Love the Wayback Machine -
Yeah, here's the FRAMe archive
FRAMe
And here's the page that confirms what you know
FRAMe: Timeline
Thanks for the links!
A comment -yes, I know it is archived but still.
- and a suggestion:
(1) there is 'download pdf' link in the bottome but it doesn't work
(2) can we update this (I am prepared to chip in if it requires $ to set this up on the web again) but this time include the youtube clip of BB's interview with CBS?
And, it might be helpful if BB's comments in that interview are also posted for reference. Some are truly gems because they answer the many questions in simple terms but yet with great clarity that helps the reader realize that this wasn't anything big.
For example, this is what I posted on a different thread in the same subject:
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YouTube - Eye To Eye: Bill Belichick (CBS News)
YouTube - Eye To Eye: Bill Belichick (CBS News)
Thanks for posting this.
I am glad I saw it again now because it made me realize that our PR department fumbled badly in not countering the smear campaign against us. Maybe their hands were tied or maybe they badly underestimated how this fiasco could have damaged our reputation and records.
I became more mad after hearing BB say (btw, don't think this full 15 minute was telecast to the national audience):
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"...if [cheating] was the intent, we might have done it in a more discreet way. We were open about it...."
"....[signals] weren't anything that weren't available or visible. We did in a way that was more convenient and in way we could study it a little bit better. Those signals were available for anyone that wanted to see them."
"...[signals] were mosaic....there were never/not QB-ErnieAdams-BB-OffensiveCoordinter meeting where we sat down, looked at signals and made up game plans based on signals. That never happened."
"...[signals] were one part of a very broad.. 100s of things that are put into preparation and game planning..."
'..there was no 'ok, we are going to sit down here on this day and have this meeting and there's the signals, and here's the plays we are going to run' and all that, that never happened.
So, there was no calculated deliberate system that put into place to take advantage of this illegal taping?
"No, because you can't take advantage of the signals because you never know if they are ever going to be available or not."
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There are more gems like 'this is no DNA" when he is questioned why across the sidelines and why on videotape. But by this point it was clear that here was an individual on national TV with nothing to hide and taking sole responsibility because he went by the byelaws and failed to get clarification on the memo primarily because he assumed he was ok as long as he was not using those recordings 'DURING THE GAME'.
I wish this whole interview could have been broken down as an "Idiot's guide to cameragate" (some of us actually tried to do it back then but well, it didn't get much mileage) and distributed by the Pats PR to every single media outlet whenever some idiot with an agenda cared to slur us.
Maybe they did and maybe the time was just not conducive for reason and understanding to prevail over the fury and envy against the achivements of a brilliant coach and successful owner.
I will still have my patient smile when I hear someone call us cheats. If the person is willing to listen, I will explain what BB said in this interview. If not, it is what it is. No point talking to a stone.
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