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CLICK HERE to Register for a free account and login for a smoother ad-free experience. It's easy, and only takes a few moments.Imagine if the report was: While still with the Patriots, Tom Brady talked to other teams about playing for them
I’m not sure where you found more truths than mistruths in wickershams stories but the crux of it, the belichick wanted to dump Brady and keep Jimmy was a complete fabrication.This isn't really breaking news. I remember there being similar speculation at the time that Bill was frustrated and was supposedly upset enough to explore other options and I believe I remember the Washington and Giants thing (not the Miami one). But again, it never turned into anything and well...here we are.
(UPDATE: Here was the thread on that: Tanguay: Belichick inquired about Washington job after JG trade)
At the same time, as much as we hate to admit it, Wickersham ended up being right about much of what he reported. We can talk about the things he may or may not have gotten right, but there were obviously more truths than mistruths, which I think surprised all of us.
These calls were supposedly in 2017-2018. Both Judge and Flores didn’t get hired until 2020.If you listen to the interview he says he heard he spoke to those teams when they had openings but didn’t know if it was about him wanting the job. Bb is notorious for recommending coaches when there are openings and 2 of those teams hired his guys.
Honestly, we still don't know whether that part was or it wasn't, but if you go through the list of things that came up in his article, as I said, there were far more things that turned out to be true than I think most of us expected.I’m not sure where you found more truths than mistruths in wickershams stories but the crux of it, the belichick wanted to dump Brady and keep Jimmy was a complete fabrication.
The ironic thing is in this case...Kraft versus BB....Kraft was 1000% % right and BB was 1000% wrong
Flores was hired in 2019.These calls were supposedly in 2017-2018. Both Judge and Flores didn’t get hired until 2020.
We will have to agree to disagree.Honestly, we still don't know whether that part was or it wasn't, but if you go through the list of things that came up in his article, as I said, there were far more things that turned out to be true than I think most of us expected.
My point simply was, much of what he wrote ended up being true. If you're saying 100% of what he wrote was wrong, that's just not accurate. Time, and other facts that eventually emerged since then, have proven that there ended up being some truth to quite a few parts of that story.We will have to agree to disagree.
I don’t know of any that were confirmed, just people are more apt to believe them now.
But we do know that John Lynch came out and said he asked belichick about Brady and was laughed at.
If one of the 2 people involved flat out says it didn’t happen I’m not uncertain that the “reporter” telling a story otherwise is wrong.
Also - Belichick laughing at him likely happened because there was absolutely no way Brady was being dealt midseason. My assumption is the discussion between Kraft and Belichick centered on keeping Jimmy through the season and possibly parting with Brady after the season, and I'm guessing that didn't sit well. So whatever friction there might have been, that's my theory. Although, I'm probably more likely to be wrong since I'm just speculating.We will have to agree to disagree.
I don’t know of any that were confirmed, just people are more apt to believe them now.
But we do know that John Lynch came out and said he asked belichick about Brady and was laughed at.
If one of the 2 people involved flat out says it didn’t happen I’m not uncertain that the “reporter” telling a story otherwise is wrong.
About what? What do you think they disagreed about?The ironic thing is in this case...Kraft versus BB....Kraft was 1000% % right and BB was 1000% wrong
Kraft was willing to keep Brady until he wanted to leave, BB wanted to move on next season?About what? What do you think they disagreed about?
He said to lynch “trade the best QB in the nfl, do you think im crazy”?Also - Belichick laughing at him likely happened because there was absolutely no way Brady was being dealt midseason. My assumption is the discussion between Kraft and Belichick centered on keeping Jimmy through the season and possibly parting with Brady after the season, and I'm guessing that didn't sit well. So whatever friction there might have been, that's my theory. Although, I'm probably more likely to be wrong since I'm just speculating.