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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.Huh, stupid me. I thought I was just showing an interesting article about a big part of the teams past 20 years.
Sorry, I will only respect the players other posters tell me I am allowed to respect.
Huh, stupid me. I thought I was just showing an interesting article about a big part of the teams past 20 years.
Sorry, I will only respect the players other posters tell me I am allowed to respect.
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I agree with all of this (except for 1978 maybe) including the order you put it in and if people could talk about Bledsoe in these terms and not use words like savior than I would have a lot less problems with what they say.
Quit being so passive-aggressive. You're perfectly within your rights to praise Bledsoe. And those with an opposing view are within their rights to disagree. Seems like you're the one wanting to control what people post here, not the other way around.
Good article, though. Presciently shows Bledsoe's habits ("just f*&%ing sling it") and sense of entitlement.
Bledsoe will forever remain a touchstone to spark debate here, and I doubt either side is going to change the other's minds.
From my perspective, I just never understood the cult of personality that formed around Bledsoe. They couldn't just acknowledge that the guy was a good quarterback - very good at times, very poor at times - who didn't have the same kind of work ethic as his successor.
Calling the Patriots franchise a "laughing stock" is only accurate in terms of the years just proceeding Parcells. To apply it to the rest of Patriots history ignores some excellent players and excellent teams. And to call Bledsoe a "savior" diminishes greatly what Robert Kraft did to save the franchise. Parcells and Bledsoe sold tickets. Kraft did the heavy lifting.
Check the thread again and you will see that you are the first and only person to use the word "savior".
He was the Savior. Am I the only one that remembers the pre-Bledsoe Patriots and how much the franchise turned around after he arrived? I'm only 31, not that old, I shouldn't be the only one.
1) I NEVER said Savior. Ever. I don't know how that whole thing started, and it was never my intent with the article.
2) It's not being passive-aggressive, and how am *I* trying to decide what is posted? I posted what I thought was an interesting article from 1995. Armchair QB decided flaming the post and the player it was about was the way to go. I replied. I have never been one to say how much I loved Drew or Parcells. But I can respect what they did for the franchise.
Bledsoe had a cement head at that time. I'm surprised parcells didn't cold c@ck him a few times. Does anyone remember the camera shots of them arguing? If we had HD then it would have made for good viewing.
He was the Savior. Am I the only one that remembers the pre-Bledsoe Patriots and how much the franchise turned around after he arrived? I'm only 31, not that old, I shouldn't be the only one.
im with ya...we were the laughing stock of the league for a long time until Bledsoe and Tuna turned it around. They started what BB/Brady are continuing today.
im with ya...we were the laughing stock of the league for a long time until Bledsoe and Tuna turned it around. They started what BB/Brady are continuing today.