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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.Yeah, Harbaugh has been so gracious in his thanks to Bill. Really appreciate it, ya #@!%@!Here are some quotes from the article that stood out
Phil Savage: "He's been in that position himself, living in an empty apartment with a cardboard moving box as your coffee table. So when we'd win a big game, on Monday he'd give you one of those $100 handshakes. It was the kind of gesture people would never, ever connect to Bill Belichick. There's a generosity to Bill most people don't get to see. "
John Harbaugh (Ravens Coach, 2008-Present): "Bill called our owner at like 3 in the morning to recommend me for the Ravens job. I was just really grateful and I couldn't believe it. I called Bill up and thanked him right away. He just said, 'Ah, don't worry about it, you should've had the job three days ago.'"
Jon Robinson (Patriots Scout, 2002-09, and Director of College Scouting, 2009-13): "After my daughter was diagnosed at 6 with Type 1 diabetes, a week later on my desk there was a little teddy bear, with a Belichick hoodie on it. And he had written a little note: 'I know this doesn't cure it, but just something for Taylor to know we are thinking about her and praying for her.' She knew it was from Coach. She named her bear Hoodie."
Jim Schwartz: "He did a great job of coaching coaches. It wasn't just the players. He coached the coaches."
This is funny
Matt Cassel: My rookie year, I got crushed in the back by a corner blitz against the Giants. We're playing them the next year in the last preseason game. He asks me, 'OK, Cassel, what front do they like to bring the corner blitz from?' I had looked it up the night before, anticipating it. I said, 'Coach, it's an over.' And he goes, 'Brady?' Well, you know immediately when he goes to the next guy: 'Oh, no. Oh, no.' And Brady says, 'An under.' And he goes, 'Brady's right. I don't want to have to send your mother another note that says, 'Dear Mrs. Cassel, we regret to inform you that your son got killed being a dumbass.'"
I loved the article too....right up to the point where they try (in true ESPN style) to justify the lies about spygate and deflategate. They start with the myth that BB violated the rules of the game in 2007. They continue with continually IMPLYING that he'd break the rules if he thought he could get away with it. And they never mention that he's doing nothing that every other coach in the league is doing.
The last section was not only mean spirited, it was false. Most of the comments were purposely taken out of context. In other words it was a typical ESPN hatchet job. BTW- what's up with using quotes from players who were here for just a year?
I wonder who he will pick to introduce him....The Belichick hall of fame speech is going to be awesome. I'd predict at least an hour and a half. I didn't know Saban was with him in Cleveland. I imagine Bill will thank everyone and take no credit.
Ernie will say his first words.I wonder who he will pick to introduce him....
I'm betting it's not Tomase or Borges.............................
Curtis Martin: "My rookie year in New England, we'd scrimmage goal-line full go at the end of the practice. Seven or eight times in a row he told the defense I was running and jumping over the top and to keep me from getting in. He would literally tell them what side I was going to run on. They were just teeing off on me. But out of eight times, I got the ball in the end zone like five times. He wanted to see what type of fight I had in me, if I would break."
Someone help me here. We drafted Martin in 1995 when Belichick was still with the Browns. Is Curtis just remembering this wrong or am I high?
Most likely his daughter.I wonder who he will pick to introduce him....
I'm betting it's not Tomase or Borges.............................