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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.Eh, it's still bad journalism no matter how you slice it, but to blame the loss on this I think is tremendously unfair to the Giants.
It's not blaming the loss at all. It's saying, that either win or lose, the team had to devote considerable attention to this article and to these accusations.
This really has nothing to do with the outcome of the game, they happened to lose, yes, but the fact that the head coach had to spend time dealing with this two days before the Super Bowl is an issue.
Say he had to devote 2 hours denying this story to Kraft. You're saying he didn't do these 20 things? Because I don't buy that.
And it is "blaming the loss." You're looking for excuses for why a heavy favorite los the Super Bowl. If you're looking, look at the offensive line for starters, and the defense that gave up TDs on their last two possessions.
We don't know what "good deal of time" is. There were 2 weeks to prepare for the game. They went to Arizona with the gameplan already installed. Say Belichick had 20 things he wanted to do that day (I made up 20, I have no idea what BB wanted to do that day). Say he had to devote 2 hours denying this story to Kraft. You're saying he didn't do these 20 things? Because I don't buy that.
And it is "blaming the loss." You're looking for excuses for why a heavy favorite los the Super Bowl. If you're looking, look at the offensive line for starters, and the defense that gave up TDs on their last two possessions.
We don't know what "good deal of time" is. There were 2 weeks to prepare for the game. They went to Arizona with the gameplan already installed. Say Belichick had 20 things he wanted to do that day (I made up 20, I have no idea what BB wanted to do that day). Say he had to devote 2 hours denying this story to Kraft. You're saying he didn't do these 20 things? Because I don't buy that.
And it is "blaming the loss." You're looking for excuses for why a heavy favorite los the Super Bowl. If you're looking, look at the offensive line for starters, and the defense that gave up TDs on their last two possessions.
C'mon guys. Just like taping was about 1% of what you do, and had no beneficial effect, so was this distraction, minimal effect. 18-0. Roughshod through most of the season. Playing a previous opponent that no doubt you had plenty of tape on. Two weeks to prepare. If BB was cramming for this final exam, that is his own fault. NE was ready to go, so as far as this affecting preparation, I do not buy it. Maybe it got in their heads, but I doubt Assante was thinking about anything but picking Manning off, he missed it. Tyree made a great play. Burress somehow got by Hobbs, and that was that. Give the G-Men some credit. They brought the pressure big time, and there was nothing BB would have done that Friday or Saturday that he was prevented from doing because of this story. You ought to be happy that this hasn't died. It just provides additioanl fuel to make another run at an undefeated season. Your schedule is favorable, the majority of your team is intact, and you have as much motivation as ever.
Again, we are not blaming the loss on this. Kraft is not blaming the loss on this. Kraft is saying that it was a factor in their preparation. Do you deny that?
Again - REGARDLESS OF THE OUTCOME, dealing with the repercussions of Tomase's article affected the coaching staff and their preparation for the game. Fact. Straight from Kraft's mouth. Make what you want from it. It's up to you as an individual to decide if you think that the affected preparation affected the game.
C'mon guys. Just like taping was about 1% of what you do, and had no beneficial effect, so was this distraction, minimal effect. 18-0. Roughshod through most of the season. Playing a previous opponent that no doubt you had plenty of tape on. Two weeks to prepare. If BB was cramming for this final exam, that is his own fault. NE was ready to go, so as far as this affecting preparation, I do not buy it. Maybe it got in their heads, but I doubt Assante was thinking about anything but picking Manning off, he missed it. Tyree made a great play. Burress somehow got by Hobbs, and that was that. Give the G-Men some credit. They brought the pressure big time, and there was nothing BB would have done that Friday or Saturday that he was prevented from doing because of this story. You ought to be happy that this hasn't died. It just provides additioanl fuel to make another run at an undefeated season. Your schedule is favorable, the majority of your team is intact, and you have as much motivation as ever.
This is what I wrote about the issue in conclusion: "It was most likely because they were being outcoached by the Giants. However, it's at least significant to note that the Patriots coaching staff has NEVER looked so bad, and that this awful performance by the staff coincided with having been VERY distracted the day before."
Every statement in the above three sentences is a fact.
It's too easy to retro fit the excuse. After the Colts last year, it was heat (which I do not remember cool zones on the Colts' sideline) and the travel, and the flu. This past season, it was the distraction of the new allegations. I don't buy it. BB and the Pats were WELL PREPARED going in to Arizona. Distracted a bit, sure, but the Giants still played a whale of a game, and I don't think that O-Line was thinking about Spygate when trying to stop that pass rush. The funny thing is, it came out of your own camp, your own city. Tomase might have gone to the Kravitz school of journalism, I could see him pulling the same stunt. In the end, it looks like excuses. give the Giant their due. They earned it.This is what I wrote about the issue in conclusion: "It was most likely because they were being outcoached by the Giants. However, it's at least significant to note that the Patriots coaching staff has NEVER looked so bad, and that this awful performance by the staff coincided with having been VERY distracted the day before."
Every statement in the above three sentences is a fact.