Most people are having an open discussion about the article and trying to figure out what's likely and what isn't. Though the article, in my opinion, was a good read, outside from some unknown details into the night prior to Lloyd's murder, did we really learn anything new? Most people, well myself anyway, knew about Hernandez's ghetto/thug family lifestyle, it's a hard life to escape. Everybody and their grandma should know about Hernandez's drug use. We all found out about the altercation with his wife on TMZ's website. I'm sure Belichick did too at the time and warned Hernandez more likely than "threatened" him about his behavior. What's the big deal here?
I disagree with this. Belichick, like most coaches, are more interested in doing what's best for the franchise than doing what's best for the player. None of this is shocking. Perhaps, Belichick didn't take Hernandez seriously enough and thought it would pass eventually if Hernandez laid low. Most of this could've been avoided if Belichick or Hernandez contacted the authorities to start with. But Belichick was probably more concerned about what the media would make out of "The Patriot Way" if any of this came to light and Hernandez was trying to protect his million dollar contract, it's why he would go to the boss and tell him what's going on. Apparently Hernandez got impatient and allegedly took matters into his own hands.
Sure the article is based on hearsay but the same can be said about this whole case on Hernandez. The cops are providing no real evidence and a ridiculous and impossible timeline about the time Hernandez left the crime scene and returned home. On that timeline it took Hernandez just one minute to arrive home after leaving the landfill that is reportedly a mile away. How is that possible? Then to make things worse they can't find a real motive, so they are taking the word of Carlos Ortiz, a thug on probation, whose whole witness account has questions and holes all over it. The case has BS written all over it.
Sorry, we can't pick and choose what's true and what isn't. We don't know the truth, we'll likely never know the truth. Because we are Patriot fans it doesn't give us an excuse to choose to ignore or label the parts about Hernandez or Belichick's involvement true or untrue because "it's out of character" we don't know Belichick's true character, we only know what he want us to see and what the media tells us. A few months ago we thought we knew Hernandez's character. I wasn't at all shocked about him being involved, but as far as being the actual culprit I still doubt it. But I don't know Hernandez anymore than I know Belichick or any other athlete.
What the Patriots are doing is smart. They said all they had to say and that's it. Responding to this story will only give the media something more to discuss and more reason to keep this story alive. Hernandez's people hasn't said anything incriminating about the Patriots, so what is there to discuss? After week one of football, no-one will even be associating the Patriots with Hernandez's trial anymore. I think that's how the Patriots want it. I'm sure they wouldn't want it any other way.
