Patriots Rumor ESPN hitpiece on Patriots (Rift with Brady/Belichick/Kraft) - Merged

[DropKickFlutie]

Close thread please. Not going to happen. Belichick has GM powers here, he'd never leave for less authority where he can run the show. Giants have a new GM.

It would take way more than whatever Gruden just got.

 

[Mack Herron]

 

[DropKickFlutie]

For the record, Wickersham is on the radio right now as we type. He stated that Bill Bellichick has done a masterful job of managing the personalities in the building this year.

He's back pedaling because a half dozen different claims have already proven to be false from the article.

 

[Clonamery]

Nooooo! Sources say Seth is devastated! Disavows entire article.

 

[PatsFanSince74]

Close thread please. Not going to happen. Belichick has GM powers here, he'd never leave for less authority where he can run the show. Giants have a new GM.

It would take way more than whatever Gruden just got.

Two things:
One, the obstacle is Gettleman. I agree. But if Mara got the chance to take Belichick and Josh...I think things would be "worked out" pretty quickly.
Two, I'm all in favor of merging this with the other thread, but I'm opposed to shutting down discussion on a relevant topic that is being carried on in a manner consistent with the Board's Rules of Conduct.

 

[XLIX]

@Ian has never named me Patriot Fan of the Week

 

[Schmo]

For looking like a guy who spent a lot of his childhood in a locker, he's got some big f'ing balls. He just spanked his colleague for irresponsible journalism.

Wish there were more like him.

 

[mosslost]

It's crazy to me that the only "evidence" I ever saw of Deflategate or this being remotely true is how legitimately sketchy all Patriots reactions were. You'd think they would have figured this out by now.

The statement is poor as a denial, that is for sure. The statement actually sort of implies they nailed some of it.

 

[Charlotte Pats Fan]

Listening to Wickerdick on EEI right now, he sounds like a tool.

 

[qbno12]

@Ian has never named me Patriot Fan of the Week

Get in the line

 

[SammyBlueCat]

He (Wickersham) just rambled on and on the idea that Bill will not want to coach with new coordinators, the Guerrero drama, and and aging Brady. Purely speculation on his part.

 

[mosslost]

Holley was taking it as gospel that Kraft ordered BB to trade Jimmy

Could he be a source? Pretty close to things...

 

[Ring 6]

Posted a little after noon today. Actually took Myers a couple of hours longer than I thought to write and post it, but it's a long article:

"Bring Bill Back Home.

"Can Bill Belichick, yes Bill Belichick, be the next coach of the Giants?

"
"All good things come to an end, especially in the NFL.

"If this is the end for Belichick in New England, it will be good news for the Jets and could be great news for the Giants."

If Belichick & Pats split, Giants must do all they can to get him

Why waste everyone’s time posting all the silliness?

 

[carmelo15]

**** man we are losing Brady and Jimmy G dumbass B.B. is handing the team to Hoyer. Wait that’s if Kraft doesn’t fire him than we lose All 3

 

[Ring 6]

Two things:
One, the obstacle is Gettleman. I agree. But if Mara got the chance to take Belichick and Josh...I think things would be "worked out" pretty quickly.
Two, I'm all in favor of merging this with the other thread, but I'm opposed to shutting down discussion on a relevant topic that is being carried on in a manner consistent with the Board's Rules of Conduct.

Except this isn’t a relevant matter. Off to the practice squad I say.

 

[The Brandon Five]

Could he be a source? Pretty close to things...

I am with Dale who says there is no way that happened.

 

[AtomicDawg]

And Howe confirms.

 

[QuantumMechanic]

The statement is poor as a denial, that is for sure. The statement actually sort of implies they nailed some of it.

Exactly. The statement says there are theories out there that are "unsubstantiated" (which implies those theories may be true) and "highly exaggerated" (which outright says that there's something there, but ESPN stretched it).

 

[Wax Frog]

Ahh, January! Just like spring, except instead of milder weather and the emerald green of lush new growth, the signs are BSPN and hangers-on ****ting all over a Patriots playoff run

 

[Soliel]

There’s a video on where an ex player says this is all not true. Not even any of it