What's Slater really saying?

[TheRainMaker]

Sounds like Slater is drunk. He’s just rambling.

 

[Huckleberry1]

The nepotism is finally rearing its ugly head.

What a load of sh.t.

 

[‘Mondre]

Man slater’s like a wannabe preacher anyways, half of his stuff is ramblings and platitudes. I wouldn’t pay it any mind.

play well take your money and be smart. That’s all you need to preach but if it resonates (which it appears to have done over the years), so be it.

 

[Pape]

what this tells me is the Patriots have no leadership in the locker room. You think this is the first time players and coaches are at each others throats? In previous years (watch Tom Brady's Man in the Arena) there has always been a group of leaders on the roster and they self regulated. It has been mentioned before that some of us think there is a lack of leadership on this team.

That is leadership right there.

That is a team captain telling some players to get their heads out their collective behinds.

 

[Steve102]

************ I swear 3/4 of the fan base is looking for a problem.

...and people honestly think Steve Buckley is still a viable reporter?

I tend to think this is Salter just saying it's time to step up, but I agree with you this is a lot of nothing.

 

[upstater1]

what this tells me is the Patriots have no leadership in the locker room. You think this is the first time players and coaches are at each others throats? In previous years (watch Tom Brady's Man in the Arena) there has always been a group of leaders on the roster and they self regulated. It has been mentioned before that some of us think there is a lack of leadership on this team.

McCourty, Hightower, Andrews, Mason, are still all in that locker room.

This would be very hard to believe given the people in that locker room in addition to Slater.

 

[archstanton543]

McCourty, Hightower, Andrews, Mason, are still all in that locker room.

This would be very hard to believe given the people in that locker room in addition to Slater.

And yet...

 

[Marko]

I'm hearing that the defense isn't taking well being blamed for the loss, especially after Mac threw the team under the bus last week with his poor practices comments. They see how Mac had his worse game of the season and aren't happy about being blamed for the loss. Everything will be fixed when the Pats hang a 50burger on the jags.

Except for the fact that Mac always takes the blame for everything. The kid always says it starts with him, he needs to do a better job etc. if anyone on the team thinks he threw them under the bus, they have issues.He sounds like a 5th grader just repeating cliche after cliche, anyone with an ounce of sense would know not to read into what he is saying.

 

[jah]

And yet...

And yet what? The locker room has not imploded.

 

[Brotherblues]

What an innocuous quote. The only thing spiraling out of control is the hot takes about it.

 

[Ross12]

You left out the section where he was asked what he meant by "tough decisions" and he basically said it has to do with eliminating distractions not just inside the building but outside of it too. It sounds to me like he's just saying guys need to be focused and doing the right things even when they're not in the building - could even mean "don't go out partying and start testing COVID-positive when we're trying to make the playoffs here."

 

[venecol]

Why would there be any distractions inside the building?

 

[mikey m]

In to see everyone take these generalized, generic comments and use them as evidence to support their unrelated and preconceived notions. Always a good time.

 

[captain stone]

...and people honestly think Steve Buckley is still a viable reporter?

Yeah he’s one of the reasons I will Never EVER pay for a national sports rag ahead of a local one… The concept itself is actually hilarious to me…

 

[captain stone]

McCourty, Hightower, Andrews, Mason, are still all in that locker room.

This would be very hard to believe given the people in that locker room in addition to Slater.

That’s actually not too many compared to the rest of the team…

But hey that’s what happens when big Big BIG bucks are spent on ****ing gutless, front-running turds - Jonnu Smith, Agholor, Godsmack, Jalen Mills - who don’t give a ****ing sh!t about Anything other than their ****ing un-deserved ****ing paychecks.

 

[PP2]

He's just talking about wins and losses, really. The whole splinter thing is a hypothetical consequence for more losses, not a description of what's currently happening.

It's funny how quickly the Patsfans hivemind switches from "this is the most tight-knit team I've ever seen" to "the chemistry is completely shot and we have no leadership".

I think that more to the point, he's talking about what it really takes to win out in this league, what it takes to win in the playoffs. They were flying high until the bye then hit the wall and have dropped 2 in a row mostly because of how poorly they played.

As the oldest man in the locker room who's played in 5 Superbowls, he knows what kind of grind and toughness it takes to get there. I think that we have at this point, only 8 players who've been around here long enough to have been to the Superbowl?

And this would jibe with the clash he's hinting, between the coaching staff and some players. My guess is that some of the newer players have resented the constant pushing and needling from the coaches calling them out for not having enough mental toughness or playing hard enough.

 

[venecol]

Did someone tell Little Steven to GFH again?

 

[Boston Boxer]

Did someone tell Little Steven to GFH again?

he was told to stop making weird faces on the sideline and he told daddy they were picking on him

 

[PATSYLICIOUS]

...and people honestly think Steve Buckley is still a viable reporter?

this whole time i was thinking it was terrell buckley

 

[PatsWickedPissah]

he was told to stop making weird faces on the sideline and he told daddy they were picking on him

You unimaginative fools fail to grok that those weird faces are the Pats double secret code for communicating plays & assignments.