Casale on Ivan Fears...huh?

[patchick]

Anybody else scratching their heads at this item from the Patriots.com mini camp recap?

"New running backs coach Ivan Fears should quickly become a fan favorite at training camp. His booming voice could be heard all throughout practice and players seem to take well to Fears’ in-your-face approach."

http://www.patriots.com/news/index.cfm?ac=latestnewsdetail&pid=25230&pcid=41

 

[zippo59]

Yeah I noticed that too. Hasn't he been a coach on this team for years?

 

[BelichickFan]

Yeah, I read that. He farted a big one there. He must have been thinking back to a few years ago when Fears was the WR coach and gotten confused with us having a new WR coach this year.

 

[Seymour93]

Maybe Patriots.com got the veteran Fears mixed up with the new offensive assistant Bill O'Brien. That's a pretty big oversight mind you.

 

[Va_Pats_Fan]

Perhaps the word "new" was referring to the running backs being new, and not Fears?

 

[patsox23]

There may have been a mistake there, but I don't think Casale or anyone else is somehow misinformed or confused re: the fact that Fears has been here awhile.

 

[patsfan55]

Yeah I noticed that too. Hasn't he been a coach on this team for years?

i remember past mgmt put him in charge of turning terry glenn into a "good guy"
when that didnt pan out, i figured fears would be fearing his job security ()
one of a few to stick around through a few administrations (scharnechia of course amazes me all the time)

 

[BelichickFan]

Perhaps the word "new" was referring to the running backs being new, and not Fears?

If so it's one of the worst written sentences ever . . . that sentence cannot be parsed in any way to result in that.

 

[RayClay]

Maybe Patriots.com got the veteran Fears mixed up with the new offensive assistant Bill O'Brien. That's a pretty big oversight mind you.

O'Brien was working with Fears cross training, according to something I read. I'll give Alison the benefit of the doubt on this one.

 

[Seymour93]

Casale has just changed it. Now it reads...

-Running backs coach Ivan Fears should continue to be a fan favorite at training camp. His booming voice could be heard all throughout practice and the new running backs seem to take well to Fears’ in-your-face approach.

Ahh that makes sense.

 

[DarrylS]

Checked the link this AM and the word "new" is missing, did someone edit this article???

 

[Box_O_Rocks]

Casale = I rarely read Patriots.com anymore.

 

[spacecrime]

Casale = I rarely read Patriots.com anymore.

Casale is a moron. I've subscribed to Patriots Football Weekly for years, but will stop because he is so stupid I can hardly stand it. Unfortunately, I re-upped for three years about the time he came on board, so I have lots of parakeet cage liner.

 

[PatsFanInVa]

-Running backs coach Ivan Fears should continue to be a fan favorite at training camp. His booming voice could be heard all throughout practice and the new running backs seem to take well to Fears’ in-your-face approach.

So now the only thing they have to fear is Fears himself?

 

[shmessy]

So now the only thing they have to fear is Fears himself?

Ahhhh! Well done. My compliments, PFiV!

 

[jczxohn1]

The "new" may have been mistakenly applied to Fears instead of Nick Cesario, new WR coach (who isn't necessarily new, either). Uber-scout and talent evaluator Cesario has been no stranger to the QB/WR aspect of practice, especially at training camps. He was also Josh McDaniels' QB in college and should have a major voice in winnowing down the WR ranks by season's start.