Can’t help yourself, huh?
This thread has been overwhelmingly positive. Folks acknowledging Bennett for his contributions to the team’s Super Bowls, appreciating his sense of humor, character, charisma. There were hardly any negative comments (and the one or two that existed had nothing to do with Bennett’s relationship with the media, or the way he talked/communicated/expressed himself).
You had to make-up a sentiment that has not been expressed by anyone in this thread (“shut up and play”) just to take a shot at Belichick regarding team culture and the type of players he wants.
The ironic (or maybe “hypocritical” is the better word) thing is that you were complaining about Bourne speaking openly with the media about the Dallas game, saying it’s ‘disturbing’ (or something along those lines) that all of a sudden players are outspoken with the media after 20 years of being buttoned-up … I guess the outspoken Bennett, the type of personality you claim isn’t welcome here, never existed on the team over the past 20 years?
When players are guarded and speak in cliches, you portray that as a negative thing.
‘Belichick wants yes-men. He muzzles his players, doesn’t let them express themselves or have fun. He’s draconian, old-school, and a hard-ass with a coaching style unfit for the modern game’.
When players speak openly and are forward, you portray that as a negative thing.
‘After all these years of running a tight ship the leaks are coming. So bizarre and disturbing all the chatter coming in the media. What is going on internally? Something is seriously wrong’.
There’s nothing the team can do right now that you won’t perceive as negative, because the actual specifics and logical consistency don’t matter; all that matters is Bill Belichick is coaching the Patriots and Tom Brady is no longer on the team, and therefore everything is bad.
You had to pull a gripe about Belichick out of thin-air, making an unprompted complaint about team culture in response to a wholly positive post exclusively praising Bennett. If that’s not the definition of bias, I’m not sure what is.
At any rate, carry on …