It Is What It Is >> Tom Brady on D&C: 'I just do what I'm told. I'm not overanalyzing anything' regarding removal from Monday's game | 10/01/14
He doesn't say much but it does make me feel better. Hopefully no one is questioning his desire. The best answer is to why the Patriots don't talk to the media.
He doesn't say much but it does make me feel better. Hopefully no one is questioning his desire. The best answer is to why the Patriots don't talk to the media.
On the Patriots organization and the culture of the team not sharing anything with the media: ‘I don’t understand, how does it help our team when you express whatever concerns you have to people who can’t do anything about it. … I don’t think that our helps our team. I don’t think our goal is to help anyone outside of our team, certainly not help our opponents. I don’t think we’re trying to talk to you about all the things that we’re working on because obviously the opposing teams will know that, too. Whatever issues we have, it’s up to the other team to figure those things out. Whatever things that we feel are our strengths, it’s up to the other teams to figure it out. They don’t know what we’re trying to do, they don’t know what we’re trying to accomplish. And we certainly don’t want to tell anybody what we’re trying to do or what we’re trying to accomplish. So I don’t think it makes a lot of sense in a competitive situation where knowledge is power and information is really important to divulge everything that’s going on in your organization or how you feel about a player or how do you feel about a scheme or how you feel about a coach or how you feel about a decision. I think you see from a lot of organizations that the division from within is the worst thing that can happen. And if I’ve got an issue with what we’re doing, then I talk to someone who can probably do something about it. Not my parents, not my wife, not my agent. I talk to the person — that’s a player or a coach — that I have an issue with. I think that’s how we deal with it. That may frustrate other people, but I think we’ve done a pretty good job over the years to, like I said, ignore this noise, ignore the things that can help us. And that’s putting your energy toward the things that you feel that you need to do to help you win.”