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JUST BILL BEING BILL. I may be way off base on this, so feel free to tell me I don’t know what I’m talking about. But there’s something about Bill Belichick’s disciplining of Jonas Gray that rubs me the wrong way. I understand Gray was late for a team meeting, and Belichick certainly had a right to hold him out of the Lions game to teach him a lesson. But I just get the feeling Belichick was looking for any excuse to knock Gray down a notch and show him who’s boss. It’s not like the kid was a spoiled brat, No. 1 overall draft pick. As you pointed out last week in MMQB, he had a long and winding road just to make it on the field against the Colts. He seems plenty humble already. I know Belichick is a great coach and all, but I think in this case he was looking to stroke his own ego and prove to everyone he could win without the guy who rushed for four touchdowns and 201 yards the week before. Thoughts?
—Paul, West Palm Beach, Fla.
That’s an interesting point. You might be right. But I will say this about Belichick and discipline. He’s pretty consistent. Now, if Tom Brady were 10 minutes late, Belichick might bench him for the opening series, but he certainly wouldn’t bench him for the game. So it was easier for him to make an example of Gray especially after signing LeGarrette Blount during the week, because Blount and Gray are very similar backs. Plus, this was a week that the Patriots weren’t going to be running very much. I think the banishment of Gray for a week—unless his relatively mild tardiness is not his only miscue—is a good reason why there are those who really don’t like Belichick, and who feel that at times he’s just too imperious.
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http://mmqb.si.com/2014/11/25/nfl-week-12-mailbag/
Yes, I'm sure the man who's won 3 Super Bowls needs to feed HIS ego by 'banishing' a player two weeks removed from the practice squad. Uh, it's called 'discipline', Peter. Excuse me now, while I slam my head against a wall.
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JUST BILL BEING BILL. I may be way off base on this, so feel free to tell me I don’t know what I’m talking about. But there’s something about Bill Belichick’s disciplining of Jonas Gray that rubs me the wrong way. I understand Gray was late for a team meeting, and Belichick certainly had a right to hold him out of the Lions game to teach him a lesson. But I just get the feeling Belichick was looking for any excuse to knock Gray down a notch and show him who’s boss. It’s not like the kid was a spoiled brat, No. 1 overall draft pick. As you pointed out last week in MMQB, he had a long and winding road just to make it on the field against the Colts. He seems plenty humble already. I know Belichick is a great coach and all, but I think in this case he was looking to stroke his own ego and prove to everyone he could win without the guy who rushed for four touchdowns and 201 yards the week before. Thoughts?
—Paul, West Palm Beach, Fla.
That’s an interesting point. You might be right. But I will say this about Belichick and discipline. He’s pretty consistent. Now, if Tom Brady were 10 minutes late, Belichick might bench him for the opening series, but he certainly wouldn’t bench him for the game. So it was easier for him to make an example of Gray especially after signing LeGarrette Blount during the week, because Blount and Gray are very similar backs. Plus, this was a week that the Patriots weren’t going to be running very much. I think the banishment of Gray for a week—unless his relatively mild tardiness is not his only miscue—is a good reason why there are those who really don’t like Belichick, and who feel that at times he’s just too imperious.
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http://mmqb.si.com/2014/11/25/nfl-week-12-mailbag/
Yes, I'm sure the man who's won 3 Super Bowls needs to feed HIS ego by 'banishing' a player two weeks removed from the practice squad. Uh, it's called 'discipline', Peter. Excuse me now, while I slam my head against a wall.
