The 2016 campaign by BB is already underway on the "alienate dumb media types" front. Yesterday, he got mildly passive-aggressive about microphones on his desk, and ESPN acted like he had punted a kitten.
And the backlash has started up too, with this obnoxious article that ends:
Never change, Bill.
And the backlash has started up too, with this obnoxious article that ends:
Now, I like Ron Rivera. I don't even think he was tweaking Belichick. But that's the most butthurt I've seen any member of the sports media since Dickie V last covered a Duke loss.This is the coach who stressed to players throughout a 15-1 regular season the importance of “keeping your personality, keeping who you are, be true to yourself."
This is the coach who slides recorders toward him instead of pushing them away.
This is the anti-Belichick.
Never change, Bill.