Saturday, September 30, 2006
The Patriots are coming?
Well how does it feel to be Tom Brady for a change. You have 3 Super Bowls, dating a good looking girl, on the cover of magazines everywhere, and considered a stud overall. So what is there to complain?
Well when what got you to the top has suddenly started to collapse and sink, and it is all thanks to the people you work for, I would be ticked off.
The PAtriots have prided themselves on winning in the NFL by using the team concept, saying that the system, not the players make the team a winner. They say they can just replace anyone on the team and have taken a hard-line stance against anyone that wants to renegotiate their contract or is a free agent and generally do not award those players with new contracts. Granted their is a salary cap and it is impossible to probably give ereryone what they want.
Because of this stance, intergral parts of the Patriots team have left. S Lawyer Milloy, QB Drew Bledsow, CB Ty Law, WR David Givens, David PAtten, Deion Branch, K Adam Vinaterri, DE-LB Willie McGinnest have been some of those let go.
Granted, Bledsoe was made expandable when Tom Brady emerged, and Law MCGinnest made expandable by their age, but LAw and McGinnest were long-time veterans who also were leaders in the clubhouse. But losing Vinaterri and Branch were stupid. You cannot afford a kicker? A kicker who helped you win some of the most important victories in your history?
Brady himself got an extension, less than what his market value was based on the promise that the team was going to use that money not given to him to re-sign some of their free agents. Well I wonder what happend? The Patriots have $10 million under the cap and no are 1-2 and look awful, almost like their playing with no heart.
Brady himself has said the letting go of Branch had affected his play. A few years ago when Milloy was let go, ESPN analyst Tom JAckson said the team hated their coach, Bill Bellicheck, in response to the Patriots losing in a shutout to the Bills and to Milloy and Bledsoe. Since then the PAtriots have won 2 Super Bowls and Bellicheck has blown off those comments and Jackson.
But are those feelings starting to resurface? I have never really heard people talk about Bellicheck like he is a great coach. Even old players like Keyshwan Johnson rave at how much they love Bill Parcells. I really have never heard anyone saying this about Bellicheck.
I do not know how much he has to do with resigning these players but I am sure he OKs it. As a result, I feel there will be resentment and a revolt similar to the one in the Giants locker room. If the Patriots are going to go througg this arrogant stance like we can win without you, and we won't pay you, then they deserve what is coming.
As for Brady, hopefully his next few years are not like Brett Favres', because they sure look like it is.
Well when what got you to the top has suddenly started to collapse and sink, and it is all thanks to the people you work for, I would be ticked off.
The PAtriots have prided themselves on winning in the NFL by using the team concept, saying that the system, not the players make the team a winner. They say they can just replace anyone on the team and have taken a hard-line stance against anyone that wants to renegotiate their contract or is a free agent and generally do not award those players with new contracts. Granted their is a salary cap and it is impossible to probably give ereryone what they want.
Because of this stance, intergral parts of the Patriots team have left. S Lawyer Milloy, QB Drew Bledsow, CB Ty Law, WR David Givens, David PAtten, Deion Branch, K Adam Vinaterri, DE-LB Willie McGinnest have been some of those let go.
Granted, Bledsoe was made expandable when Tom Brady emerged, and Law MCGinnest made expandable by their age, but LAw and McGinnest were long-time veterans who also were leaders in the clubhouse. But losing Vinaterri and Branch were stupid. You cannot afford a kicker? A kicker who helped you win some of the most important victories in your history?
Brady himself got an extension, less than what his market value was based on the promise that the team was going to use that money not given to him to re-sign some of their free agents. Well I wonder what happend? The Patriots have $10 million under the cap and no are 1-2 and look awful, almost like their playing with no heart.
Brady himself has said the letting go of Branch had affected his play. A few years ago when Milloy was let go, ESPN analyst Tom JAckson said the team hated their coach, Bill Bellicheck, in response to the Patriots losing in a shutout to the Bills and to Milloy and Bledsoe. Since then the PAtriots have won 2 Super Bowls and Bellicheck has blown off those comments and Jackson.
But are those feelings starting to resurface? I have never really heard people talk about Bellicheck like he is a great coach. Even old players like Keyshwan Johnson rave at how much they love Bill Parcells. I really have never heard anyone saying this about Bellicheck.
I do not know how much he has to do with resigning these players but I am sure he OKs it. As a result, I feel there will be resentment and a revolt similar to the one in the Giants locker room. If the Patriots are going to go througg this arrogant stance like we can win without you, and we won't pay you, then they deserve what is coming.
As for Brady, hopefully his next few years are not like Brett Favres', because they sure look like it is.
# posted by ttheman @ 8:26 AM 
