Videotaping the signals of opponents is not fair play, and is a sign of a desperate coach...
2007-09-14 03:05:45 · 10 answers · asked by Sports Maven 1 in Sports ➔ Football (American)
Belichick has been cheating since at least last years Green Bay game where he was caught. People are writing it's not a big deal because the game is played too fast and you can not watch the tape that quickly are not understanding this cheating move. He wasn't using the tape that day. He would analyze the tape later by watching the signals and then the formation the team went to. Now when we play them in 4 weeks we have a distinct advantage, otherwise known as cheating. The Eagles are saying every time they'd call a blitz the patriots would throw a screen for large yardage gains in the 2005 Super Bowl. Coincidence? Long and the short of it is Belichick is a cheater and wasn't given severe enough discipline. He should have been stripped of his rights to enter the Hall of Fame like Pete Rose and suspended for the season.
2007-09-14 03:27:55 · answer #1 · answered by Secret Squirrel 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Belichick has always been known for pushing the envelope and he'll take whatever he can get away wth. Remember the playoff game with Indy a few years ago where the Pats secondary mugged the receivers and no penalties were called. Then the next year the refs started calling pass interference and holding as it is written in the rule books. He just has a feel for the system and plays it like a drum. I cannot stand the man but you have to respect his ability to tweak the system. I wouldn't say it's brains but more of a slick character. He and Bill Clinton have a lot in common.
2007-09-14 10:54:32 · answer #2 · answered by Zinger 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Who knows.I'm embarrassed and surprised like any patriot fan to find out that he was doing this. The thing with this is that its not first time a coach has done this...and he is not the only coach doing this. The only difference is that Bill got caught....and now he and the patriots are going to be penalized. Bill is still going to be in the hall of fame one day...with no asterisk next to his name.
2007-09-14 11:13:19 · answer #3 · answered by Coolguy323 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You'll probably get some that will justify his cheating by saying that it took a certain amount of genius to use the video camera in that way to get the upper hand over the opponent.
Those fans that justify his cheating may very well be cheaters themselves.
Who said cheaters never win?
Guess they were wrong, huh?
2007-09-14 10:13:36 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you think that it hasn't been tried before by every team out there you are living in a fantasy world. And guess what, there will be teams on Sunday trying to do the exact same thing.
2007-09-14 10:28:37 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Evidently!
2007-09-14 10:20:18 · answer #6 · answered by The Mick 7 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. I knew that guy was shady when he took over and screwed his old friend and mentor - Bill Parcells.
2007-09-14 10:16:22 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Looks like it, and I'm an embarrassed fan!
2007-09-14 10:30:03 · answer #8 · answered by Beatle fanatic 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news?slug=jc-historynflcheating&prov=yhoo&type=lgns
2007-09-14 13:23:54 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
he may have been getting away with cheating for years ... some might say you have to be more on your game to get away with cheating
2007-09-14 10:12:54 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋