It's not, he said it after the KC game.If that's a misquote that's straight slanderous.
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CLICK HERE to Register for a free account and login for a smoother ad-free experience. It's easy, and only takes a few moments.It's not, he said it after the KC game.If that's a misquote that's straight slanderous.
I don't know if you said it like the poster said, but here are some post where you came close.The poster is welcome to produce the quote, naturally. With the site's search function not working properly, I've done multiple Google searches looking for any time I might have posted such a thing. The only time Google pulled up the phrase on Patsfans.com is when that poster used it.
I don't know if you said it like the poster said, but here are some post where you came close.
Chicken coming home to roost? Granted you left a window of escape there with the last sentence.
Word for word, you probably never said it, but you implied it here. Read the two post by you and you will get why he may have such a view in his head.
http://www.patsfans.com/new-england...chick-is-to-blame.1112365/page-8#post-3926707
http://www.patsfans.com/new-england...hick-is-to-blame.1112365/page-11#post-3927604
All I am saying in a few words is that a logical attribution can be made with what you wrote and what Ivan typed that you wrote hence the implication I am referring. This is just my guess. The onus is on Ivan to produce the alleged quotesHell, I have that thread bookmarked. I made my comments about as clear as one can, so I'm not sure where you think something more was implied. In a thread asking about whether the getting rid of Mankins was Belichick's biggest mistake, I mentioned the Mankins trade as probably being less of a mistake than the Welker situation*. The thread was made after the Chiefs game. Well, what had happened? .....
All I am saying in a few words is that a logical attribution can be made with what you wrote and what Ivan typed that you wrote hence the implication I am referring. This is just my guess. The onus is on Ivan to produce the alleged quotes
There are 3 layers that serve as a huge help for BB the general manager (and at least one - average original draft position - that serves as a major impediment), which is part of what makes it so difficult to nail down exactly where BB belongs among GMs:
1.) Has Brady as his QB
2.) Has Bill Belichick as his H.C.
3.) Has a team playing in the AFCE, which has largely been down for over a decade
Comparing BB the GM to someone like, for example, Kevin Colbert, becomes almost an impossible task as a result. Is BB a good GM overall? That seems like the answer would be an undeniable "yes". Is he the best, or among the top 2-3, or the most successful, nevermind "by far the most successful"? That's much more questionable, and gets into a lot of different variables.
Just some notes on this:
- I'm one of the staunchest defenders of that 2007 team on this board. I certainly don't consider it a failure.
- I've been watching the Patriots since the 1970's. I, too, have lived through Ben Dreith, Lisa Olson, Rod Rust, **** McPherson, etc...
- Football success being measured by a 3-4 game (post)season is common sense at this point in the Brady era. The man's missed the playoffs only once in his entire career.
- 2014 was a great job by Brady and BB the coach. It was, for the most part, a lousy job by BB the GM.
You're welcome to think that the regular season is super duper important to how we should look at this team's success or failure. In an era where 4 of the last 7 Super Bowl champions have had 10 wins or fewer, and the Patriots have not had fewer than 10 wins in the last 11 seasons, I find that difficult to agree with.