Thai Jet Posted September 14, 2007 Share Posted September 14, 2007 Sorry for the lack of a link. If I knew how to do it I would have put it in. Peter King just posted his article on SI.com this morning and states that the Patsies Bill Belliprick got off too easy and should have been suspended in his opinion. He quoted Goodell saying that the NFL coaches have to be held to a higher level of responsibility when Goodell suspended Dallas Cowboy coach Wade Wilson for taking HGH and fined him $100,000. Wilson was suspended for 5 games. He was shocked that Goodell did not follow through with a similar suspension for Beliprick's arrogance. This speaks volumes coming from Peter King who IMO has always been a big Patsies supporter in the past. I think the Patriots and Bill Belichick got off lucky. What Roger Goodell did in penalizing Belichick was significant, but he did not ban Belichick from coaching for even a week for repeatedly cheating -- after being warned 12 months ago to not videotape other teams' coaches signaling in plays from the sidelines. When Dallas assistant coach Wade Wilson got suspended five games and fined $100,000 this month for using the banned substance HGH to treat impotency, Goodell told him coaches have to be held to a higher standard. Belichick was found guilty by Judge Goodell of "a calculated and deliberate attempt'' to evade the spirit and letter of the NFL rules. You tell me: Finding one of the coaching giants of the game guilty of cheating, then fining him 12.5 percent of his salary, taking away one of his five first-day draft choices next April (assuming New England makes the playoffs) and not suspending him ... is that holding this coach to a higher standard? Now, about Belichick's reaction. An odd mix of mea culpa with too much justification for the cheating, I thought. To me, there's something almost 1972-Nixonian about what Belichick did; and just before midnight Thursday, a longtime NFL employee echoed that to me. "Most of the people I've talked to this week have been mystified by this, like I am,'' this club official said. "It's like, Why did Nixon need Watergate? He was going to win the '72 election in a landslide anyway. And why does this guy with such a great team need to be doing penny-ante stuff against the rules anyway?'' Particularly in New York. How brazen, how ****y, how untouchable, how arrogant must he have thought of himself. Coaching against a man who knew all his tricks -- former Pats aide Eric Mangini -- who KNEW to be looking for the video spy, Belichick was almost asking to get caught. As for Belichick's teflon reaction, remember the very well-publicized warning all teams got last September from the league. "Video taping of any type, including but not limited to taping of an opponent's offensive or defensive signals, is prohibited on the sidelines, in the coaches' booth, in the locker room, or at any other locations accessible to club staff members during the game," said the warning from league vice president Ray Anderson. In the league's rule book, on page 105, the video ban is as clear as day. "No video recording devices of any kind are permitted to be in use in the coaches' booth, on the field, or in the locker room during the game,'' the rules state. Belichick said in his Thursday night statement: "Part of my job as head coach is to ensure that our football operations are conducted in compliance of the league rules and all accepted interpretations of them. My interpretation of a rule in the Constitution and Bylaws was incorrect.'' You know what that is? It's a classic deflection by Belichick. Instead of simply admitting he broke the rules and saying he deserves to be censured, he throws the changeup and tries to smokescreen us. The "interpretation'' of the rule was in error. That's an insult to Goodell, and to every fan who loves either the Patriots, this game or both. Goodell slapped Belichick hard, but not hard enough. A suspension should have accompanied the loss of the top draft choice. link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JetCane Posted September 14, 2007 Share Posted September 14, 2007 Sorry for the lack of a link. If I knew how to do it I would have put it in. Peter King just posted his article on SI.com this morning and states that the Patsies Bill Belliprick got off too easy and should have been suspended in his opinion. He quoted Goodell saying that the NFL coaches have to be held to a higher level of responsibility when Goodell suspended Dallas Cowboy coach Wade Wilson for taking HGH and fined him $100,000. Wilson was suspended for 5 games. He was shocked that Goodell did not follow through with a similar suspension for Beliprick's arrogance. This speaks volumes coming from Peter King who IMO has always been a big Patsies supporter in the past. Easy. Go to the page where the article is, put your cursor in your browser's address box, right click and copy. Then paste it in your post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
will Posted September 14, 2007 Share Posted September 14, 2007 Sorry for the lack of a link. If I knew how to do it I would have put it in. Peter King just posted his article on SI.com this morning and states that the Patsies Bill Belliprick got off too easy and should have been suspended in his opinion. He quoted Goodell saying that the NFL coaches have to be held to a higher level of responsibility when Goodell suspended Dallas Cowboy coach Wade Wilson for taking HGH and fined him $100,000. Wilson was suspended for 5 games. He was shocked that Goodell did not follow through with a similar suspension for Beliprick's arrogance. This speaks volumes coming from Peter King who IMO has always been a big Patsies supporter in the past. IMO, its too late to adequately punish Belicheck. He will go down in history as one of the all time great Head Coaches and there is no telling how much of his rep was achieved through illicit means, taping opponent's signals and otherwise. He has always been scummy but in Clevelend he was scummy and ineffective. At some point he became effective and began to win Super Bowls but it is as yet unclear when he changed his tactics that led to his eventual success in NE, and to what extent (I'm sure he does more than tape opposing teams' defensive signals and turn off their communication devices). Mark McGuire wont see the baseball HOF. Something in a like order of magnitude would be an appropriate 'punishment' for BB. He cheated to make his rep and its his rep that should feel the brunt of the punishment. Plus the fines and loss of draft picks, of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerryK Posted September 14, 2007 Share Posted September 14, 2007 Well, let's see how his team does now hat other teams are keeping their eye on him...and have a precedent allowing them to report him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BP Posted September 14, 2007 Share Posted September 14, 2007 Easy. Go to the page where the article is, put your cursor in your browser's address box, right click and copy. Then paste it in your post. He's on a Mac, there is a setting for the right click. mine is working. I edited the first post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thai Jet Posted September 14, 2007 Author Share Posted September 14, 2007 He's on a Mac, there is a setting for the right click. mine is working. I edited the first post. Thanks so much Bill !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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