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pats1 said:They hate their coach.
LOL... yeah you knew that was coming.
I posted elsewhere something to the effect of "lay off Seymour" on this one... just let it go, I am sure he (and for that matter, Brady) will let it go. They are professionals. We're not there, we don't know how much one or another departure stings, or the cumulative effect.
I'm just saying, business is business, but that doesn't mean sometimes it doesn't hurt (no matter what we thought of Branch's antics by the end.) Remember, before this holdout, he was a great guy for the locker room, for the team, etc. He's not some kind of monster, he's just a guy who made a business decision. It looks like it finally did work for him, for that matter. He didn't want to be what the Pats need at WR - an interchangeable #2 among interchangeable #2s. The antics got silly, but he got out.
Still people get attached to each other and you can't build a team without that. You want a locker room full of robots (as other team's fans complain that the Pats are anyway?) Both Tom and Sey, the two most valuable players ON this team, have spoken out at various times about how much they miss Branch, so they're really feeling this.
So cut these guys some slack, will ya? Let's not turn on the guys who bring home the trophies -- all he's saying is he misses 83. He's human, he's got feelings, the negotiations are over... give it its due and move on.
PFnV