Comments on: Send The Ballots In Now Belichick Coach Of The Year

By: Dan Harlan

Dan Harlan — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 16:40:10 +0000

In the eyes of NFL fans, our 3 superbowls will now forever be tainted. Belichick might have been redeemed if he beat the Giants without video tape, but since he lost the ONE superbowl out of four in which we know for certain that he wasn’t able to use tape, we can’t trust the other wins at all.
I am a Patriots fan in pain. I don’t go as far back as Babe Parilli but I speak with the heart of Grogan, Tim Fox, Julius Adams and Sam Bam Cunningham. I thought Belichick was a genius on the level of Walsh and I loved him with all my Patriots heart. Now he just seems like creep who got caught. (He certainly didn’t look like a genius going for a 4th and 13 in the superbowl).
Tom Brady is still our Joe Montana. He got the go-ahead score just like he needed to, then the defense let us down. Retool, fellas, and attack. We need to win another superbowl now more than ever.

By: Jerie O'Connor

Jerie O'Connor — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 01:32:09 +0000

I find it more than a bit ironic that Don Shula is calling the Patriots season success tainted because of “Spygate.” He asserts that the Patriots 2007 season should have an asterisk after its won-lost record to reflect the fact that the Patriots were cheaters. It smacks of his eclectic memory and tremendous ego. He conveniently forgets the Patriots were already hit with the maximum fine permissible and will have their 2008 first-round draft choice forfeited as punishment. Also “the Don” seems to have forgotten that he was involved in his own messy situation that resulted in a tampering charge levelled against the Miami Dolphins in which they forfeited their own first-round draft pick in 1970. If my memory of the circumstances is correct, I recall that “the Don” was illegally contacted by the Dolphins regarding their head coaching position while he was still under contract as the head coach of the Baltimore Colts. The Colts understandably complained which resulted in the Dolphins being penalized their number one draft pick that year as punishment for the tampering charge. Don Shula’s comments remind me of the old saying that people in glass houses should’nt throw stones. Talk about the pot calling the kettle black. Sorry about that last one I just could’nt help myself.

By: Keith

Keith — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 12:36:07 +0000

Your anger at Coach Belichick is misplaced. Though I don’t condone what was done it is a regular practice in the NFL similar to “stealing” signs from a catcher in baseball. It did nothing to change anything this season since it happened so early in the season and there is no proof it happened before. And though the head coach is responsible everything done his watch it is possible this was an overzealous underling who got caught.