Patriot_in_NY
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CLICK HERE to Register for a free account and login for a smoother ad-free experience. It's easy, and only takes a few moments.As much as everyone hates him, I believe what he says, and I don't have a problem with him. My real problem was the portrail or BB by the media and the harsh penalty of losing a 1st round pick.
I get where Mangini is coming from. Hear me out.
The previous season, the Pats threw his camera crew out of Gillette Stadium. So the following season, they had the Pats crew thrown out. They didn't expect the brand spanking new Commish to come down as hard as they did.
This goes to prove that the whole filming signals wasn't a big deal. It's gamesmanship.
I'll never forgive him, but I wouldn't be surprised if him and Belichick ended up on decent terms in the not too distant future.
Doesn't matter if the dit wit regrets it now, the damage has already been done to the Patriots organization.
You can take this for whatever it is worth because I'm a guy on the internet.
But the story I've heard from someone close to Kraft is that Mangini was doing some gamesmanship to try to distract Bill during the game and then it got bigger than he wanted when the Jets picked it up and ran with it and the NFL stepped in.
Personally I believe it. I don't think Mangini was out to do much more than **** with BB during the game, I don't think most coaches would go out of their way to do something like that because of the fraternal nature of coaching.