Response to Shula email

[Pujo]

I sent Shula an email about his comments and got this response. Apparantly his staff are in damage-control mode. The email seems to be a form reply and isn't even personally addressed to me ("Dear Sports Fan"), else I would not share a private correspondence publicly.

Dear Sports Fan,

The following is an excerpt from an interview conducted by Mike and
Mike in
the Morning on ESPN regarding the New England Patriots.

We hope this clarifies any confusion.

Thank you.

The Shula Team


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Shula told ESPN's "Mike and Mike in the Morning" on Thursday that if
the
Patriots finish with a perfect record to match that of his 1972
Dolphins,
then there "shouldn't be any attachment to it," referring to a possible
asterisk next to New England's name in the record books.


"If they run the table, and they win all the games, then they are doing
it
within the rules of the National Football League," Shula said. "And
there
shouldn't be any asterisk to it. That would be the accomplishment that
they
made. It would be the best in all of sports."


Shula also said if New England can finish the season with an
unblemished
record, the Patriots "will deserve to be called the best team."


When asked if he expected Patriots coach Bill Belichick to take his
call if
New England were to have an undefeated season, Shula said he hoped so.
Shula said that he has known both Belichick and his late father for
many
years, dating back to the elder Belichick's days at the Naval Academy.

 

[Coast2CoastPatsFan]

Funny, just minutes after reading your thread I received the same e-mail from Shula's staff. I'm surprised I even received a reply after busting Don's agates about "still smarting over losing the Snow Plow Game". I'll give him that much, anyway.

 

[BradyManny]

LOL at Shula expecting Bill to take his call. Maybe he'll just pick up and hang on long enough to tell Shula to F off.

 

[Pat the Pats Fan]

LOL at Shula expecting Bill to take his call. Maybe he'll just pick up and hang on long enough to tell Shula to F off.

Well, Shula never said that the Pat's players hate Belichick like another person Belichick told to f--- off......, so maybe Bill will take his call.....but what about Godell's call?

 

[Bella*chick]

The fact that there is a form email at all means he is getting blasted with emails. Good.

 

[Pats726]

he backpedaled VERY quickly...good...maybe his steaks are taking a hit....OR???

 

[RayClay]

LOL at Shula expecting Bill to take his call. Maybe he'll just pick up and hang on long enough to tell Shula to F off.

Big difference between Shula and Tom Jackson, though. As much of a dork as he can be, he is football royalty and BB lives for that.

Plus he knew his father, I'm sure he takes that call.

 

[ALP]

Well, Shula never said that the Pat's players hate Belichick like another person Belichick told to f--- off......, so maybe Bill will take his call.....but what about Godell's call?

man, that would be the call i would dearly pay to hear...

 

[psychoPat]

,,,, maybe Bill will take his call.....but what about Godell's call?

It's amusing to try to imagine the scene
when Rog tries to present the Lombardi to RK and BB.

 

[tuckeverlasting]

i've been busting on shula pretty hard since the ny article. but, i say kudos for him to step up and reply to emails even if it is a form letter. very stand-up thing to do. i would't be at all surpprised if that ny biatch gary myers misquoted him or took it out of context.