Mangini is Parked
For the past week all I have been listening to everyone “trash” Bill Belichick for video taping the defensive calls of the New York Jets. So I figure it’s time I add my two cents. Here we go! What Belichick did was wrong - that’s for sure. I do not condone it, support it or suggest that what he did is in the best interest of the game, but let’s also get real about a couple of things.
First he is not alone in “cheating”. If you really listened to the all the commentators then you heard the honest ones talk about how getting an edge or “cheating” was not uncommon in an industry where lots of money is there to be made. You heard stories about guys renting rooms that had views of opposing teams practice fields, mouth reading, soft footballs and all kinds of tactics to get one step ahead of the other guy.
So why is Belichick taking the brunt of the cheating frenzy? Because he is good and the team is number one. Why not try to knock them down a peg or two? Tarnish the whole team because they have it on tape. Hey Chris Collingsworth, Jerome Bettis, LT and everyone else that wanted to hang the guy and the team, you should never throw stones when you live in a glass house. Your envy was clearly evident in calling for suspensions and more.
Mr. Goodell here’s your chance to really clean up the league by asking every team for their secret videos and cheating ways. You have a great opportunity to ask them all because no one’s going to lie - at least for the next week or two.
The second thing I want to talk about is Eric Mangini. The guy is Parked. Clearly the color green suits him. I never thought he would stoop so low that he would ”tattle” on his former boss, mentor and teacher. Is he so insecure that the only way to get even was to rat on the guy? What did you do all those years you worked for Belichick………clearly you “cheated” too. So are you telling me that you are an innocent and that you don’t try to get in edge in the game - if that is the case then I suspect your NY Jets will be 2 and 14. It’s a shame you would bring that to a hard working bunch of guys.
So what do we do? We move on. Belichick’s been trashed enough. Besides next week there will be another sports scandal………….everyone is so parked today.
September 19th, 2007 at 7:54 pm
You are right on! Eric Mangini is a Belichick wannabe. He’ll never have the talent to put together a championship team. You don’t pull those back-stabbing tricks with your colleagues. He’ll be black-balled by other coaches in the league and be a no-name in no-time. Belichick was wrong, but Mangini is much worse.
September 25th, 2007 at 10:08 pm
Agreed. Mangini is the essence of parked. The Patriots will continue to dominate. Thirty-eight offensive points in each game so far are not the result of cheating. And the number 2 defense in the league is nothing to sneeze at.