What I expect BB to say...
Q: Did the false Herald story distract you or your team going into the SB?
A: The Giants are an excellent football team, they were the best on the field that day, and that's all that matters. They deserved to win.
Translation: I'm not the kind of guy to make excuses
Q: Are there other teams in your experience that have used similar techniques to steal signals?
A: I'm not going to talk about what other teams may have done. Sure, there has been a certain culture in the NFL over my 30 years of experience, but the commissioner put out a memo to change that culture and we should have changed with it.
Translation: The commissioner is a doofus
Q: What about your relationship with the Jets, and Eric Mangini? Was the so-called Border War the genesis of this whole episode?
A: When you compete against a good opponent many times, competitive emotions can get involved. But any issues we have with the Jets or any other NFL team, we handle on the football field or within the framework established by the league.
Translation: the Jets suck and they're ****ies.
Q: What advantages did the filming of signals give you?
A: Armen, if teams think you are filming their signals, it forces them to change signals from week to week. This can create confusion in their defense, which can lead to a big play occasionally. The actual value of taping signals is minimal for this reason: an NFL team with professional scouts breaks down any teams' Defensive signals usually by the end of the 1st quarter anyway. So if your opponent is foolish enough not to change signals, you might have a one possession advantage in the first quarter. But that's only if the other team didn't change its signals since the previous game, which is extremely rare.
Q: So your saying the taping was to force other teams into errors by changing signals?
A: Yes, that's correct. It tests the intelligence of their athletes on defense.
Q: What about Matt Walsh's accusations that you knew you were breaking the rules?
A: Well, I've never spoken to Matt Walsh, had no idea what he looks like until this week, so I'm not sure how he knows what I think.
Q: What about his statement that you sent him a Christmas card?
A: We value all of our employees, as people.
Q: What about your statement you couldn't pick him out of a lineup?
A: I work with a small circle of coaches day to day. The video department is an important but seperate department, filled with entry level positions.
Q: Did you think you were doing something wrong?
A: I think we did business as business was being done. When the new commissioner issued his 2006 memo, we should have changed our operating procedures accordingly. We did not, and we were wrong for having ignored the memo.
Q: Do you think the price you paid was appropriate, a 1st rd pick and $500,000 fine?
A: It doesn't really matter what I think. That was the penalty, we paid it and we're moving on.
Q: Thanks, Coach.
A: Your welcome, Armen. See you during football season [smile].
