Shaughnessy has a point here. There is/was no explanation as to why Butler was benched in the Super Bowl and there should be. Aside from Terry Francona, Bill Belichick is the best coach/manager that I've ever seen and more often than not, his decisions normally pay off for the Patriots. He's been called a football genius because he is a football genius.
However, even geniuses make mistakes and they should explain what they were thinking. Maybe there's a logical reason why Butler was sitting on the sidelines while the Eagles dropped 500+ yards on the Pats. I don't know what it is, but Belichick knows. And he should probably share that with the masses. I mean, let's be honest, this is a football game; its not quantum physics, it's not nuclear science, it's not brain surgery. I know that football coaches like to think that they're on a level way above the average Joe, but at the very end of the day, it's an easy game. Give us the explanation, I'm sure 99.999999999% of the world can figure it out.
As for chiding the CHB about asking the question, that's how journalism work. Even if there is 98% chance that you know the answer, you have to ask the question because you might get surprised and because it's your job. Dan Shaughnessy is not the Patriot's friend, he has a job to do and sometimes that runs counter to the job that the Pats need to do. If that upsets you, I don't know what to tell you. The media is supposed to keep the powers that be from getting to cushy. I can guarantee you that when Mueller drops his investigation, Trump is going to say that it's all complete bullshit. But the media has to ask him or SHS about it. That's how these things work.
I'm not going to speak for Shaughnessy, but I think that he has a point about the "fanboys" (he probably should have used a different word). For years it's been IBWT (In Bill We Trust). The fans bought into that, the players bought into it, the owners bought into it; but last February was the first crack in that facade. People have been wondering about it for six months. To ignore that and play grab ass with BB would have been the absolute wrong thing to do.
Shaughnessy did his job today and did it well.
However, even geniuses make mistakes and they should explain what they were thinking. Maybe there's a logical reason why Butler was sitting on the sidelines while the Eagles dropped 500+ yards on the Pats. I don't know what it is, but Belichick knows. And he should probably share that with the masses. I mean, let's be honest, this is a football game; its not quantum physics, it's not nuclear science, it's not brain surgery. I know that football coaches like to think that they're on a level way above the average Joe, but at the very end of the day, it's an easy game. Give us the explanation, I'm sure 99.999999999% of the world can figure it out.
As for chiding the CHB about asking the question, that's how journalism work. Even if there is 98% chance that you know the answer, you have to ask the question because you might get surprised and because it's your job. Dan Shaughnessy is not the Patriot's friend, he has a job to do and sometimes that runs counter to the job that the Pats need to do. If that upsets you, I don't know what to tell you. The media is supposed to keep the powers that be from getting to cushy. I can guarantee you that when Mueller drops his investigation, Trump is going to say that it's all complete bullshit. But the media has to ask him or SHS about it. That's how these things work.
I'm not going to speak for Shaughnessy, but I think that he has a point about the "fanboys" (he probably should have used a different word). For years it's been IBWT (In Bill We Trust). The fans bought into that, the players bought into it, the owners bought into it; but last February was the first crack in that facade. People have been wondering about it for six months. To ignore that and play grab ass with BB would have been the absolute wrong thing to do.
Shaughnessy did his job today and did it well.