JoeSixPat
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Interesting - I went to Google News and entered "Mangini" and "Rat" as search terms.
It says there are 1,830 news articles with those keywords. http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ned=us&ie=UTF-8&q=mangini+rat
Most of them tell it like it is - that stealing signals is not cheating, etc... you all know.
But I just felt like it would be worthwhile to list some of the "highlights" from those articles in one place. Others feel free to add their findings here.
Here's one from the Philly area - right in the Jet's backyard:
http://www.courierpostonline.com/ap...=/20070915/COLUMNISTS14/709150390/1002/sports
It says there are 1,830 news articles with those keywords. http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ned=us&ie=UTF-8&q=mangini+rat
Most of them tell it like it is - that stealing signals is not cheating, etc... you all know.
But I just felt like it would be worthwhile to list some of the "highlights" from those articles in one place. Others feel free to add their findings here.
Here's one from the Philly area - right in the Jet's backyard:
http://www.courierpostonline.com/ap...=/20070915/COLUMNISTS14/709150390/1002/sports
Let's be honest, here -- some of the outrage is disingenuous. Say the situation was reversed; say the Eagles won Super Bowl XXXIX and then three years later got popped for illicit videotaping.
A significant portion of the Eagles fan base would be rationalizing as fast as they could. But it's the Patriots, so swing away.
Belichick, while being an excellent coach, is reviled around the league for a reason. Stealing signals has been going on for years (the Eagles do it, too) but before this season the commissioner's office sent out of a memorandum to all teams and every coach -- no videotaping. It had been going on too long (the Patriots were repeat offenders), and Goodell insisted it stop or there would be repercussions.
The Patriots did it anyway. In New York. Against former Belichick assistant Eric Mangini, who knew about it and in fact knew the guy who did the taping. Mangini was able to say: "Yeah, that's him; that guy right there."
That's the height of arrogance, and vintage Belichick. You thumb your nose at the commissioner like that, you deserve to get slapped.
When Mangini went rat, the commissioner had no choice. There's a reason why Andy Reid and most coaches around the league are no commenting as fast as they can -- everybody does it. Stealing the opponent's signals has been going on forever, and it's widely acknowledged as part of the game (thought not everyone uses a camera).
"It's part of what goes on, as far as stealing signals," Johnson said. "Maybe they did, maybe they didn't. I don't know.
"That's part of it, there's no question. Some teams do a better job than other teams."
The Eagles -- and every team in the league -- go to absurd lengths to camouflage their signals. Everybody is trying to steal them.