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01-20-2015 07:07 PM |
I'm surprised at you Easy6
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Originally Posted by Easy 6
(Post 11282358)
Maybe it will help offset that SI article that just SLAMS the Patriots for their cheating, nefarious ways... coaches padlocking their lockers for fear of thieves, Pats towel boys eavesdropping with every chance, even the bigscreen is angled so that the opposing sideline cant see it for replays etc.
I kinda wanted to root for them out of a grudging respect for Brady, he's a fiery mfer and a premier competitor and I love that shit... but yeah, the Pats are some low brow mfers and thats the bottom line.
I'll be rooting for good food, a good buzz, and good commercials.
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That's all debunked as BS by this writer:
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“There are well-founded whispers in the NFL that the underlings who supply towels in the visiting locker room sometimes run back to the home locker room to share what they heard.”
This is stupid. This is lazy. This is irresponsible “journalism” from Sports Illustrated. This should not be published, period.
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No back up there. Just innuendo and rumor.
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Smart opposing coaches put locks on every entryway to the locker room, so nobody from the Patriots can walk in, ‘accidentally’ grab a play sheet or two and ‘inadvertently’ bring it back to the New England coaches.”
Again, this is garbage. You either report this type of “information” via respectable sources, or you don’t publish it in a story. This reads a lot more like the paranoid Steelers/Colts/Rams/Eagles fans who flood message boards with “Cheatriots” and “Belicheat” than it does a man who (presumably) earned a degree in journalism. Frankly, it’s embarrassing.
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More innuendo and rumor. Calumny.
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On one end of Gillette Stadium is a lighthouse, the stadium’s signature architectural feature. But if you sit behind the opposite end zone and look at the lighthouse, you will notice something else: An enormous television beyond the lighthouse, in the parking lot.
Officially, this allows people in the parking lot to watch TV. Is it a coincidence that you can see that TV from the Patriots’ sideline, but not from the opposing sideline, making it easier for the Patriots to watch replays and decide whether to throw the challenge flag?”
Whoa, boy. Really?
OK, where to begin … OK. I’ll start with this: There’s no way Michael Rosenberg can be serious with this, right?
Let’s tear it apart one piece at a time. Rosenberg claims the TV is “enormous.” It is not enormous. The video board that sits outside of CBS Scene restaurant is not larger than the in-stadium video boards, which are, you know, in the actual stadium. It’s also stationed roughly 250 yards away from the 50-yard line. So if Bill Belichick wants to look at this video board while standing at midfield, his 62-year-old eyeballs are going to have be at their very best for him to gain this supposed advantage. (Seriously, click here and look at how far away CBS Scene is from the field.) It’s also not a crisp picture. It wouldn’t really classify as HD, and it pales in comparison to the quality of the in-stadium video boards.
Secondly, there is the fact that if a team waits to see a replay on the TV broadcast, it’s going to be too late to throw the challenge flag about 90 percent of the time. Instead, coaches in the booth are relied upon to be quick to make the call, and no, coaches in the booth cannot see the television located in the courtyard outside the stadium.
Also, just like in any other NFL building, the stadium ops crew works very quickly to get replays up on the video board if there’s a questionable call that might lead to a Patriots challenge. If it goes the other way, the stadium ops crew might be a little bit slower on the draw. This happens in every stadium, so it is not news. Again, the onus falls on the coaches in the booth to relay to the head coach on the sideline whether or not he should issue a challenge. Anyone who believes a coach would twiddle his thumbs on the sideline while he waits to see a replay on the television broadcast is someone who either never watches the NFL or is intentionally being obnoxious in an effort to stir up a conspiracy.
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