50yrpatsfan
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"So you are telling me that all the quotes, accusations and thefts are lies made up by people who are just jealous of the Patriots?"
To answer this a little better, I think the Patriots are the eye of the storm when it comes to the league office, other owners, fans, and today's media (esp ESPN). They've had ridiculous success compared to any other team since 2001, their record is insane and hard to fathom, even with the team completely turning over 2 or 3 times thru the years except for Brady. They have an arrogant coach, especially pre-2008. The QB isn't super-athletic, some call him a system QB, and he's had a few moments where he comes off as a privileged pretty boy. Throw in some rude fans, and you have a pretty inviting target.
Then you have the Tuck Rule game vs Oakland in 2001, and the Spygate case with the destroyed tapes, second only to the JFK shooting for conspiracy nuts. Also throw in Belichick not shaking hands after games, and the Pats running up scores in the 16-0/Randy Moss 2007 regular season. People also weary of NE winning it all 3 years out of 4.
That takes you up to the 2007/8 SB, where it all ignited. Pats were 18-0, there was national hysteria due to that/Spygate/running up scores etc. Then the day before the SB the Boston Herald breaks a story about the Pats having filmed the Rams walk thru practice back in 2001 (prior to that SB). It was a totally bogus story, the Herald eventually printed a full page retraction and apology, but it was too late. The damage was done, and after that it's just been open season on NE.
After 6 more years of excellence but no more titles, and Brady getting old, he became a little more of a sympathetic figure. Then this year you have the totally false Deflate-gate and now this piece of crap ESPN article that just rehashes it all.
So no, I wouldn't really call it jealousy, that would be oversimplifying. But I would say that:
- Goodell is a reckless bumbling fool who's assembled an incompetent office
- ESPN is some bad folk, and the media in general has lost its moral compass completely
- the other owners and executives, many not the brightest or most ethical (Hawks excluded), just can't understand or tolerate NE's success
- fans around the country are gullible and very easily deceived by the league and media
To answer this a little better, I think the Patriots are the eye of the storm when it comes to the league office, other owners, fans, and today's media (esp ESPN). They've had ridiculous success compared to any other team since 2001, their record is insane and hard to fathom, even with the team completely turning over 2 or 3 times thru the years except for Brady. They have an arrogant coach, especially pre-2008. The QB isn't super-athletic, some call him a system QB, and he's had a few moments where he comes off as a privileged pretty boy. Throw in some rude fans, and you have a pretty inviting target.
Then you have the Tuck Rule game vs Oakland in 2001, and the Spygate case with the destroyed tapes, second only to the JFK shooting for conspiracy nuts. Also throw in Belichick not shaking hands after games, and the Pats running up scores in the 16-0/Randy Moss 2007 regular season. People also weary of NE winning it all 3 years out of 4.
That takes you up to the 2007/8 SB, where it all ignited. Pats were 18-0, there was national hysteria due to that/Spygate/running up scores etc. Then the day before the SB the Boston Herald breaks a story about the Pats having filmed the Rams walk thru practice back in 2001 (prior to that SB). It was a totally bogus story, the Herald eventually printed a full page retraction and apology, but it was too late. The damage was done, and after that it's just been open season on NE.
After 6 more years of excellence but no more titles, and Brady getting old, he became a little more of a sympathetic figure. Then this year you have the totally false Deflate-gate and now this piece of crap ESPN article that just rehashes it all.
So no, I wouldn't really call it jealousy, that would be oversimplifying. But I would say that:
- Goodell is a reckless bumbling fool who's assembled an incompetent office
- ESPN is some bad folk, and the media in general has lost its moral compass completely
- the other owners and executives, many not the brightest or most ethical (Hawks excluded), just can't understand or tolerate NE's success
- fans around the country are gullible and very easily deceived by the league and media