Marsh describes Pats as "no fun"

[slam]

The last two championship slogans were “Do Your Job” and “No Days Off”. They’re not selling fun here.

 

[TheRainMaker]

i think that's as good as they will finish and i dont have much confidence in that. i see them more likely 8-8. we shall see... IMO vikings and packers will finish ahead of 9ers. so best case is 6 seed.

I get where you're coming from as their roster at least on the offensive side isn't that great. In my opinion, they wasted a draft pick on a Tackle when they had Trent Brown already in place. Because they were solid at Tackle, I wanted them to get an impact player on offense. If the Pats get Brown's conditioning in check, he's going to be a an absolute stud at LT.

Even with the current roster as it is, I find an 8-8 record kind of low as Jimmy G ripped off 5 straight wins last year so I don't see it much of a stretch that he couldn't win 10 games (9-7 at worst). I would've had even more confidence if they were more aggressive in the off season. I hate the McKinnon signing and they didn't do enough to add to the young promising players they have on offense (Kittle and Taylor).

Their defense should be solid with the addition of Sherman who fits right in with that scheme. He would've been horrible in NE. Ruben Foster is a stud, they have a solid D line, hard hitting safeties and promising young CB's in Witherspoon and Williams who's very good in the slot.

My top 4 teams in the NFC are the Eagles (Are they a fluke? How does Wentz return from his ACL tear?), Vikings (they have a good QB now. No more excuses), Rams (could there be too many big name additions and they implode? Does Goff match or exceed last years production?) and Saints (Will they go back to their losing ways?)

 

[Delicate Genius]

 

[SHOWTIME15]

I agree

The more mature approach by Marsh should have been just to say he wasn't a fit for the D and use a couple of lines from Chris Long exit.

There is a slight intelligence difference between Long and Marsh....

 

[RobertWeathers]

There is a slight intelligence difference between Long and Marsh....

Like s brain?

 

[Betterthanmost]

When I saw that stupid marks he puts on this face for games, I knew he was not a fit here. That was a hefty price to pay for this POS.

 

[aluminum seats]

Why is anyone surprised by this crap? It's been promoted in a passive- aggressive manner by NE.'s two best players for months.

Yeah, I was wondering if anyone was going to mention that...

 

[TheFlyingWedge]

What a complete douche

 

[varjao]

We will see how fun it will be in September when he makes no roster and how fun it will be in 2 years when he's out of the league.

 

[Ice_Ice_Brady]

Professional athletes making millions who whine that their workplace isn’t fun are usually the same douche$ that complain it’s “a business” when something doesn’t go their way. Oh no way, is it really a business? And you didn’t realize that when you got your $22M signing bonus three years ago?

 

[jboston19]

By no fun does he mean expect you to be good at football, which he isn't?

 

[Angelpats]

We care about winning here. If winning isn’t your idea of fun then he doesn’t belong here.

 

[chris_in_sunnyvale]

Not fun. At all.

Regards,
Chris

 

[RayClay]

Cassius Marsh on playing for the Patriots: ‘They don’t have fun there’

If I recall correctly, Marsh was also raving about the 49ers earlier last week, and kinda throwing the Patriots a dirty one by saying that Jimmy Garoppolo was a far better athlete than Tom Brady. His comment seemed random and could be seen as saying that Jimmy is better than Brady. Overall, pretty sad remarks made from Marsh, trying to throw his past team under the bus, after they traded a 5th and 7th for him.

A few excerpts:
“I confronted (Patriots coach Bill Belichick) about all the things that were going on,” Marsh said. “I won’t get into detail, but it was B.S. things they were doing."

“They don’t have fun there,” Marsh said. “There’s nothing fun about it. There’s nothing happy about it. I didn’t enjoy any of my time there, you know what I’m saying? It made me, for the first time in my life, think about not playing football because I hated it that much.”

BB probably had fun cutting you in the middle of the season.

 

[RayClay]

Not everyone's like you. Like I said, there's lot of people in this world that will take less pay and less prestige to work in a company that has a culture where people enjoy themselves over a cutthroat high risk/high reward corporate environment. Go check out and see how many people end up bailing on the top 5 financial firms (KPMG/Deloitte/PwC etc) because they can't stand the environment despite knowing if they make it there they are set for life.

There's lots of players in this league that just wouldn't fit in on the Patriots because they operate like a no nonsense business. And there's lots of teams that are willing to provide a different culture for players like that.

He'll work his way onto the Browns or Jets soon. Fun, all day.

 

[Deus Irae]

Ex-employee, fired for incompetence, rails against former company.

Film at 11

 

[RayClay]

I don't get why this bothers people. There's lots of people in this world that prefer working in a culture they like more than anything else. Plenty of people take jobs at less prestigious companies for less pay because they don't like the culture and feel like they would be happier somewhere else. I know multiple people who bailed on one of the big 5 financial firms because they were miserable the whole time even though they knew if they stuck it out for a few more years they'd be set for life.

Someone like Marsh is never going to get credit for winning a SB with Pats and he's in the league for a paycheck until he can no longer go. He won't have some big NFL legacy. He's better off going somewhere he can just take it easy, get his money, and not have high expectations.

We want players who are grinders who care about winning and who like to work hard. No big deal

It bothers him, apparently. Do you see any comment from the Pats? It's no bother enjoying a laugh at the expense of ****heads like that, why shouldn't we?

 

[RayClay]

Eh that's actually fair. Because we lacked depth they asked him to do a bunch of things he wasn't good at instead of playing his strengths (which typically is the Patriots MO). He struggled as a result because he wasn't good at it and he looked like **** and was getting busted up a lot as a result. He just wanted to do what he knew. And tbf we were making some questionable decisions with him. We had him covering Hunt all over the field in the opener last year which was just completely insane and he never should have been in that position.

Like I said it's fine. He wasn't versatile enough for what we needed and he didn't like a culture that was hardlined and demanded more. We parted ways. That's life. Not everyone has to get along.

Are you his mother? Every Patriot rusher is expected to be versatile, it's part of the defense.

 

[RayClay]

I will admit the Patriots didn't seem to do their due diligence on marginal pass rushing prospects. If you're going to try to get by with low picks and affordable free agents, you have to do better scouting.

 

[TennisBallHead]

Watching Marsh play was no fun