It wasn't all Bill Russell just like it wasn't all Larry Bird or Tom Brady. Nobody said it was.
But anyway, back to the topic of things to ponder about Belichick. Has anyone thought about how dark of a stain for cheating he'll leave on this team after he's gone? If he adds another season of cheating to get a QB then that could settle it forever and we'd be no better than the Irsay Indiots.
Yes 1960, there are people here saying it was all Brady, and you are either will fully ignoring that, or you actually have them on ignore. As an Example Venecol does it routinely.
And if you believe that Belichick s leaving a “ dark stain” of “ cheating” then I guess the same must be said of Brady and his “ cheating.” When the truth is that what Belichick did was tape 1/2 of a game from the wrong area of the stadium against Jets after Goodell sent out a memo telling teams not to do it. Before that the practice was widespread, as Jimmy Johnson made clear at the time. And he says that Howard Mudd, the Colts OL coach was considered the king of this oractice. They were given massive penalties for a practice that was endemic in the game, and everyone knew it.
It was the exact same thing with Brady. Brady did make it clear to the equipment guys that he wanted the balls softer than most QB’s, but once again it was a common practice, one that Aaron Rodgers said he engaged in, telling his equipment guys that he wanted the game balls overinflated, and the New York Times did a lengthy piece about the efforts the NYG equipment guys went to get the balls ready for Eli Manning. Jim Kensil lied to Chris Mortenson about “ 11 out of 12 balls were underinflated by vet 2lbs.” When in fact only 1 ball was, and the game conditions easily explained why the balls were at less than the precise setting. But I guess in your mind Brady is a cheater who left a dark stain on the Patriots legacy through his cheating ways.
Neither one is guilty of what they were trashed and penalized for, but the fact that you would try to smear Belichick with that actually does prove that you have been a Belichick hater all along., as that’s not a conclusion you came to yesterday. Too bad your standards of perfection demand that Brady be included in that smear, but “ cheating is cheating” even when it isn’t.
But since it is, here’s a nice long article about Red Auerbach cheating ways
NBA
Red Auerbach’s Nefarious Attempts at Gamesmanship Infuriated the Lakers
The Los Angeles Lakers likely weren't the only team on the receiving end of Red Auerbach's attempts to tilt the game in the Boston Celtics' favor.
by
TIM VAN STRATEN
Published on March 10, 2022
I didn’t post the entire article, but google it and read about how their greatest players tell about the “ cheating” Red engaged in against the Lakers and others, I’m sure you will come away with a much darker feeling about Red’s tactics. After all, he was a cheater.
Red Auerbach admitted to cheating
A direct quote from Red:
Everybody always asks me how to gain a competitive edge,” Auerbach said. “And I’m always surprised because the answer is so obvious … You cheat.”
He then explained to O’Brien and his classmates how if you’re playing a better fast-breaking team, you should “install nets so tight that the ball gets stuck.” Or if you’re playing a faster baseball team, you should “water the basepaths ’till they turn into muddy quagmires that nobody can run on.”
According to
Sports Illustrated, the Lakers were woken up by fire alarms no fewer than 10 times over the course of their six-night hotel stay in 1984. The Marriott Copley Place said the cause was dust, but one maid told SI, “They could be set off by
a man with a cigar.”
But then again, other than his Cheating, which left a dark stain on the Celtics “ Championships” it was all Bill Russell.