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Belichick's Post-Game Actions

Posted by Rawbeezeitz

661 days ago

I didn't really pay too much attention to the Super Bowl after the incomplete pass on 4th & 20. I guess I pulled a Belichick, going outside and having a cigarette with 0:01 on the clock. I know he's gotten a lot of criticism for leaving early.

Since this site is full of Patriots haters, I'd just like to know, from your perspective, why was this considered a big deal? To me, it seems silly, and it seems like a coach conceding defeat, but I like Coach Belichick.

So why was this a big deal?

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SSreportersLegend

661 days ago

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Since this site is full of Patriots haters Don't think of it as Patriot hating, think of it as "WE FRICKING TOLD YA THE PATS WERE OVERRATED!!!"

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SSreportersLegend

661 days ago

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I knew I shouldn't have said that.

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Yakob878MVP

661 days ago

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and what about your seahawks

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PeanMajor Leaguer

661 days ago

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I think Eli put it best on Letterman the other night...maybe he was trying to beat the traffic

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BigPPupMajor Leaguer

661 days ago

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Someone had to write that one for Eli

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SSreportersLegend

661 days ago

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Anyway, what kind of coach would walk onto the field even though he knows there is still time left on the clock? I know he knows the game was over, but I guess he just wanted to get this "losing" thing over it. That was a total classless act, I believe that should result in a fine.

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Falcon02520Legend

661 days ago

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Just to be fair, both coaches walked onto the field... everyone did because nobody that was there was aware there was :01 on the clock

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SSreportersLegend

661 days ago

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Look, the Giants were confused as hell....Belichick on the other hand....notice the referee trying to tell him to get back on the sidelines....he would have none of it.

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RawbeezeitzMajor Leaguer

661 days ago

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But saying "that was a total classless act," how was it so totally classless?

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SSreportersLegend

661 days ago

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If he had any class, he would've let the clock hit :00 after the Manning kneel down, run onto the field, shake hands with Coughlin and other players. Instead, he trots onto the field with :01 left, and does a half assed handshake with Coughlin.

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RawbeezeitzMajor Leaguer

661 days ago

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But why is it that if he had class he wouldv'e waited? I'm not saying it was a classy thing to do, I'm just perplexed as to why it's been deemed classless.

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SSreportersLegend

661 days ago

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It's 1 second, he couldn't wait that long? He wanted to just get it over with....on the other hand, he probably would've done the same thing if the Pats won.

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RawbeezeitzMajor Leaguer

661 days ago

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Again, obviously it wouldn't take much for him to stay put for one more play. It was a strange thing to do. But how was it classless?

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SSreportersLegend

661 days ago

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If you don't mind, I'll put up the video on this post.

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RawbeezeitzMajor Leaguer

661 days ago

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Thanks. But how exactly was it "classless?"

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RawbeezeitzMajor Leaguer

661 days ago

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Actually, that video sucks. Some kid watching the Super Bowl (by himself) and taping his television? I don't want people to think I put that piece of crap up there.

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SSreportersLegend

661 days ago

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He couldn't facking wait until the game clock read :00? The guys that stayed on the sidelines for the Pats were the really classy ones....like Tedy Bruschi. Just curious, where the hell was Mike Vrabel in those goal line situations? :)

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SSreportersLegend

661 days ago

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It's all I have, the NFL flipped us off and yanked all of the videos.

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RawbeezeitzMajor Leaguer

661 days ago

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I know about the NFL. And I understand that it isn't normal, what Belichick did, but I'm still waiting for this classlessness to be explained. Was Coughlin classless for going out to meet him? Or was that classy? Or neutral?

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SSreportersLegend

661 days ago

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Who went onto the field first? The Giants didn't know what the heck to do, but Bill had his mind made up.

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The PipDiv-I Stud

661 days ago

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I'd love to see the video of this because it will show the clock at :00 and show a ton of people walking out onto the field as if the game was over. Because the game was over.

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Steel TownDraft Pick

661 days ago

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Pip and Raw, he was told by the Refs that they had to finish the game, that is what is pissing people off. Now, I don't have a problem with it, but the way you put it Pip, you'd think Belichick was just an innocent bystander. BELICHICK KNEW HE WAS SUPPOSED TO FINISH THE GAME. The sooner you understand that, the sooner you will know why people are mad. Like I said below, I disagree with the NFL's decision, but don't pretend like Belichick didn't know they were going to run one last play. But he left the field like a little brat anyways. That's why people are mad, because he could take his own medicine.

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Steel TownDraft Pick

661 days ago

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^couldn't*

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The PipDiv-I Stud

661 days ago

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Try telling any coach in Belichick's situation that he has to run that last play and see what happens. He'll say the clock struck zero.

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Steel TownDraft Pick

661 days ago

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That's why I think the lack of class was on the NFL's part, not Belichick. They should have just ended the game.

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MetsJetsDevilsDraft Pick

661 days ago

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tell that to Herm Edwards and Joe Pisarchick.

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The PipDiv-I Stud

661 days ago

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The clock hit zero. He, and like a thousand other people thought the game was over. He walked to midfield and did what anyone would have done, shook the other coach's hand and leaves. The clock was f'd up the entire last 2 minutes of the game. The ref could have just run the clock out, and frankly HE is the one to blame for all of this. There is such a thing a sore winner. I think I'm seeing some, and they aren't even really giants fans. Stop taking this away from the Giants and their fans. The Giants did something very special and pissing on Belichick over nothing only takes away from what they did.

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Steel TownDraft Pick

661 days ago

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Some might say Belichick is also a sore winner. ...just sayin'...

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The PipDiv-I Stud

661 days ago

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Please show me a single quote in the media where Belichick came off as a sore winner at all during this 18 game winning streak? We'll set aside the running up the score argument for now. Because no coach complained about it after it happened to them.

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Steel TownDraft Pick

661 days ago

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I said "some might say". Personally, I don't think he is a sore winner. I think his is an A-hole win or lose.

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Steel TownDraft Pick

661 days ago

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I LOATH the Pats and Bill B. in particular, but I saw nothing wrong with him walking off the field. In fact I was actually upset that the NFL insisted the final second be played. To me that was the classless act. I don't feel bad for all the flak he got afterwards, but that doesn't mean I agree with it.

I will try and give a Patfans style response to this question:

"If you don't like playing the last miserable second of the game then they should have stopped the Giants from scoring"

Sorry, I couldn't resist. The whole making them watch the last miserable second of the game made me think of how the Pats ran up the scores in some of the regular season games. Karma I guess.

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The PipDiv-I Stud

661 days ago

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Steel town said:

"If you don't like playing the last miserable second of the game then they should have stopped the Giants from scoring"

That was funny!

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SSreportersLegend

661 days ago

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Hmm.....so Belichick has more of a free pass according to you guys, than Randy Moss who did the same thing (only heading to the lockerroom), when the Vikings lost.

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RawbeezeitzMajor Leaguer

661 days ago

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I'm not saying he gets a free pass. I'm just trying to figure out why what he did was considered classless. And the only explanation I can see is that he's Bill Belichick, therefore what he does is classless.

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Cornfed78Draft Pick

661 days ago

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I like how it is assumed that Belichick had class to begin with. (Waiting for the rain of -'s to begin.)

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SSreportersLegend

661 days ago

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I minus you due to force of habit.....I give you a +.:)

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LASportsblogAAA-er

661 days ago

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I don't think it would be a big deal if it was a regular game, they wouldn't of even ran the last play. But because it was the super bowl they had to run the last play to make it offical. So that's the only reason it was a big deal, because it was the Super Bowl.

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DRE-LOAAA-er

661 days ago

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When the clock strikes 0:00, then you walk onto the field to shake hands. Period, end of story. Belichick is a great coach, but one of the worst losers I've ever seen. People would kill to have the type of career that he's had. {5 Super Bowl rings!!} We've seen him pull this same nonsense with Eric Mangini. Belichick had a great opportunity to display class considering the season his team had, and he let it slip through his fingers. Cut and ran and left his team on the field, just like he did the Jets. Not that I noticed though, I was too busy jumping all over the house in euphoria.

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RawbeezeitzMajor Leaguer

661 days ago

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But when he walked on the field, the clock was at 0:00.

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SSreportersLegend

661 days ago

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Watch the video again, he walks onto the field, the graphic said :02, then :01, then :00, by then he was well on the field, then it want back up to :01.

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Bobbyjim45Draft Pick

660 days ago

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To me, it's not so much going for the handshake early, but the fact that the refs told him to go back and run his last play, and he just took his team and walked off the field. You know I'm a Pats fan and I thought that was a bullshit move. You have to have respect for your opponent and let them finish the game.

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Bobbyjim45Draft Pick

660 days ago

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It's like when you're playing a game of Madden or any other video game, really, and you know you're going to win, and the asshole you're playing with resets the game before you finish it.

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RawbeezeitzMajor Leaguer

660 days ago

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Again, I'm waiting for an answer to why what he did was considered classless.

The clock went down to 0:00, he went out onto the field, the clock went back up to 0:01, he decided to shake Coughlin's hand anyway and leave. Why is this classless?

Had he simply left, without going to see Coughlin, then I'd say it was classless. If the clock was at 0:01 when he went out onto the field, then maybe I could see that as classless.

I see in this situation that the time keepers made an error (one of many, that clock was facked up all game), and it caused a whole lot of craziness on the field. Belichick decides that one handshake was enough, so instead of repeating what he already had done, he left. Now people everywhere are attacking him for this.

I'm just trying to understand the argument that what he did was classless. I've yet to see an answer. All you guys have done is say "what he did was classless, he could've stayed on the sidelines."

So...?

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