Wednesday, February 6, 2008

On the Super Bowl and NFL 2008 Schedule

It's been a while since I have posted, but I've been waiting for a particularly juicy topic and now I've got one. Grab your bibs. Bill "I dress like a hobo" Belichick gets away with a bunch of crap no other coach, let alone a player, would ever get away with doing. The stupid sweatshirts are one thing when you're in Foxborough, in the winter, and it's cold out. But you're in Arizona, in a dome, and there are coaches (Mike Nolan, Jack Del Rio) who have been fined for wearing a tie and jacket during games, but Belichick gets to wear a bright red hoodie with the sleeves cut off and receives no fine and no flak from the media about it? And he is just rubbing it in people's faces when he walks off the field before the final play is run. I don't care if he hugged Coughlin, and I don't care if the game is over, the coach is not supposed to be a sore loser and he's not supposed to be the story. Everyone on ESPN and sports radio says it's not a big deal, but when there isn't enough structure on your sideline to get the proper number of players on the field for the final play of the game, it's unprofessional. The greatest coach of all time has to have class and be an example to others, not a sore loser who doesn't like it on the other side of the fence. Which brings me to my next beef. The Patriots are already getting 5 to 2 odds to win the Super Bowl next year. Indy and Dallas are 8 to 1 and the Giants are 12 to 1. New England plays six teams that are 100 to 1 odds to win the Super Bowl. They play the AFC and the NFC West divisions, which are ALL cream puff teams except for San Diego and Seattle. Oh, by the way, if you didn't read the previous post, they get the seventh pick in the draft. So next year they will be sure to lose a game or two at the end of the year so that the bad taste stays in their mouth through the playoffs this time. With their seventh pick. And their .387 winning opponent's winning percentage.

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