Gronk talks more trash via Instagram

Hoodie · Jan 22, 2016

A Defiant Goose said:
Looks like a fan page. Like Brady's Facebook. We all know it aint really Brady posting all that

Brady's assistant posts to that page but it's his page, not a fan page.

Jeff Fine, is now handling the assistant responsibilities once shouldered by Rawitz, notably upping Brady’s game on social media. It was Rawitz and Fine who found Brady’s resume while unpacking boxes after the move to Brookline, and urged Brady to post it to Facebook.

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A Defiant Goose · Jan 22, 2016

Hoodie said:
Brady's assistant posts to that page but it's his page, not a fan page.

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Eh, semantics

JJDChE · Jan 22, 2016

AndyJohnson said:
I have never understood the idea that an opponent will all of a sudden care about winning and play better against you if you say something bad about them.
Its really silly.

So you think everyone is 100% self-motivated?

Hoodie · Jan 22, 2016

A Defiant Goose said:
Eh, semantics

Brady has full approval of everything on that page. Who cares who actually hits "post"

PatriotsReign · Jan 23, 2016

I don't Tweet or Instagram....do people really do that stuff?

RayClay · Jan 23, 2016

AndyJohnson said:
OK, let me explain.
There is no way that Rodney Harrison and Tedy Bruschi are not going to give 100% effort, only if someone on the other team offended them. Think about that. They don't really care about winning, but when someone makes a comment, now they do????????

Here is what happens. Players and teams absolutely get motivated. Coaches put players in the right mindset.
They use what is available, and there are many more things available than bulletin board comments.
BB reading the Eagles parade route is just a way to focus the team. He did that the night before the game, and he has also brought a SB trophy to the night before meeting as a different means of getting players focused.
I'm sure Harrison and Bruschi were fired up by using those comments because they were used when it was time to fire the team up, and they would have been equally fired up if the message was something totally different.

I am sure they remember it as the comments got them fired up, but in reality they were getting just as fired up whether the comments were there or not.
Unless you want to believe they would have coasted without motivation because they have none unless someone criticizes them.

Is this the new theory now? After the "can't win, aren't healthy because they lost the last game?"

RayClay · Jan 23, 2016

JJDChE said:
So you think everyone is 100% self-motivated?

Of course. Not like there are ever gray areas.

RayClay · Jan 23, 2016

A Defiant Goose said:
Eh, semantics

No. Brady hires someone to run his page. a fan page is simply some fans.

A Defiant Goose · Jan 23, 2016

RayClay said:
No. Brady hires someone to run his page. a fan page is simply some fans.

The point is neither Brady nor Gronk are sitting there on their phone actually posting ****

RxJock1120 · Jan 23, 2016

Dear Mr. Gronk,

Please remember the wise words of a legend, "well done is better than well said!" (hint: it was Brady)

Get us into the Super Bowl and get Brady a fifth ring.

Ring 6 · Jan 23, 2016

1960Pats said:
I think much of the talk coming out of Denver is to try and work the officials. With good refs that crap doesn't work, but with Hochuli it could.

Or just competitive people in their 20s who are home underdogs having a microphone in their face.

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Ring 6 · Jan 23, 2016

RayClay said:
Is this the new theory now? After the "can't win, aren't healthy because they lost the last game?"

What are you talking about?

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New England Pride · Jan 23, 2016

So is this a fan page or an official Gronk page? If it's not real I want a refund on the 10 minutes I spent in this thread.

Ring 6 · Jan 23, 2016

JJDChE said:
So you think everyone is 100% self-motivated?

Think it through. Nfl players are motivated by competition. They have to be because they will get their ass kicked otherwise.
Do you really think that a guy covering Gronk is going to give a weak effort unless he read that Gronk called him a name and then the game really matters he is going to try and then they win?
It's crazy.
As I said coaches motivate teams to get their mind focused. It doesn't matter what the source of motivation is.

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RayClay · Jan 23, 2016

A Defiant Goose said:
The point is neither Brady nor Gronk are sitting there on their phone actually posting ****

No, I don't think that is the point. Brady hires someone to post stuff he wants or endorses.

A fan page has nothing to do with what Gronk wants, it is a random fan.

A Defiant Goose · Jan 23, 2016

RayClay said:
No, I don't think that is the point. Brady hires someone to post stuff he wants or endorses.

A fan page has nothing to do with what Gronk wants, it is a random fan.

That was *my* point lol

RayClay · Jan 23, 2016

A Defiant Goose said:
That was *my* point lol

Looks like a fan page. Like Brady's Facebook. We all know it aint really Brady posting all that

Brady's facebook is not a fan page. It's Brady's page and he pays someone to write and develop content.

Do you think Robert Kraft writes every article under his or the team's name? He sure checks the content, but he has a PR operation and writers.

A Defiant Goose · Jan 23, 2016

RayClay said:
Brady's facebook is not a fan page. It's Brady's page and he pays someone to write and develop content.

Do you think Robert Kraft writes every article under his or the team's name? He sure checks the content, but he has a PR operation and writers.

Oh my God you are really intent on winning this aren't you. It's semantics. Neither Brady nor Gronk are posting. That's my point. Brady might have approval, but he's not sitting there photoshopping himself onto a damn Jaguar and posting it. The whole approval/non approval thing is irrelevant

A Defiant Goose · Jan 23, 2016

You know what, forget it. I get it. I know the difference between the two. Moooooving on

Joey007 · Jan 23, 2016

Gronk no talk. Gronk shush now.

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