Gasper: The grass isn't always greener for Belichick

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The grass isn't always greener for Belichick - Christopher Gasper's Blog - Boston sports news - Boston.com

 

[emoney_33]

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The turf comments really don't warrant wasting all that time on this article, Gasper.

I said before the game I wouldn't have played Brady or Welker.

You probably said you'd play Bledsoe, trade Brady, not draft Seymour, not draft Wilfork, not draft Warrne, keep Milloy, pay Woody and a whole host of other things that would leave the Patriots without 3 Superbowls in the decade so pardon me for not giving a damn of what YOU would have done.

 

[Jackson 2]

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The grass isn't always greener for Belichick - Christopher Gasper's Blog - Boston sports news - Boston.com

I've said it before and I'll say it again: say hello to Chris Gasper, the next Ron Borges.

 

[Willie55]

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This article is a perfect example of why BB doesn't talk to the media. He lets out the smallest little tidbit of personal feelings on something and the media jumps all over what he has to say. If as Gasper has suggested Belichick had taken the field issue up with the league and replied 'that has been taken care of with the league' the media would be complaining BB never gives them any information. Damned if you do. Damned if you don't.

 

[NovaScotiaPatsFan]

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I've said it before and I'll say it again: say hello to Chris Gasper, the next Ron Borges.

Hello terrible sports writer with an axe to grind!

 

[pats1]

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I've said it before and I'll say it again: say hello to Chris Gasper, the next Ron Borges.

I know, huh?

 

[H8R]

Because New Englands field isnt know across the league for being unkept and left shoddy by BB's request.

 

[TheComeback]

If it wasn't called the "Boston Globe," I'd think it was a paper from New York or Miami. Do they ever have anything positive to write about the Patriots?

Gasper isn't that great a writer. He comes off as snide and ****y, and he's always trying to stir up the pot to get attention. Breer is pretty terrible, too. I can't believe he got a job as a sports writer with a major newspaper. The guy has the writing skill of a ninth grader--just look at his pervasive grammar problems, constant use of run-on or awkwardly formed sentences, and repetitive omission of words like "the" or "and."

I mean, it's ridiculous. Breer doesn't proofread at all, and Gasper is constantly second-guessing Belichick and mocking the entire organization as if he were a Jets fan. College students are required to write to a higher standard than these idiots. They can't hold a candle to a real sports writer like Mike Reiss.

 

[The Dynasty]

If it wasn't called the "Boston Globe," I'd think it was a paper from New York or Miami. Do they ever have anything positive to write about the Patriots?

Gasper isn't that great a writer. He comes off as snide and ****y, and he's always trying to stir up the pot to get attention. Breer is pretty terrible, too. I can't believe he got a job as a sports writer with a major newspaper. The guy has the writing skill of a ninth grader--just look at his pervasive grammar problems, constant use of run-on or awkwardly formed sentences, and repetitive omission of words like "the" or "and."

I mean, it's ridiculous. Breer doesn't proofread at all, and Gasper is constantly second-guessing Belichick and mocking the entire organization as if he were a Jets fan. College students are required to write to a higher standard than these idiots. They can't hold a candle to a real sports writer like Mike Reiss.

I agree. Gasper and Greer are pathetic, I didnt realize how bad Gasper was because Reiss was there and people didnt pay much attention to what Gasper had to say. Greer has just always been bad.

No doubt Reiss is the best in business, can definitely see why ESPN got him.

 

[Hardboiled]

There must be a training that the Globe does with its writers. Many seem to have passed Coy, Smug and Passive 101. Can't anyone write about sports anymore?

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I love this:

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"I said before the game I wouldn't have played Brady or Welker."​

Thanks, Chris. I'm sure millions started reading that article hoping you would tell us what you would have done. Do you still find the Randy Moss facemask "offensive"? You told us before. Come one, you should keep us up to date, Chris.

Do people read to find out information about the Patriots or do they read to find out what Chris Gasper would have done on 4th and 2? I can ask my neighbor for that.

But the last part really shows his passive talent:

"But Welker won't be. That's not the Texans' fault or Belichick's. It's just a bad twist of football fate. "​

Oh, twist - I get it. Did you smile when you wrote that? Chris Gasper, you pass Coy, Smug and Passive 101 with an A.

 

[shmessy]

Gasper used to be a very good reporter.

Then, the Globe turned him into a columnist a few weeks ago.

I met him this summer at Gillette and told him what a good reporter he was and how I appreciated his work. He was extremely appreciative and polite - - all in all, a very nice guy.

I'm afraid this is a case of his editors forcing a square peg into a round hole. The "schtick" these days in the world of dying newspapers is to make their columnists as outrageous as possible - - the truth does not matter to a columnist - - just the amount of eyeballs it draws. A reporter, on the other hand, has to "get it first and get it right". The two job descriptions are completely different.

Nowhere does this difference show up more to the untrained eye than in the case of Christopher Gasper.

 

[TedyB54]

Because New Englands field isnt know across the league for being unkept and left shoddy by BB's request.

Right, because his arrogance is so immense, he preferred to put his own team at injury risk for 8 games a season just to increase the chances that someone on a visiting team might get hurt.

Dude, you nailed it!

They haven't had real grass at Gillette since 2006, so unless Belichick has discovered a way to make field turf "unkept and shoddy", your attempt at laying down some trolling smack talk has failed miserably.

 

[H8R]

Right, because his arrogance is so immense, he preferred to put his own team at injury risk for 8 games a season just to increase the chances that someone on a visiting team might get hurt.

Dude, you nailed it!

They haven't had real grass at Gillette since 2006, so unless Belichick has discovered a way to make field turf "unkept and shoddy", your attempt at laying down some trolling smack talk has failed miserably.

Maybe they should go back to real grass.... they havent won anything since. Just like anything esle, you adapt to what you are used to ..Right? So then using YOUR/BB logic, Houston is putting it's own players in jeopardy just to mess with the away team??

 

[NovaScotiaPatsFan]

I think this guy is smokin grass.

 

[TedyB54]

Maybe they should go back to real grass.... they havent won anything since.

Ummm.....they won the 2007 AFCCG at home on the field turf. They lost SB42 on another field, so going back to "real grass" at home wouldn't have had any impact on that.

Damn, are all Ravens fans as dumb as you are?

 

[NovaScotiaPatsFan]

When was the last time the Ravens won something?

Oh yeah right, 9 superbowls ago.

 

[Jackson 2]

Gasper used to be a very good reporter.

Then, the Globe turned him into a columnist a few weeks ago.

I met him this summer at Gillette and told him what a good reporter he was and how I appreciated his work. He was extremely appreciative and polite - - all in all, a very nice guy.

I'm afraid this is a case of his editors forcing a square peg into a round hole. The "schtick" these days in the world of dying newspapers is to make their columnists as outrageous as possible - - the truth does not matter to a columnist - - just the amount of eyeballs it draws. A reporter, on the other hand, has to "get it first and get it right". The two job descriptions are completely different.

Nowhere does this difference show up more to the untrained eye than in the case of Christopher Gasper.

Bingo...you got bingo...

 

[RobertWeathers]

Bingo...you got bingo...

+1. Ten chars.

 

[H8R]

Ummm.....they won the 2007 AFCCG at home on the field turf. They lost SB42 on another field, so going back to "real grass" at home wouldn't have had any impact on that.

Damn, are all Ravens fans as dumb as you are?

Maybe you don't understand sarcasm....

 

[FarScapeR]

It was a poor attempt.

I think Belichick was just venting frustration to cover his team's feelings, just like when he blasted the Carolina DBs when Moss said nothing. It's just locker room management to him. However, there is a reason he had natural grass until recently; it slowed down the passing attack of other teams and forced them to rely on the running game. It was with the arrival of Moss and Welker that we switched to artificial turf (or vice versa).