There seems to me that there is a lot of misplaced anger towards the Jets in this thread.
What would you have Bellichick do if the shoe was on the other foot and the Jets came to the razor and pulled the same stunt.
Seems obvious to me.
One note: The anger on this thread is at Mangini, not the Jets.
I bookmarked this because I was pretty mad at Mangini, and after I posted the first time, I wanted to think a little.
What I see now is two separate issues. Someone cheated. Someone squealed.
Think of two guys, Bill and Eric, trying to make the football team in high school. They are both NTs.
Bill is a much better NT, but he still tries to get an edge by putting weights in his socks, hoping that the coach will go for the heavier player. He is cheating.
Eric sees Bill do this, and cries out, "Coach Goodall, Bill put weights in his socks. He is cheating."
Coach Goodall checks. Sure enough. He makes Bill run wind sprints until Bill pukes, then makes Bill do pushups until he can't move.
Both Eric and Bill stay on the team, but Bill is still the better palyer and is the starter.
Meanwhile, most of the other players on the team are furious with Eric, and do not care to associate with him except as required to practice and play football. "Nobody likes a squealer," they say. A few players who never liked Bill stand by Eric.
Misplaced anger or not, we have two separate football crimes here. Cheating and squealing.
