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Originally Posted by CDSmith
http://www.newsday.com/sports/footba...5972113.column
I don't know how anyone can read that article (in full) and not at least agree that ol' Bill should have returned to the sideline and allow the game to finish, and then walk over and congratulate his rival properly instead of running down the tunnel like he did.
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Originally Posted by ronaldo
What I find funny about the whole thing is I don't THINK Coughlin has said anything about him being classless. The only people that have are journalists and internet writers with nothing else better to do.
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I like how he simply ignores the fact that the clock DID run to zero.
-"The game wasn't over yet and the players knew it, the officials knew it and the fans knew it."
Yes, and that's why there were players, fans AND the opposing coach on the field. It's nice to be able to pass judgement from the press box.
-"Yeah, sure, he sought out Tom Coughlin, his conqueror, before he left, and did what it obviously killed him to have to do: credit another man for beating him."
It's must be nice to be clairvoyant and be able to tell what's going through one's mind at a given time. I'm sure it killed him to lose the game, just like it would have ANYONE. But how is HE or ANY of us to know that as bad as he felt for himself, he wasn't happy for his FRIEND. Does HE know how sincere the congratulations were between the two? I'm sure he thinks he does.
-"No, this was simply a public hissy fit by a spoiled punk who couldn't accept defeat."
Can anyone say biased, BITTER reporter with a poison pen?
I'm not saying Belichick is a saint. Clearly he's not. I also don't follow the guy around enough to have seen all of the things that people seem to hate him for. But please. Show me an article that looks at the incident objectively please. Not by some idiot who clearly has a hatred for the man.
http://www.app.com/apps/pbcs.dll/art...D=200880126007
"Tom and I have a good relationship,'' Belichick said this week.
"We go way back to the '80s there at the Giants. We worked together closely, as a secondary coach and a receiver coach would. He's a good personal friend, and Judy and his family. We've spent time with them away from football, whether it was at Boston College, Jacksonville and so forth. I respect Tom. I think he's an outstanding coach and wish him well in every game but this one.''
Now, let's hear how classless that last remark is even though I'm sure it's half truth made in jest.
So now am I supposed to believe that this man went out of his way to show a lack of respect to his friend? I do have a tendency to give people the benefit of the doubt, but the Belichick bashers ARE simply bashing at this point.