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[Pinball]

On the Shockey issue....

Why does it seem that most players when injured stay down on the sidelines with the team but Shockey while he's been on the IR has been up in the boxes? Wouldn't you want to be down with the players and be the "leader" you were said to be injured or not?

I dont think you can drink on the sidelines, and shockey definitley had a coors light and a few cocktails in front of him.

[LaxRef]

If Bellichick shook hands with 1 second remaining as reported and didn't do it again after the meaningless play, I don't have a problem with that. He did shake his hand, and I don't see why he needs to do it a second time.

[Sonny]

I don't have a problem with that. I think leaving the field before the clock said 0:00 is the main issue here.

[Danny Hogan]

at some point he had to know there was time on the clock and kept walking off anyway. made it more about him than the game/teams.

[DanGenck]

I've never seen such a classless move out of a coach before tonight.

To leave the field with time left on the clock is un-excusable. Whether he knew it immediately, or figured it out as he was leaving, he had plenty of time to re-enter the field and join his team and recognize the efforts of the Giants. Instead, he fled and hid from the situation. Many have attacked Randy Moss for leaving the field years ago and that was justifiable-- now everyone who did, must direct their attention to a move that was completely embarrasing for the NFL tonight. Their Coach of the Year leaving his sideline before the end of the game.

The Patriots have a genius of a coach, but with spygate and now this move, you have to ask ....do the ends justify the means?

Is class a pre-requisite to be an NFL coach?

[Zamboni_Driver]

I've never seen such a classless move out of a coach before tonight.

To leave the field with time left on the clock is un-excusable. Whether he knew it immediately, or figured it out as he was leaving, he had plenty of time to re-enter the field and join his team and recognize the efforts of the Giants. Instead, he fled and hid from the situation. Many have attacked Randy Moss for leaving the field years ago and that was justifiable-- now everyone who did, must direct their attention to a move that was completely embarrasing for the NFL tonight. Their Coach of the Year leaving his sideline before the end of the game.

The Patriots have a genius of a coach, but with spygate and now this move, you have to ask ....do the ends justify the means?

Is class a pre-requisite to be an NFL coach?

No. But respect for the game is the new mandate of the NFL. Packman Jones suspension, fining Chad Johnson, limiting celebrations, spygate fines are all in the name of providing a good athletic competition that includes sportsmanship on the field, and good character off. For all those examples, plus moss's, the NFL said the ends do not justify the means. Just like the others are referred to as "slippery slopes," the NFL has to question what if this becomes a problem. What if Belichick does what he wants to do, and other coaches follow suit?

[DanGenck]

Speaking of respect for the game... "We stomped you out!"

Nothing like teaching kids that after you win, the best thing you can do is talk trash.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23001892/


Bottom line, the NFL is providing a show. If you're mad at BB, you have to be mad at the entire sick system that supports Keyshawn Johnson being an "analyst" of the game and supports talking trash after a big victory.

The whole system is broken. High School is the only pure form of the game and even that is hanging by a small margin...

[Pinball]

High School is the only pure form of the game and even that is hanging by a small margin...

Thought this was a fitting place for this after Dans comments:

***Why we play Division3/Club Sports***
It's not about getting a scholarship, getting drafted, or making SportsCenter. It's a deep need in us that comes from the heart. We need to practice, to play, to lift, to hustle, to sweat. We do it all for our teammates and for the student in our calculus class that we don't even know.We don't practice with a future major league first baseman; we practice with a future sports agent. We don't lift weights with a future Olympic wrestler; we lift with a future doctor. We don't run with a future Wimbledon champion; we run with a future CEO. It's a bigger part of us than our friends and family can understand. Sometimes we play for 2,000 fans; sometimes 25. But we still play hard. You cheer for us because you know us. You know more than just our names. Like all of you, we are students first. We don't sign autographs. But we do sign graduate school applications, MCAT exams, and student body petitions. When we miss a kick or strike out, we don't let down an entire state. We only let down our teammates, coaches, and fans. But the hurt is still the same. We train hard, lift, throw, run, kick, tackle, shoot, dribble, and lift some more, and in the morning we go to class

BB has very little class, but he is a very arrogant man. He dosent care what people say about him. He knows that he is one of the greatest NFL coaches ever and can flash his rings in front of everyone and laugh in our faces.

[Rob Graff]

High School is the only pure form of the game and even that is hanging by a small margin...

Thought this was a fitting place for this after Dans comments:

***Why we play Division3/Club Sports***
It's not about getting a scholarship, getting drafted, or making SportsCenter. It's a deep need in us that comes from the heart. We need to practice, to play, to lift, to hustle, to sweat. We do it all for our teammates and for the student in our calculus class that we don't even know.We don't practice with a future major league first baseman; we practice with a future sports agent. We don't lift weights with a future Olympic wrestler; we lift with a future doctor. We don't run with a future Wimbledon champion; we run with a future CEO. It's a bigger part of us than our friends and family can understand. Sometimes we play for 2,000 fans; sometimes 25. But we still play hard. You cheer for us because you know us. You know more than just our names. Like all of you, we are students first. We don't sign autographs. But we do sign graduate school applications, MCAT exams, and student body petitions. When we miss a kick or strike out, we don't let down an entire state. We only let down our teammates, coaches, and fans. But the hurt is still the same. We train hard, lift, throw, run, kick, tackle, shoot, dribble, and lift some more, and in the morning we go to class
.

Didn't Onpoint reference that very quote with respect to the game of lacrosse? I think he did, and it still describes our sport really well.

Back to discussing Mr. B.