute they were accused. I'm guessing very few of Kraft's contemporaries accuse him and his team of being cheaters. Rather, it's been left to us chumps, the fans, to bear the brunt of this BS all the time and in particular every year at SB time. And in case any of you think the rest of the country is past this and thinks Faulk and others like him are wrong, check the comments, likes and dislikes on the PFT piece. Or, better yet, walk into a bar any place outside of NE with a Pats hat or jacket on and see what happens. This organization has left the fans holding the bag and should be ashamed of itself.My hope is that next time they see each other at the NFL Network studios that Willie McGinest plants Faulk on ass just like he did back in that Super Bowl
play-by-play:
USATODAY.com - Super Bowl XXXVI play-by-play
1 redzone possession for StL, 1 TD.
All 3rd down stops by NE for the entire game:
3rd and 18 from the SL 49: K.Warner pass to M.Faulk to NE 40 for 11 yards. Punt.
3rd and 3 from the NE 32: K.Warner pass incomplete to R. Proehl. made FG
3rd and 5 from the NE 34: K.Warner pass incomplete to A.Hakim. FG missed.
3rd and 1 from the 50: K.Warner pass incomplete to R.Proehl. Punt
3rd and 17 from the NE 48: K.Warner pass incomplete. Punt
3rd and 5 from the NE 45: K.Warner pass intended for T.Holt INTERCEPTED by O.Smith at NE 37. O.Smith to SL 33 for 30 yards.
3rd and 20 from the NE 49: K.Warner pass incomplete to T.Holt (O.Smith)
summary:
one 3rd down stopped by INT
three stopped, as expected, on 3rd and 17 or more yards
two stopped on 3rd and 5 attempts (a distance that favors the D)
So it would seem that the two 3rd and short incompletions to Proehl were really the Rams only really good 3rd down shots at keeping a drive alive. Making two stops is cheating. OK. Or maybe you can run it on 3rd and 1 from midfield, you pansy.
The Pats should have refuted Spygate and refuted this crap.. as much as I respect BB, this is one thing that I wish he would change..
I understand what you're saying, but Willie shouldn't have to do it. The wimps running this effing organization should have had the balls to do it the minute they were accused. I'm guessing very few of Kraft's contemporaries accuse him and his team of being cheaters. Rather, it's been left to us chumps, the fans, to bear the brunt of this BS all the time and in particular every year at SB time. And in case any of you think the rest of the country is past this and thinks Faulk and others like him are wrong, check the comments, likes and dislikes on the PFT piece. Or, better yet, walk into a bar any place outside of NE with a Pats hat or jacket on and see what happens. This organization has left the fans holding the bag and should be ashamed of itself.
BB may not have had a choice in the matter. Bob Kraft seemed to make most of the comments on the spygate stuff that year. He may have told BB not to comment on it. Just my 2 cents.
When I watched cleveland'95 on nfl football life I saw something which probably let to BB's refusal to speak. They showed bb discussing with his coaches how to handle the team moving to baltimore in the middle of the season. He says he didnt know how to handle it so he instructs his team/coaches to simply not talk abut it and just say we are moving on to the next game/team. He carried over the same philosophy here. Pats thought they will show they can win after spygate and it will go away on its own. The grossly miscalculated the PR impact of this .It doesnt bother team or the players anymore but fans are the ones who have to keep responding to this .
That's fine. But some high ranking official within the organization needed to come up and say something. Look at the Saints. They came up and immediately clobbered the media with Bountygate. How many times have you heard about that (the more recent scandal) lately as compared to Spygate? Because, to me, we've all heard a lot more about Spygate lately than Bountygate. A lot of that has to do with fans and media running wild with a lie. The least the Patriots organization could have done was get their viewpoint (which is the truth) out there in the wake of the scandal. Instead, they didn't. The result is that, to this day, we still hear the same lies over and over again and those lies make national news.
I think jacksonville is looking for fans if you guys want a team nobody is talking about.
I think jacksonville is looking for fans if you guys want a team nobody is talking about.