Sunday, February 3, 2008
Class, or the lack thereof
Watched the big game tonight. Finally, a Super Bowl that went the way I wanted. Haven't been too many of those lately. Kind of goofy at times, but it was a great game. So, who will quarterback the next NFL championship team, Archie Manning? All joking aside, I was stunned by something I saw at the end of the game tonight. Because of their "dynasty" status, and not being a team I loved all my life, the New England Patriots were put instantly into my "can't stand" catagory over the last few years. You know, you may have watched them when they first came up, but now they are wearing thin, having been that team for years now. Anyway, it comes down to the end of the game, and there is that debacle of one (or really should have been two) seconds on the clock, and they need to run a play, but both coaches are running out on the field to shake hands. The referee is between them and is trying to stop this, but Bill Belicheck is having no part of it. He grabs Tom Caughlin's hand, says great game and runs off. Now there has to be several people who are telling him the game is not over yet, but he just runs off the field, doesn't care. I understand its no fun losing, but you have been there three times before as the winner. How would you have felt if Mike Martz, John Fox, or Andy Reid had done that to you? Mr. Belicheck, that was about as classless as you can get. You have shown signs of being a jerk before, but this is beyond comparison. There are arguments for your ways before, but I cannot find one for this. Please, in the future, unless you decide to step down, try being above all that picture you portrayed tonight.
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Belicheck can't help it, he's a natural born jerk. Last night he made sure the whole world knows it.
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