SeoulSoxFan said:
From today's coaches' breakfast: http://patspropaganda.com/post/80676926602/bill-belichicks-greatest-comedy-hits-from-tuesdays
BB turns to humor when asked lighthearted question about cost of installing cameras on boundary lines. “Maybe we’ll have a bake sale.”
— Mike Reiss (@MikeReiss)
Lose Remerswaal said:He is not in the coaches picture because he is the only NFL coach who is not a member of the coaches union.
Which is why (I say in theory as I'm not a gamer) he's the only coach not in NFL Video games
SMU_Sox said:Not to be too nit-picky here, Lose, but technically it is not a union but an association. Their position can't unionize. Wikipedia link.
Smiling Joe Hesketh said:BTW, at least according to his twitter account, it was noted dim bulb Ben Volin who asked BB the Gronk question. I guess Volin wants to be this year's version of Idiot Al Breer, asking idiotic questions he knows he won't get an answer to.
Spelunker said:
Interesting. Do we know the backstory behind that? Googling turns out nothing other than, perhaps, pique.
Smiling Joe Hesketh said:BTW, at least according to his twitter account, it was noted dim bulb Ben Volin who asked BB the Gronk question. I guess Volin wants to be this year's version of Idiot Al Breer, asking idiotic questions he knows he won't get an answer to.
Ben Volin @BenVolin 1m
It's Gronk. Felt like it had to be asked RT @Grendel_the_Dog @BenVolin You know Belichick isnt going to answer injury questions, so why ask
Sorry, I was a actually referring- unclearly- to BB being the sole holdout from joining the association. It's not terribly surprising that he's gone lone wolf on this one, but I've heard no specifics.SMU_Sox said:
Managers can't unionize. I think this is just union/labor law basics. I studied it and took a sports law class but I am not a practicing attorney so you'd be better off asking some other SoSHer. We have plenty of lawyers on this board who will shed some light on it. I am probably wrong or only half right or w/e.
He is slightly malicious in a lite shit-stirring way. There is a growing subculture of new generation contrarian-lite shit-stirring going on in Boston lately. Not vintage Shank attacks, not Felger and Masarotti level Contrarianism as a serviceTM, but if you look every day, you will see the stupid headlines generated by Boston.com's Kaufman, Wilbur, etc... It's not a new art in this town obviously, but it worked better when teams, coaches and fans sucked more, not on the heels of another AFC championship game and world series win (and they even sprinkled some in for fun during the Bruins 12 in a row--see Kaufman's Seidenberg is not coming back piece). /rantmpx42 said:
I've never gotten the sense that Volin is malicious. Just kind of dumb.
This seems like received wisdom here and I'm surprised about the fact as well as how frequently people mention it. Was it something in his question - and - answer? What did I miss?mpx42 said:I've never gotten the sense that Volin is malicious. Just kind of dumb.
SMU_Sox said:Not to be too nit-picky here, Lose, but technically it is not a union but an association. Their position can't unionize. Wikipedia link.
Lose Remerswaal said:This article comes the closest to explaining why he isn't in the Association.
Take note that every player or coach quoted in this article, from just 2 years ago, is no longer with the Patriots.
As the story goes – a story that's taken on legend around the franchise since a number of players retold it – Belichick wasn't pleased when the NFL signed a clothing deal with Reebok that required coaches to wear approved clothing during games. This was some executive in New York telling grown men how to dress. Since when did football coaches become clothing models?
There was no way to opt out of that deal so Belichick considered the fashion options laid out in front of him, and selected the most unstylish outfit, a grey hooded sweatshirt. He began wearing it each week. Only not before having the sleeves cut off to make it even less attractive.
"It's comfortable," Belichick said in explaining his fashion choice. "I carry my stuff in my pouch."
What about chopping off the sleeves?
"I have short arms," Belichick said.
Lose Remerswaal said:This article comes the closest to explaining why he isn't in the Association.
Smiling Joe Hesketh said:[youtube]http://youtu.be/xm0FUGGSIpg[/youtube]
soxfan121 said:Are you seriously posting that?
SeoulSoxFan said:
I did have you in my heart when I did. Where do I send my $10?
soxhop411 said:
Mike Reiss @MikeReiss 2m
Asked BB if there was example that stood out to him on importance of having QB position accounted for at all layers, and he said 2011 Colts.
Mike Reiss @MikeReiss 1m
BB went on to say that Patriots would never want to build their team in a way that would lead to 1-15 season because of no viable QB option.
Tom E. Curran @tomecurran 6m
I don't think we would put together our team the way Indianapolis did it when they lost Manning. .... I don't think we'd be happy going 1-15
soxfan121 said:First, time to change the title.
Second, taken from the Heir Apparent thread:
soxfan121 said:If Bill Belichick made the rules, tanking would be punishable by death.