I don't know if Butler would've changed the outcome, but I do know he would've been better than those scrubs who were out there. There is no excuse for why he was active but not on the field, especially because the D was looking worse and worse as the game went on. Belichick claimed he was doing what was best for the team, but the decision had to have been a petty one, given the dysfunction of the defense, which has always been sorry, but that SB game was a level of garbage. The players are supporting Butler. Belichick screwed up and one can argue that it was intentional. I mean Brady publicly supporting Butler is telling.
It's got nothing to do with interpreting. Brady KNOWS damned well that his public support and effusive praise of Butler at this time would fan flames.
Flames that burn at Belichick.
This thing ain't over by a long shot.
Brady was making a statement. He truly ain't been giving no effs lately, and I like it. He's no longer a corporate mannequin-zombie-statue-robot stooge for Belichick. He dropped his doc in the weeks leading into the SB, not caring about the potential distraction. He went off on K&C about comments on his daughter, even though they had nothing to do with comments, even though he did not need to confront them in that interview. He could've had Stacy James to call WEEI privately and voice his displeasure and options moving forward, but Brady wanted a distraction. He's become all about Brady and his brand, but he did his part Sunday, unlike Belichick.
Who can blame him...
Belichick threw him under the bus with Deflategate. He did everything but cry a river over Garappolo, after Garappolo's departure. Then he stripped Brady of his opportunity to build up his client list for TB12 by removing Guerrero from the sidelines.
Sunday he cost Brady one more ring, like he did in 2011, with that trash he calls a defense.
Brady realize, like Belichick, that he can do whatever he wants. Even Kraft has discussed these colliding "egos." Brady knows Belichick is overrated garbage without him and he only needs 4 more years to prove the TB12 Method works, so he can draw in all sorts of clients, and retire finally. Brady might be getting a reality check in the next year or so stay tuned.
Last point:
See the last episode of Tom vs Time, where Brady was asked if the MVP award mattered to him. Brady hesitated and said he would win the "player of the week" award in February. Funny Brady would bring up "player of the week, " when they were discussing MVP. Was that shade at Belichick or Wickersham?
Wickersham is a sham and a shame, but I do believe the point of his story, just not the added fiction for dramatic effect.
I agree about the lousy gameplan etc, but it’s freaking Bill Belichick that we’re discussing, here. Even if he made a costly mistake to lose a big game by sticking to his guns, shouldn’t we be appreciative of the fact that he’s a human being who may have messed up and made a poor choice? Yes, it sucks but it happens. He may have made a bad call. He’s done it before and he’ll likely do it again.
The dude is clearly the greatest coach of all time who has helped to make 13-3 seasons a regular thing around these parts. He’s helped lead us to 12 conference championship appearances in like, 18 years. Should we really continue to bash him and try and run him out of town? He obviously thought that Bademosi and Rowe would play better, and a lot of other factors went into us losing. Yes, the loss stings but I’m moving on from blaming him 100%. Lots of stuff happened that contributed, namely 3 touchdowns that could’ve been overturned but went their way.
Clearly? No. Take away those first, three SB seasons and Belichick has clearly been mediocre at best like the rest of 'em, if they were blessed enough to have Brady at QB. It's time to wake up and put some Folgers in that cup.
Add 8 SB using a QB he picked, mentored, coached and built an offensive system around.
Oh but that doesn't fit your narrative....
Stop acting like Brady wouldn't be selling insurance today, if it weren't for Bledsoe's injury. Belichick gets too much credit for accidentally finding out that some trash he drafted in the 6th could be more than roster decoration. If Bledsoe was making less money, he would've started and lost that SB, and been the starter until his retirement, and Belichick would be a defensive coordinator somewhere. Good thing, Brady knows how the "Patriot Way" really works, its how he survived Garappolo.
I credit Brady for his hustle and luck with Bledsoe's injury, not Belichick.
And system... what system? A bunch of undersized, mediocre or hasbeen players, outside of Gronk, with no star appeal, which allows him to go on paying them low dollar until they finally get some recognition and get booted out of the system. Haha... Funny.
