Is Belichick really a cheater?
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by Behbigben15
After the Pats were caught filming the NY Jets signals last Sunday, and I heard that they did the same thing last year in a game against the Packers, I started thinking: Has he always been a cheater? We may never know, unless Belichick has a collection of all the tapes of other teams signals. The Pats punishment wasn't that big, I didn't think. The Pats were fined $500,000, and will either lose his number 1 draft pick (if they make the playoffs), or their 2nd and 3rd (if they don't). But, what the even bigger punishment is, is that they are the New England Patriots, and from now on everyone will not look at them as cheaters, and Belichick's dynasty may be tarnished.
Belichick, Roosevelt Colvin, and other teammates have been trying to move on from this, but they just cannot get it out of the way. Belichick deserves what he got, you can't go around with a camera filming other teams signals. I would really like to know how long he has been doing this, and whether or not it helped the Pats "so called" dynasty win their three Super Bowls. L.T. really got a kick out of this, on Monday, he said "If your'e not cheating, you're not trying" is probably their moto. Belichick's $500,000 was the highest ever fine by a coach, and it was the first time ever that a draft pick was taken away as a punishment.
My view on Belichick has deffinetly changed, I all of a sudden don't like him, and I have lost my respect for him. THis is a big week in the NFL, and I have a feeling that Belichick din't win those three Super Bowls on his own. Belichick was also accused, by former LB Ted Johnson, for overruling the doctors and sending him on the field soon after a concussion. I don't think Belichick deserves to be called a great coach, I do not like him after what he has done to this league. I haven't even mentioned that one of the leaders on the Pats defense, S Rodney Harrison, was caught taking HGH, and is suspended for part of the season this year.
What other players/coaches said on the topic:
"Belichick is sitting there, and you know he is getting peeved that he is even in there -- the audacity to bring him in and question him, the visual I have is that eventually Belichick kind of snapped and said, 'You're darn right I [did].' "
-Trent Green
"Really, a sad day for the NFL, it's another case of the 99 percent good things that are happening being overshadowed by 1 percent bad. Again, people aren't talking about our product, they're talking about a negative incident."
-Tony Dungy
"All I know is there better not be an asterisk by any of the Super Bowls I was with them, I better call my wife and tell her to put [my rings] in a safe."
-Christian Fauria (ex-Patriot)
"You don't really know for sure, I mean, you don't know whether he might be doing something for NFL Films or a coaches' show or whatever."
-Rod Marinelli
- Good News: The camera man that was caught filming the Jets, Matt Estrello, will not be on the sidelines on Sunday night, unfortunately for Belichick. He said they will change their procedure on that, but Coach just means that they will get another camera man to tape the Chargers signals. I am glad that Estrello will not be punished, because I am pretty sure that Belichick paid him a million dollars along with all three of his SB rings since he knows he does not deserve them.
So, I guess the title I put down is really a stupid question. Of course he is a big, fat liar, and cheater. So, YES, he is really a F$#%ing cheater, and should be fired and never hired by ANYONE again. If you don't agree with me, then don't even read this, because I don't care if you have complaints on this article, or if you disagree with me.
