I agree. That said, I still haven't read the 1st post in full yet! This is ridiculous now. I have to get off the computer and eat supper. I'll read the first post in full later tonight. I'll go enjoy this football game now. I go 14-0 straight up and 8-4-2 with a Denver win/cover. However, as a big Steve McNair fan/Pittsburgh Steelers hater, I kinda wouldn't mind being wrong.
I didn't either until I had responded about 3 times. I got about a paragraph and a half in and started thinking of wise-ass responses. I admit that. After reading it, it IS good. I am...Shamed.
its no big deal. read the two other articles i posted in the thread about Parcells and Bellichik. Its REAL interesting.
I've never seen it open. I know they say it's open one hour a day, but damned if I can ever catch it. Still, the last - and probably the next - T.O. quotables will be pulled right off his own messageboard.
Your 100% correct. I'm just reading this and can't stop thinking of the Wu Tang klan. I certainly like to see creative writing but this one wasn't up my alley. If I can get " m e t h o d man" out of my head, I might actually like it.
What about Romeo Crennel? He did it, too. And he went to Cleveland where the "Master" was vilified and ultimately a failure. Is it a slap in the face if the "disciple" affects game preparation and chemistry to take a job where the "Master" did not have great success?
possibly. but the specific case doesn't seem to have much to it. First of all, Cleveland is out of division. Second, the Bellichik-Mangini-Jets-Patriots thing is different. Sure, both NYJ and Cleveland are places of Bellichik's past demons, but, here's the difference: BB failed in Cleveland, and was fired. Legitimately. Then Parcells brought him back under his wing, but BB couldn't stay there. His ego needed to step from out of Parcell's shadow and into its own light. BB was named Parcell's successor as Jets HC -- but not without BP still on top, as head of football operations. That's where BB engineered his infamous exit from NYC. That's where his own star was really born. The success he can call all his own. See, the difference is that Cleveland holds no intrigue. Why would BB hate Cleveland? It was his own failure that sunk that ship. NYJ is chock-full of intrigue, and standing over the NYJ franchise is the shadow of BB illegitimate exit, and the quite understandable enmity the Jets franchise and all it represents could have for BB. BB is guilty of something here in NY. Sinful. Cleveland was just plain old failure. Forgiveable. Nothing more. Mangini defecting to the Jets would rub BB wrong in every way possible. For the intrigue, the crime of malfeasance and the guilt, and for the connection to Parcells shadow -- even tho BB has by now eclipsed that shadow, but regardless, the last thing that BB wants is a resurgent NYJ franchise -- led by Mangini.
uxoriously adjective doting upon, foolishly fond of, or affectionately submissive toward one's wife. now try and say it
I'm not buying this at all. Belichick was trying to win a football game. End of story. Now, the handshake, that's something entirely different. If you want to say that was some sort of lesson or "F--- you" to Mangini, I might agree.
Bellichik. Bolted for the Pats. Oh. The Guilt. The negotiated departure. For draft picks. First Round. Bill. Parcells.
I cannot believe this thread is 3 pages long...although I guess me insulting it is only making it longer.....but the whole hidden message thing simply is off base.....it was a football game, belichek threw different looks to screw up the jets not to provide some hidden lesson or message or anything like that.....lets get back to football....this thread belongs in a predominantly gay east village coffee house on open mic night, not in the tgg
yeah ok. football is never personal. rivalries, personal and team, don't exist. ever. people are robots. and there is no content outside of what coach-speak we are given via the media. you don't have a clue johnny. read the articles about Parcells and Bellichik in the thread. Bill Bellichik is an egomaniac and its his way or the highway. Mangini took the highway. Bellichik using the 4-3 to beat Mangini was strategic as well as personal.
You are wise beyond your years. Let us all tailgate at the tree of life near 15c. I thought when Belichick kicked it to the left one time, it was not just football..... but a political statement as well.
