interesting story from tedy
EDIT :sorry missed link
http://sports.espn.go.com/boston/nfl/news/story?page=bruschibreakdown/1022
Mike: At the same time, one of the big stories was that linebacker Adalius Thomas was a healthy scratch. I was there in the locker room Wednesday when Thomas addressed reporters for the first time, and it looked to me like his pride was hurt. What are your thoughts on that situation?
Tedy: Back in 2006, when we lost to the Broncos, I was at inside linebacker along with Junior Seau. The next day, Coach Belichick pulled me and Junior into his office and spoke to us privately, and he told us that with all the experience we had combined, we had put forth the worst performance he had ever seen by two inside linebackers. To watch the game, it wasn't glaringly awful and we didn't have individual plays where we gave up touchdowns. We didn't have penalties that cost us the game. But we did have bad reads versus the run. When we flowed left, it should have been right, or we stepped forward when we should have flowed over the top. Those were examples of mistakes we shouldn't have made. Then we went to the team meeting, and along with other mistakes the team made in the game, he showed the missteps that Junior and I had. That is how Coach Belichick calls out veteran players who he wants to play better for him and meet his standards, which are very high. He does it privately and then in front of the team. The deactivation of Adalius Thomas was public. It's a move where everyone can look at it and question it, and pull away every single layer to try to figure things out. That is different. Yes, Adalius does not have the best numbers right now -- 12 tackles and one sack. But just based on production, a deactivation isn't warranted. This has to be something else. This is a total different form of discipline than Bill typically uses with veteran players who have been productive over the course of their careers in New England, like Adalius has been for him. This is something to be watched closely as the season progresses. Will Adalius end up being a contributing member of the team once again? It's highly possible he can. But right now, he is in the doghouse, and Coach Belichick's is one of the toughest doghouses to get out of.
EDIT :sorry missed link
http://sports.espn.go.com/boston/nfl/news/story?page=bruschibreakdown/1022
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