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But but but, Polian said he had a 1st round grade on Brady...The only call that has sent NE to the Super Bowl twice (actually 9 times) is, "with the 199th pick in the draft, the Patriots select Tom Brady, quarterback." Suck it Polian you loser.
And if you can find that interview with Mike Pereira, Pereira said Polian wanted the DB's not to be allowed to touch the receivers at all. I think Pereira pretty much called that ridiculous and unenforceable.I assume the 2nd one he's referring to is the 2003 season AFCCG against the Colts -- the ones that prompted all the rule changes. The thing is, there weren't actually rule changes as they were on the books - the Polian-led competition committee just issued a mandate making that a huge point of emphasis thereafter.
What galls me are the people saying the "lined up in the neutral zone" penalty shouldn't have been called. Say what now? Now refs aren't supposed to call penalties that are actually penalties, which are called all the time, and which are actually occurring? How did that dumbass Dee Ford not see that he was lined up with the ball (or maybe he wanted to get a jump at Brady and his head coach and Polian told him to go ahead - it's a championship game - they won't call an obvious penalty)?And, Edelman punt had no conclusive evidence that he DID not touch the ball. Call on the field should have stayed.
Bad call on Ford in a championship game.Never should have been called. Gift for NE.
I don't recall the other call that sent NE to the super bowl, but Polian does.
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Bill Po-lyin' never got to 1st grade. And since he grew up in the Bronx before NY had mandatory kindergarten, he actually never went to school. Thus, he never learned to read or count. And because he never learned to count, he has never been capable of determining how many chances any team has ever been given to do anything. Thus, he's circled right back to being Bill Po-lyin'...But but but, Polian said he had a 1st round grade on Brady...
I doubt it. I bet he can't say "hypocrite" either.Is he able to pronounce "Patriots" correctly yet ?
The reason people are saying it shouldn't be called is because according to some coaches/players usually you're warned before hand. However one former referee said you wouldn't get warned this late in the game. Also there's the question of something clearly being offside such as Dee Ford was vs borderline. Someone also mentioned earlier in the year when someone was offsides on a critical play and there was a big uproar about the refs not calling it, so maybe the NFL pressured the refs into calling it without a warning.What galls me are the people saying the "lined up in the neutral zone" penalty shouldn't have been called. Say what now? Now refs aren't supposed to call penalties that are actually penalties, which are called all the time, and which are actually occurring? How did that dumbass Dee Ford not see that he was lined up with the ball (or maybe he wanted to get a jump at Brady and his head coach and Polian told him to go ahead - it's a championship game - they won't call an obvious penalty)?
What Polian really means is, "we all hate the Patriots, they would have lost if there was no penalty there (courtesy of the INT) and the refs should have looked the other way."
The EXACT same thing, by the way, that everyone is crying about that DID happen in the Saints game and theoretically changed the outcome of that game, for which people are calling for a replay of the game, sweeping rule changes in the off-season and other absolutely needed fixes.
I know for shi##-sure he can't spell it...I doubt it. I bet he can't say "hypocrite" either.
Also, if you re-watch the game, I think the Pats were in a semi-hurry up mode, so query exactly when this warning could have been issued. Plus, as you said, he was so obviously off-sides, not borderline at all.The reason people are saying it shouldn't be called is because according to some coaches/players usually you're warned before hand. However one former referee said you wouldn't get warned this late in the game. Also there's the question of something clearly being offside such as Dee Ford was vs borderline. Someone also mentioned earlier in the year when someone was offsides on a critical play and there was a big uproar about the refs not calling it, so maybe the NFL pressured the refs into calling it without a warning.
That being said, something that black and white should be called a penalty without a warning.
Don Shula? Polian is heading to be forgotten in historySure there may be some as bad but is there a more self important revisionist POS in the football universe than Polian?