How do you know that BB didn't have a chance to compete for his job when he returned from injury? The competition would have been done in practices under the watchful eyes of BB and Weis.
Not according to Drew. Drew said Bill lied and never gave him the chance that he was promised.
BTW, what loyalty was Bledsoe showing when he was still feeding Ron Borges information on the team? What loyalty was Bledsoe showing when he continued to true and backstab BB by going directly to Kraft with complaints?????
I never mentioned anything about loyalty. You must have me confused with Deus.
The move was a salary cap move because the Patriots were over the salary cap due to the 4 players they had to put on the IR and the players on the PUP. There were only 2 players whose contracts were large enough to be reworked and free up the cap space they needed. Law and Milloy. And they'd been in negotiations with Milloy for months trying to get a deal done. Not only that, there was rumors of tampering by the Bills and Jets in terms of letting Milloy know what sort of contract he'd get on the open market.
Regardless of the reason for the move the fact remains that the lockerroom was very uncomfortable with the way it was handled.
Are you friggin serious? God, you don't even know what rule was broken. The rule that was broken was NOT taping defensive signals. It was taping IN GENERAL from the sidelines. And it was proven that the Jets were doing the exact same thing in the game that the Patriots were "CAUGHT" in by the people on this board. Hell, it came out that the Jets had been caught the previous year taping from the sidelines and the league did NOTHING about it.
Yes the rule was taping from the sidelines. I believe that's what I posted. If not I'm sorry for not being thorough enough in the original post. Whatever the rule broken doesn;t change the fact that the motive for breaking it was arrogance on Belichicks part. He thoguht he was above reproach because he interpreted the rule as having some wiggle room in the way it was worded. The fact that the Rat was arrogant enough to do it too (and then turn BB in for doing the same thing) doesn't surprise me. After all, he learned at the feet of the master.
As to the idea that there was "irreparable harm to the organization's image," that's bogus also.
Then why do I still hear about my team being cheaters and needing asterisks applied to all of their accomplishments?
BTW, how was this a loyalty issue?
Never said it was.
This was a salary cap move to ensure that Vrabel got his roster bonus and got paid his entire salary for this year. Vrabel had a very bad year last year and he was going to be in stiff competition to make this team. Plus, I am fairly certain that BB and Pees were looking at using the 4-3 more even back then.
This way, BB ensured that Vrabel would get his roster bonus and get his full salary for this year.
Ah so BB was doing Vrabes a favor? I see. Too bad Vrabel didn't see it that way. I wonder why?
Sorry, but Seymour was already running his mouth saying how he was gone next year. Both Ty Warren and Vince Wilfork have mentioned it that Seymour was talking about it at the team facilities. That's a disruption to the team that they don't like to have. Steve Martin, back in 2002, didn't even last a full season because of the way he was running his mouth in the lockerroom. So why should it be a surprise to Seymour that, when he was running his mouth and becoming distraction, that he was traded. BTW, You do know that the Raiders approached the Patriots, not the other way around, right?
Well if Sey was expecting it and telling everyone it was imminent why such shock and chagrin when it actually goes down. You'd have think he'd have his bags packed and be living in a hotel instead of settling in and buying a new house and thinking he was close to an extension with the Pats that would have let him retire here.
I'm sure that BB has earned some of the criticism, but, realistically, the Patriots and BB have shown a lot more loyalty than they are being given credit for.
Yes he has earned it. That's all I was saying. And realistically, if this string is any indication, BB gets more than his share of credit not to mention benefit of doubt.