Comments on: Exclusive: Belichick Talks On Spy-Gate

CBS News: New England Patriots Coach Breaks Silence On Videotape Scandal

[gristlelips]

Here''s real news --- Mariah Carrey got married!!

[gristlelips]

Really. This is front page news?!? With earthquakes, elections, cyclones, a WAR!!??

Really who gives a furry, flying f*ck?

[wogerwabbit]

All''s fair in love and war... and if anything symbolizes war, it''s football. Don''t you just love it!?

I can''t believe this trival poop is on the front page. This is not news, this is media hype hoping for the next big scandle. I wish the media would just report the news instead of selling it.

[kyanna1]

go bill! we love you here in new england!all the teams video tape,you just got caught! so what!you are the best coach in the nfl!

[dennisjr6]

It doesn''t surprise that this behaviour happens....

[cdfoxtrot]

So..... in the entire world, this is the #1 story right now, says the (tabloid) editors of CBS.

[georgew1956]

whart are you george a sports writer they seem to get
orgasums when talking trash it makes good reading and pays the bills well anybody can see the patriots had the talent and coach bill didn''t need a cheet sheet or anything else. sports writers are the scum. bahahahahahahahahahahahahahah

[sgtrds-e4]

kansas1946

I agree. To them this is important? It should even be taken as a serious news story, let alone require any congressional attention. Kick this "story" back to the sports section where it belongs.

[fldodreams1]

To KHDesign: When did Belichick ever deny the staff knew what he was doing. He''s readily admitted that according to their interpretation, it was ok to video signals so long as they were not used to gain advantage, as it stated in the league rules, IN THAT GAME! He admitted it. They studied the tendencies. Its part of coaching! 70,000 people in a given stadium are privvy to the same signals. This is not a case of hijacking the frequency used to send in signals. Its a coach, who has a history of being a relentless studier of tendencies. Just as a batter studies a pitcher''s tendencies, to know that he throws a breaking ball 75% of the time after a 1st pitch fastball strike. Why do you think that the many coaches, many retired HOF''ers, have shrugged this off as "no big deal"? Because everyone is doing it in one sense or another. But Belichick stepped over the gray (hoodie) area and the team paid dearly.

[khdesign]

I don''t envy the wistleblower. If what your are saying is false, it certainly makes no sense to do such a thing, since it could negatively affect your life. But remember those whistleblowers, who everyone thought - why would they take that risk? Enron, Major League Baseball and Steroids. It was the right thing to do. I don''t think personal gain was their motivation.

[taylor2124]

Just-a-mom, I get your point, but think about this harder.
There are always consequences for shooting off your mouth in public such as Walsh did. I mean, what team or company would now be crazy enough to offer Walsh a job, now that he has done this? Public disloyalty and whistleblowing does NOT make you someone that people want to hire. He will pay for this a long time.

[khdesign]

Does he think people are stupid?

As a third video assistant, you would assume that he was more likely than not to do as he was told, videotape the opposing teams hand signals, etc., without question. The fact that he was a third video assistant makes it even more likely that he was highly supervised. A more experienced video staffer probably would have questioned it. The fact that he did it in plain sight gave the Patriots their out in case they were caught, and could plead ignorance.

So you tell me that Walsh just went around videotaping, and nobody really noticed what he was doing? You tell me that the video he shot was never viewed by the coaching staff? If if they did, in all the numerous times it was viewed, nobody said, this is wrong?

Coach Belichick certainly is arrogant.

[kansas1946]

The only thing I can''t believe about this is that congress thinks they need to be involved in it. With all of the problems we have in this country, health care, the war, fuel prices, a recession, etc., I can not belive that congress would waste five minutes on someone vidio-taping signals for a football game. It is insane.

[Emme94]

I watched the interview. It must be great to be Mr Walsh right now. He can say ANYTHING he wants about the Patriots and they can''t do a thing about it. No law suits for slander, liable...NOTHING. Yea, shoot your mouth off bud...someone will get you (in a legal sense). And to the Rams coach... thank you very much for your statement. It was very classy.