Bill Belichick - We are not worthy!

TheBostonStraggler said:

Then we will agree to disagree.
Reiss is one of the few media guys that kept logic and rationality intertwined within the performance of his reporting. No an easy thing to do in an industry that is entrenched with lemmings, lops or idiocy, He has always been one of the few guys I respect in an industry that deserves no respect.

So what is his crowning achievement regarding what might be one of the most outrageous and phony scandals/stories in recent years(it was the lead story on just about every major news outlet)?? He, maybe, slanted toward the middle more than the those en masse surrounding him, only somewhat validating this theater of the surreal and absurd.
Considering there were a few, very few, out there who were calling it for what it obviously was (there were quite a few players were did this), it's disappointing to me to see Reiss considerably far from being one of the rational and logical.

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I hear you.

Check this out

http://www.mikereiss.net/media-coverage-on-underinflated-footballs/

I think you'll get an appreciation for his situation. It's not easy.

Me thinks that this is the first step to him leaving ESPN.

Horace Ivory said:

Bill was killing me with the 35 minute wait for this press conference, I kept having flashbacks to his I resign as HC of the NYJ PC.

Then he came out and TOTALLY REDEEMED himself! Most excited I've been after a pc since that NYJ one in 2000! Absolutely fantastic!

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I was tentative until I saw a small smile after the greetings. Then when he said it is for these reasons that I think someone from this organization has to speak. Then I went Jesse Pinkman.

Have just decided that my Superbowl gear will consist of "University of Belichick" T-shirt and my grey Pats hoodie.. paying homage to our resident genius.

northernpatriot said:

Practices this week will resemble a Rocky's workout montage. Seattle is Clubber Lang, and he just f*cked with Micky. There's no easy way out now boys, These heart's are on fire.

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Mixed Rocky metaphors Clubber was III, song is from IV. But I get the point

robertweathers said:

I hear you.

Check this out

http://www.mikereiss.net/media-coverage-on-underinflated-footballs/

I think you'll get an appreciation for his situation. It's not easy.

Me thinks that this is the first step to him leaving ESPN.

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I read his blog entry and, to me, he has regained his standing (not that he cares about my consideration of his standing).
He certainly is in a difficult spot, however, that doesn't absolve one of piling on, even if modestly so, of the most massively blown out of proportion witch hunt since ???.
With that said, it takes backbone to take inventory of what you have helped push and propagate, then go out on your own to basically say 'that wasn't my finest hour'.

I would prefer for him to write a story that takes a hard look at the real story ('Biggest questions are for the NFL and officials' and 'how is a pound or two of air pressure in any way shape or form this important or warrant this reaction?'. Yet that would be holding him to a extreme high standard. His headline (that his name is assigned to, that he is responsible for, period) was piling on. He has stepped back from it publicly. That's rare soul searching and ethics in an industry that conspicuously lacks it.

This is where the rubber meets the road IMO. Belichick has basically laid down the gauntlet to the NFL and imo is not going to stand for sanctions or force apologies. If the league office decide to sanction them then I think the Kraft's are going to have to choose between standing by their coach and team or siding with the league. I think Belichick has had enough and I don't blame him one bit, if the Kraft's choose to fight I think he's all in and has their back, however if they succumb to league pressure I think this will be his last game as Patriots coach and he will resign. I don't believe he will accept anything that forces him to apologize or seriously sanctions this team.

I'm with Bill, fight it or f.ck it, enough is enough.