The Bill megathread (HC at UNC, girlfriend, etc.)

[Steve102]

Lee was traded to MTL in '78, Boggs came up from Pawtucket in '83. Seems insignificant now, but Boggs wasn't a part of the Bill Lee era. I was probably more disgusted by watching Don Zimmer work for the NY frauds since to me Boggs was a mercenary, the kind of guy who was all about himself first. Of course the reason Lee was traded was because he openly criticized Zimmer, so he was not my favorite either. Overall, I was happy to watch Pedro toss Zimmer to the ground like a rag doll.

Zimm hated pitchers. He was having PTSD with Pedro.

 

[Boomer B]

"Us"?

Dude are you f'ing this up?

 

[RobertWeathers]

Zimm hated pitchers. He was having PTSD with Pedro.

Don Zimmer is one of my least favorite people in all of Boston sports history.

Hes somewhere adjacent to Rick Pitino and Victor Kiam

 

[vicspats]

Team Bill is a figment of your imagination.

And I don’t frankly care, in fact I fully endorse Bill shagging a hot 24 year old cheerleader. Good for him.

The only thing embarrassing is haters like you and media members who always resented him for being mean turning to TMZ level gossip.

Shag-a-way Billy !!!

 

[vicspats]

To be honest, I am hoping he is just being dumb and not being taken advantage of. Either way, it shows a clear lack of judgement to get involved with a woman a third of his age, but I really hope he is just in "F it" mode and isn't getting senile and taken to the cleaners. The $8 million in real estate and allowing her to insert herself into his professional life is the part that worries me. We all know 95% of these guys have a 24-year-old girlfriend(s), but they aren't this public with it, and they’re giving them jewelry, watches, and maybe a car, not a multi-million-dollar portfolio, and having them act as a PR manager.

95% ?? Whaaa?? How many 80 year old guys can keep up with a 24 year old ?? lol it ain’t close 95…. I’m guessing closer to zero

 

[Huckleberry1]

Personally I hope that Belichick is burning enough bridges and torching enough of his legacy for him to be snubbed off the first ballot of the HoF.

It would genuinely be funny if this whole mess helps
Kraft get in first because other power brokers basically go “holy god he was THIS much of a pain to deal with?”

Not me. I think he should be held accountable for his mistakes, just like anyone else, but he still brought 6 Lombardi’s to Patriot fans, and I’ll always respect that. That said he’s being a ****ing idiot right now. And as someone who has been a ****ing idiot many times I say that with the expertise necessary to invoke that.

 

[vicspats]

Personally I hope that Belichick is burning enough bridges and torching enough of his legacy for him to be snubbed off the first ballot of the HoF.

It would genuinely be funny if this whole mess helps
Kraft get in first because other power brokers basically go “holy god he was THIS much of a pain to deal with?”

Booooo!!!

 

[Wozzy]

In my experience, blind loyalty leads to bad things.

For example: it's all about the white collar, he's a representative of God on Earth, it's OK to get in the car with him, Johnny.

Our creator (real, imagined or fortuitous chemistry) gave us critical thinking skills.

To me the ability to continuously evaluate things as they are trumps (sic) the benefits some feel they get from blind loyalty.

Being blindly loyal relieves one of the burden of critical thinking, but again, IMO it often leads to bad things.

To me, a lot of the world's problems come from the tribalism that blind loyalty creates.

Agreed, blind loyalty is dumb… right alongside blind hatred.

 

[sb1]

Agreed, blind loyalty is dumb… right alongside blind hatred.

… which in Belichick’s case has a population of 0 on this board.

 

[Bill Lee]

Agreed, blind loyalty is dumb… right alongside blind hatred.

Agreed, hence my comments about the ability to continuously evaluate things as they are.

 

[sb1]

Fandom is not a 'to death do us part' relationship.

It's OK to respect Curtis Martin when he played for the Patriots and disrespect him when he bailed out of here to play for the Jete.

It's OK to respect BB when he showed wisdom and leadership, and to disrespect him when he shows poor judgement if not outright foolishness.

And then we have Aaron Hernandez...

Exactly… and justifiable criticism is only “hate” to blind loyalists.

 

[signbabybrady]

Exactlu… and justifiable criticism is only “hate” to blind loyalists.

I don't see you crying about nepotism on the new staff? You're a hypocrite and a fraud.

 

[Water Boy]

The thread that keeps on giving.

 

[cmasspatsfan]

Lee was traded to MTL in '78, Boggs came up from Pawtucket in '83. Seems insignificant now, but Boggs wasn't a part of the Bill Lee era. I was probably more disgusted by watching Don Zimmer work for the NY frauds since to me Boggs was a mercenary, the kind of guy who was all about himself first. Of course the reason Lee was traded was because he openly criticized Zimmer, so he was not my favorite either. Overall, I was happy to watch Pedro toss Zimmer to the ground like a rag doll.

Bill Lee gave Zimmer the nickname "The Gerbil", funny, it fits.

 

[sb1]

I don't see you crying about nepotism on the new staff? You're a hypocrite and a fraud.

What nepotism on the new staff?

 

[signbabybrady]

What nepotism on the new staff?

See you didn't even notice it.

 

[Wozzy]

… which in Belichick’s case has a population of 0 on this board.

 

[sb1]

See you didn't even notice it.

Did Wolf and Vrabel hire their buddies and family over more qualified people? Must have missed that.

 

[sb1]

 

[signbabybrady]

Did Wolf and Vrabel hire their buddies and family over more qualified people? Must have missed that.

Like I said the fact you don't even notice it shows it was just something you chose to ***** about BB over. I guess Felger hasn't told you how to think yet.