im trying really hard to understand peoples logic. First no one has yet to come up with a passage in the article that was truly negative... Also you guys state that since he's new he cant have a negative opinion. The guy got the job and is told to write a story about a topic everyone is wondering about-the next DC of the Patriots.
You miss many poster's points. He didn't write an article on what everone is wondering. He did is best to make it appear he did. For me, I find his and other Boston Sportswriters cutesy writing annoying and a passive way to avoid subjects. They dance around topics using multiple sentences to say what could be done in one. Gasper is a joke not because he may be negative, but because his writing is style over content - a Boston media requirement. They don't write to be read by readers, but by themselves.
"Patriots have not parted ways with their defensive coordinator."
How cute. It takes him two paragraphs to complete this angle.
"That was immediately hailed as another stroke of genius by the genius."
He is either mocking the genius tag or the people who refer to BB as a genius. I notice that the people who harp about BB being a genius are the people who don't think he is. They love to keep the genius pot stirred. Either way, it's filler.
"It’s like trying to play Rock Band with Eric Clapton"
This more of a weak CHB imitation. It seems that writers want to be Borges or CHB.
"That defensive game plan and the red jacket Belichick wore for the game - which worked out decidedly better than the red hoodie he sported in Super Bowl XLII - are both in the Pro Football Hall of Fame."
This is really telling of the filler/fluff style. What is this article about? BB's clothing? Red jacket - red hoodie?
" Belichick would have to be willing to bend a little bit on his beliefs, something he was not willing to do with Dom Capers, who might as well have been in the Witness Protection Program while he was here."
Witness Protection Program - again trying to be cute. Well Capers isn't in the program now, so why not do some research and tell us what was his input? Was it ignored? What impact did he have? Nothing from Gasper - just that he never got any quotes from him.
I think the inside/outside coaching choice is a excellent topic. I just think it was wasted on a guy like Gasper.
"That’s not to say Patricia shouldn’t be seriously considered. He has earned that much."
Wow, what a fat fence he sits on. Ordway would be jealous.
You guys are basically saying he needs to cover the Pats for 10 years writing only positive things before he can criticize the patriots.
OK, on Gasper specifically saying they should hire outside, it is rather funny. Little Chris Gasper says the Patriots should hire outside. I'd respect his writing more if he went into successful coaches who hired outside. Can BB work with someone outside at this point in his career? Afterall, both RAC and Mangini said that they made every defensive call the seasons they were DCs. But he had close relationships with them. Try to give the reader something to think about (not his intention, BTW).
