JJDChE
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2) I was unhappy that Belichick broke the rules. His reaction was also clear. He responded with carefully written statements. He doen't believe that he was did anything wrong, other than getting caught. This is my personnel reaction.
This is exactly what AJ is saying. It IS BB's obligation to bow down to the decisions of the league, but it IS NOT his obligation to agree with them. He had legitimate reason not to agree with them (even if you do) and he made that much clear in his statement.
mgteich said:For ME personally, I would have strongly preferred that he suck it up, admit he was wrong, agree to follow the spirit and letter of the rules in the future and move on.
This isn't a question of morality, he interpreted a league rule in a way he saw fit. There is no reason to "admit to" anything but that.
mgteich said:There is no question in my mind that our coach has little respect for the league and its leadership. He shown disdain for the NFL and also to the press at every opportunity.
This is a very irresponsible statement IMO. The media is one thing, but to say Belichick has little respect for the league and it's leadership is uninformed speculation, at best.
I don't doubt that Belichick has problems with some NFL rules and at times thumbs his nose at them (usually in a harmless manner), but everyone in every job has a problem wiith some rules they are forced to obey.
I think its beyond unlikely that Belichick doesn't have respect for the league. Neither do I think it's likely that any of us know how he feels about Goodell, nor do I think he has made any statements that allude to his feelings about Goodell. If you feel you have insight into Belichick's feelings on the Commissioner, then I feel you are reading too much into Belichick's statements.
mgteich said:But he is our coach, so we will all support him and move on. And yes, to me it does show guts to come out in front of the press that you hate and admit the Commission that you hate was right, and the Commissioner is the appointed leader of the ownership of the NFL and should be supported. Belichick chose a more comfortable path, the middle finger.
Again, we don;t know the Belichick hates the Commissioner nor was the Commissioner "right" in any absolute sense. He was only right in he sense that he holds a monopoly on how the verbiage of NFL rules are interpreted.
The fact that you think his statement to the Commissioner was a "middle finger" is utterly laughable.