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My thought was EXACTLY. I thought the Bruschi business last week was a joke. And Harrison too. They came off as bitter has beens. But wondering what you guys thought.
Why not? He's protecting the guy he is going to need this season. I think it's good he is standing up for Ochocinco publicly. Privately, I have no idea what he is thinking but you don't want to lose the guy.
All sports media is like this. Teddy is no different than anyone else. They say things to get attention to get ratings. He's just doing the requirements of his job.The Boston media in general is all over Ochocinco right now, it's not just Bruschi.
I agree. Not to mention he's a leader of this team and that's his job. Teddy talks like he's still a leader, but he's not so the real leader needs to step up and tell them it's no longer their place regardless of intentions.
Bitter with a nice big dose of condescension thrown in for good measure. Wouldn't surprise me if Tom and Bill both are tired of the Patriot 'stigma' they seem to carry around now. Bill seems like he is loosening up in his old age.
I agree. As a Patriots hater, I like Brady better now. He is being a leader and standing up for his guy in public.As for Tedy and Harrison, their criticism of Ocho would be more appropriate if the team were 0-2, Branch were hurt, and Ocho hadn't done anything. But to bash one player for not doing enough when the team is winning and getting production from the guys who are playing seems foolish. As others have said, they are doing what you do to get attention. I remember when Tiki Barber retired and proceeded to bag on Eli Manning, saying he would never win a SB. I think that was the year NY went on to win a SB so it was actually pretty funny. Anyway, I just don't pay that much attention to these kinds of comments from the media unless the reporter has a track record of being proven right.
My prediction on Bruschi / Harrison's next move: They say something like "I understand Tom completely. Having your teammates back, even if he's a teammate like Ochocinco, IS the Patriot way. That's exactly what Ochocinco doesn't get. He's too in awe of things and doesn't understand the team first "Patriot Way". Hopefully Brady will be able to get through to him. I think he will. In fact, I predict Ochocinco to top 100 yards this week with a minimum of 1 TD"We'll see soon enough but I bet you hear something like that from them.
When you have shown the amount of class Tom has, and he speaks a thought like this, you listen instead of critisize. Tom is as respected as Bill aorund there.
I usually catch Brady's weekly interview on WEEI and he has always been very candid. Being the caliber of player he is, he can get away with being more vocal then other players on the team. He always gives credit to his teammates when the win and accepts responsibility when he makes a mistake. I think he did the right thing defending Ocho Cinco. He is on the team, Bruschi and Harrison aren't. The seem to think their opinions have merit since they are ex-Patriots.
I do think that's pretty much the issue though. Ocho's tweet was 100% harmless. If you can't say "wow - this offense is a machine", they should just say no twitter allowed.The fact that Ochocinco complimented his QB and Bruschi went nuts is the story here. (And granted, it's zero football news - just tabloid type stuff that we talk about)When Ochocinco was not involved Week 1, I wondered if he'd pout or do something negative like some prime WRs are known to do. Instead, he comes out with what I thought was the perfect response. And one that is totally in line with everything we've been hearing about how he feels like he's "in heaven" in this offense.But Bruschi goes off like the jealous ex boyfriend with a rant that makes zero sense. I think that's the story. And yes, at least we're talking about him which as others have said, is probably the only real point.J
this.
Thanks. Do you know how this is viewed by Belichick? J
Harrison lost credibility for me, when earlier this week he went on for several minutes talking about how he used to ease up on a hit when he saw the player wasn't going to be able to protect themselves or was in a bad position. That, from a guy with a rep as a cheap shot artist. He made the comments when going on a rant how players have been going at other players knees.
Both Belichick and Brady do weekly segments on WEEI and I don't think Belichick has any problem at all with Brady doing the show. Dennis & Callahan (the hosts for the segment) usually ask the tough questions, but also usually pad the question with a snide remark about how they will get the pat answer...which they usually do. So there is the typical post-game press conference type of stuff. Belichick's segment on the station is probably less candid, although you do get some of the lighter side of Bill as they joke around. But that segment is mostly all coach-speak.If you really are interested, the station has a podcast feed of all their Patriots content, which includes these two segments, as well as a lot of other player interviews.:http://audio.weei.com/hosting/feed/1598202/rss.xml
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Yes. Because he wants us to think that he is just really, really, REALLY, REALLY excited about going down waterslides. Wheeeeeeee!!!!!
Awesome. Thanks a lot.J
And yet, still better than Dungy.
Bruschi = Tiki Jr. I hope Chad tweets that.
Not sure what Ocho has to gain by getting into a war of words with an ex-Pat who is/was loved in NE during their run. If I'm Ocho's agent, I tell him that by not tweeting anything, he comes off as the adult.
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That's exactly what I was thinking. But the smart move for Ochocinco is to just ignore. Let everyone else do the talking for him.J'Mister CIA said:
