2017 BB Quotathon

InstaFace · Jun 7, 2017

What an incredibly zen, living-in-the-moment response.

Now if you'll excuse me, I'm now going to go out and try to have a good day of writing proposals and emails, maybe even a few slides. Let us not carpe this diem for granted.

loshjott · Jun 7, 2017

Came here to post this, figured it was already here.

Outstanding.

ifmanis5 · Jun 7, 2017

Perfect answer. I'm also imagining Rex Ryan's 10,000 word answer to this and how much self-serving crap would be in it.

staz · Jun 7, 2017

Mid-season form.

americantrotter · Jun 8, 2017

staz said:
Mid-season form.

Exactly, he needs to pace himself. Or he'll just answer questions with awkward stares by week 8.

bakahump · Jun 8, 2017

He'll have a bad week. Probably against a AFC East Press Corp. Those press conferences are always tough. You see those guys twice a year. Costello is a good reporter, Gary Myers always brings his best, Those guys get paid too. They are good reporters. Well managed, well edited. They put in the work just like he does. All he can do is go out there and try to execute the press conferences to the best of his ability.

joe dokes · Jun 8, 2017

bakahump said:
He'll have a bad week. Probably against a AFC East Press Corp. Those press conferences are always tough. You see those guys twice a year. Costello is a good reporter, Gary Myers always brings his best, Those guys get paid too. They are good reporters. Well managed, well edited. They put in the work just like he does. All he can do is go out there and try to execute the press conferences to the best of his ability.

"They're good in all phases of the business......TV, radio, print, instaface."

Smiling Joe Hesketh · Jun 8, 2017

ifmanis5 said:
Perfect answer. I'm also imagining Rex Ryan's 10,000 word answer to this and how much self-serving crap would be in it.

Imagine how many words Rex would say if he had actually accomplished anything of note!

Bergs · Jun 8, 2017

bakahump said:
He'll have a bad week. Probably against a AFC East Press Corp. Those press conferences are always tough. You see those guys twice a year. Costello is a good reporter, Gary Myers always brings his best, Those guys get paid too. They are good reporters. Well managed, well edited. They put in the work just like he does. All he can do is go out there and try to execute the press conferences to the best of his ability.

joe dokes said:
"They're good in all phases of the business......TV, radio, print, instaface."

Good stuff right here.

ifmanis5 · Jun 8, 2017

Smiling Joe Hesketh said:
Imagine how many words Rex would say if he had actually accomplished anything of note!

Ha! You make it seem like assaulting people in a Nashville bar isn't anything of note.

JohnnyTheBone · Jun 8, 2017

I love Belichick.

uncannymanny · Jun 8, 2017

Smiling Joe Hesketh said:
Imagine how many words Rex would say if he had actually accomplished anything of note!

How many feet long is that note?

RFDA2000 · Jun 8, 2017

Is this only press conferences?

"According to a source from camp, Belichick ripped into Allen after numerous drops, Belichick shouted to him “This isn’t Indy, those drops matter here”."

https://offthemonstersports.com/2017/06/belichick-telling-former-colts-te-dwayne-allen-who-struggled-with-drops-this-isnt-indy-pumps-me-up/

luckiestman · Jun 8, 2017

tims4wins said:
Reiss

Question to Bill Belichick: "With all you have accomplished in your coaching career, what is left that you still want to accomplish?" Belichick's answer: "I'd like to go out and have a good practice today. That would be at the top of the list right now."

Are we sure he isn't Brad Stevens's father?

axx · Jun 9, 2017

Is he saying he won't give a reaction, or they won't do it anymore?

Gash Prex · Jun 13, 2017

"Asked about Friday night's ring ceremony, Belichick said, "It was a great night, but, really, we need to move on to 2017. We've had enough parades, enough celebrations and enough everything. This '17 team hasn't done anything yet-- none of us have. We really need to focus on what we're doing this year. There have been a lot of great moments in the past, which is great, but that isn't going to help us this year.""

http://www.espn.com/blog/new-england-patriots/post/_/id/4803702/bill-belichicks-message-no-more-super-bowl-talk-its-all-about-2017

Love it

Bowhemian · Jun 13, 2017

The dude is a machine. Part man, part cyborg. And I couldn't be happier to have him as the coach of my favorite team.

koufax32 · Jun 13, 2017

RFDA2000 said:
Is this only press conferences?

"According to a source from camp, Belichick ripped into Allen after numerous drops, Belichick shouted to him “This isn’t Indy, those drops matter here”."

https://offthemonstersports.com/2017/06/belichick-telling-former-colts-te-dwayne-allen-who-struggled-with-drops-this-isnt-indy-pumps-me-up/

This isn't real, is it?

That's the most fantastic thing I've even seen from him!

Mugsy's Walk-Off Bunt · Jun 13, 2017

Off the monster broke protocol in reporting that. Media isn't allowed to report anything like that that the coaches say to the players. I'm curious as to what the ramifications will be for that site and other blogger-type places.

BannedbyNYYFans.com · Jul 13, 2017

"Life is great."

Crop top shirt with cut sleeves to go with cut-off pants (dockers??). Sweet look, Bill.

Oh, and he's starting to catch some grief for the pic on his t-shirt. Just to name a few, CSNNE last night calling it "possibly offensive" and Bomani Jones questioning it as well.

InstaFace · Jul 13, 2017

That ought to only be offensive to (A) members of Al-Qaeda and (B) professional offense-takers. Good lord, people*. The man's life has the US military running through it, as a common thread from birth. Find me a service-member who says it's offensive and I'll re-evaluate.

* i.e. the mediots calling it offensive.

dcmissle · Jul 13, 2017

Jones is a professional offense taker. Almost everything is a micro-aggression. Screw him and his cheering section.

allstonite · Jul 13, 2017

Seriously. I'm a triggered liberal snowflake but that's going out of your way to try to be offended. Bomani is obnoxious with his "I'm not saying I'm just saying shtick." If you do something that offended ISIS you've had a good day

Jimbodandy · Jul 13, 2017

Pretty decent chance that someone will take a dump somewhere on this board over that drawing. I hope not, but I wouldn't bet lunch on it.

The man certainly needs some fashion help either way. Somewhere there's a naked hobo wondering who stole his clothes.

doc · Jul 13, 2017

Bowhemian said:
The dude is a machine. Part man, part cyborg. And I couldn't be happier to have him as the coach of my favorite team.

What we are dealing with here is a perfect engine, a football machine. It's really a miracle of evolution. All this machine does is watch tape, coach and make win championships.

Reverend · Jul 13, 2017

Jimbodandy said:
Pretty decent chance that someone will take a dump somewhere on this board over that drawing. I hope not, but I wouldn't bet lunch on it.

The man certainly needs some fashion help either way. Somewhere there's a naked hobo wondering who stole his clothes.

Considering that the odds that Bill grabbed this for himself at some overpriced tourist trap are so low that they cannot be calculated using the primitive maths we've developed these last few thousand years, I'm betting that he received that t-shirt as a gift from some unit or vet group that had them made up.

Omar's Wacky Neighbor · Jul 13, 2017

BannedbyNYYFans.com said:
"Life is great."

Crop top shirt with cut sleeves to go with cut-off pants (dockers??). Sweet look, Bill.

Oh, and he's starting to catch some grief for the pic on his t-shirt. Just to name a few, CSNNE last night calling it "possibly offensive" and Bomani Jones questioning it as well.

I'm assuming G38 approves wholeheartedly......?

wnyghost · Jul 13, 2017

If G38 had it on half the board would be offended

Dahabenzapple2 · Jul 13, 2017

wnyghost said:
If G38 had it on 95% of the board would be offended

Corrected

Norm Siebern · Jul 13, 2017

BannedbyNYYFans.com said:
"Life is great."

Crop top shirt with cut sleeves to go with cut-off pants (dockers??). Sweet look, Bill.

Oh, and he's starting to catch some grief for the pic on his t-shirt. Just to name a few, CSNNE last night calling it "possibly offensive" and Bomani Jones questioning it as well.

"Everyone needs to calm down. We're gonna be fine. This isn't Isis...."

Oh, wait.

Salva135 · Jul 14, 2017

The most obvious explanation for that shirt is that BB came into contact with a Marine or someone current or ex-military who gave him that shirt, he thought it was cool, cut some things off and didn't think anything of it to wear on a morning walk down his Nantucket road.

Salva135 · Jul 14, 2017

Reverend said:
Considering that the odds that Bill grabbed this for himself at some overpriced tourist trap are so low that they cannot be calculated using the primitive maths we've developed these last few thousand years, I'm betting that he received that t-shirt as a gift from some unit or vet group that had them made up.

Bingo: it's celebrating a military K-9 unit. Though the shirt didn't come from the author.

http://www.bostonherald.com/news/columnists/tom_shattuck/2017/07/shattuck_t_shirt_shows_bill_belichick_to_be_a_true_patriot

This is right up there with BB's "Don't tread on me" t-shirt he wore going into the stadium for SB 49, which he claims a Marine gave him right before he was going in, so he just put it on.

bakahump · Jul 14, 2017

Well everyone in the NFL Hates the Pats, Might as well add ISIS.

I can hear BB now "Aljazeera has said we dont stand a chance in this game, but I think games are played on the field. So let them ballwash Green bay."

Dogman · Jul 14, 2017

That doesn't sound like something BB would say.

bakahump · Jul 14, 2017

Sorry should have clarified that he would say that in a team meeting.

At the press conference it would be more like "ISIS is a well run organization. They are strong in all three phases of terror, Bombings, Kidnappings and beheadings. They are always well Caliphed. I am not gonna speculate on where an attack might take place. We will deal with any attack as they come. Right now its on to Green Bay."

Bowhemian · Jul 14, 2017

bakahump said:
Sorry should have clarified that he would say that in a team meeting.

At the press conference it would be more like "ISIS is a well run organization. They are strong in all three phases of terror, Bombings, Kidnappings and beheadings. They are always well Caliphed. I am not gonna speculate on where an attack might take place. We will deal with any attack as they come. Right now its on to Green Bay."

Well done, sir!

joe dokes · Jul 14, 2017

bakahump said:
Sorry should have clarified that he would say that in a team meeting.

At the press conference it would be more like "ISIS is a well run organization. They are strong in all three phases of terror, Bombings, Kidnappings and beheadings. They are always well Caliphed. I am not gonna speculate on where an attack might take place. We will deal with any attack as they come. Right now its on to Green Bay."

Awesome. (But after laughing at "all three phases of terror," I'm going to check for lightning before I go outside, though.)
He's already done WWII. BB should just be named U.S. War Narrator Laureate.

gingerbreadmann · Jul 14, 2017

Dahabenzapple2 said:
Corrected

Yeah, I think this is being overlooked. Pretty impressive mental gymnastics going on in this thread. It's ultimately extremely inconsequential, but this is (in multiple senses of the word) not a good look. The Pats have danced along this particular line frequently enough to make it kind of cringeworthy.

Reverend · Jul 14, 2017

gingerbreadmann said:
Yeah, I think this is being overlooked. Pretty impressive mental gymnastics going on in this thread. It's ultimately extremely inconsequential, but this is (in multiple senses of the word) not a good look. The Pats have danced along this particular line frequently enough to make it kind of cringeworthy.

Or, the people reading this can understand that the same thing done by two different people can mean very different things. That is to say: We are able to understand context, agency, and meaning.

The attempt to drum up some latent hand wringing with this incessant concern trolling is itself the problem, and, though we so often will fail, we try to keep this kinda bs outta here, eh?

Knock it off.

gingerbreadmann · Jul 14, 2017

Reverend said:
Or, the people reading this can understand that the same thing done by two different people can mean very different things. That is to say: We are able to understand context, agency, and meaning.

The attempt to drum up some latent hand wringing with this incessant concern trolling is itself the problem, and, though we so often will fail, we try to keep this kinda bs outta here, eh?

Knock it off.

No one in this thread is crucifying Belichick or equating him to Schilling. I would have preferred he picked a different shirt to wear.

There is an awful lot of defensiveness here in the face of tepid-at-best criticism. I don't want to crowd your soapbox, but one might conceivably think if Belichick had a mastery of context, agency, and meaning on par with yours, he may have chosen something else from his wardrobe that morning.

Reverend · Jul 14, 2017

gingerbreadmann said:
No one in this thread is crucifying Belichick or equating him to Schilling. I would have preferred he picked a different shirt to wear.

There is an awful lot of defensiveness here in the face of tepid-at-best criticism. I don't want to crowd your soapbox, but one might conceivably think if Belichick had a mastery of context, agency, and meaning on par with yours, he may have chosen something else from his wardrobe that morning.

People who grouse about how some people grouse about shit that it is unnecessary to grouse about are the ones doing the vast majority of the grousing.

You are literally the problem. Non-problems like this literally cease to exist when you stop doing them.

Salva135 · Jul 14, 2017

gingerbreadmann said:
No one in this thread is crucifying Belichick or equating him to Schilling. I would have preferred he picked a different shirt to wear.

There is an awful lot of defensiveness here in the face of tepid-at-best criticism. I don't want to crowd your soapbox, but one might conceivably think if Belichick had a mastery of context, agency, and meaning on par with yours, he may have chosen something else from his wardrobe that morning.

Belichick has a mastery of not giving a single fuck. That's what's allowed him to maneuver through multiple scandals and stand proud and employed over 17 years.

gingerbreadmann · Jul 14, 2017

Salva135 said:
Belichick has a mastery of not giving a single fuck. That's what's allowed him to maneuver through multiple scandals and stand proud and employed over 17 years.

Agreed.

Reverend said:
People who grouse about how some people grouse about shit that it is unnecessary to grouse about are the ones doing the vast majority of the grousing.

You are literally the problem. Non-problems like this literally cease to exist when you stop doing them.

The bolded describes your position in this discussion. The grousing in this thread has amounted to little more than a collective eye roll. I think we all admire Belichick's DGAF attitude, but it's not ridiculous to observe this particular instance and not steadfastly support it. It's okay. Even for us renegades out there "doing problems" on the internet, there can exist a vast gray area.

Bergs · Jul 14, 2017

gingerbreadmann said:
Agreed.
The bolded describes your position in this discussion. The grousing in this thread has amounted to little more than a collective eye roll. I think we all admire Belichick's DGAF attitude, but it's not ridiculous to observe this particular instance and not steadfastly support it. It's okay. Even for us renegades out there "doing problems" on the internet, there can exist a vast gray area.

Pretty impressive mental gymnastics going on in this thread, indeed.

luckiestman · Jul 14, 2017

I don't even get what is wrong with the shirt (besides its ill fit). It shows a K9 biting a US enemy combatant. BFD, who is that offensive to that doesn't deserve to be offended?

Papelbon's Poutine · Jul 14, 2017

I think the outage is that it's not clearly an isis guy, like he's not wearing a uniform or doesnt have it written on his shirt to distinguish himself from other Muslims. It's obviously intended as such but the hottakez like Bomani Jones are gonna hottakez.

AB in DC · Jul 14, 2017

I'm more outraged that someone blatantly ripped off Life Is Good with a complete betrayal of what it stands for.

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