Big-time locker room trouble for New England

[WilliamPitt]

Belichick sent four of the top Pats players home the other day - including Randy Moss - for being late to a meeting in the middle of a snowstorm. Some analysts wondered if it wasn't a big gamble for Belichick to maybe piss off four talented veterans he's going to need to survive the stretch run.

Well...

Adalius: 'There's nothing to really apologize about'
Posted by Albert Breer
December 10, 2009 12:28 PM

Adalius Thomas took the stand in his own defense today, in the wake of LatePlayerGate, and explained that he took the steps he thought were necessary in this kind of circumstance. And he doesn't understand why that wasn't not enough.

"There's one thing about Mother Nature -- You can't control that," Thomas said. You can't run people over getting to work. There's nothing to apologize about. I wasn't trying to be late. I don't know what to say. You leave home, there are people there, cars sitting in the road, you're sitting there, what are you gonna do? It's not the Jetsons. I can't jump up and fly. What am I supposed to do?"

He was asked too if this could provide motivation, and gave the same answers he did after being de-activated for the Titans game.

"Motivation is for kindergartners," he said. "I'm not a kindergartner. Sending somebody home, that's like, 'You're expelled until you come back and make good grades.' Get that (bleep) out of here. It's ridiculous. ... I don't know, teaching tool? I don't know. I can't figure out what Bill thinks or knows."

So I pulled Thomas aside after the masses left, and asked him if he felt like this was done to publicly embarrass the players in question, and whether he felt the burn of being the martyr twice now.

"It's not like it was just me," Thomas told me. "I don't try to figure it out. I really don't. I could care less what the reason is. I seek to understand, not to be understood. I'm done with all the phonetics, trying to figure it out. I'm really done with that. Whatever I'm asked to do, I'm gonna do."

So then I asked if he felt like he was being treated like an adult...

The rest: http://www.boston.com/sports/football/patriots/extra_points/2009/12/adalius_theres.html

Flameout.

[El Supremo]

1. He should have sent them to detention not home.

They could get into more trouble at home.

Also give them 2 demerits apiece.

[marmar]

2. Belichick seems kind of bellicose.....

nt

[madinmaryland]

3. Maybe he should be video taping his own players and not the other teams.

:popcorn:

[joeybee12]

4. He never taped the Crimeboys, because there's obviously nothing to learn from that...n/t

[KamaAina]

5. No, it was because the surveillance cameras did it for him

:P

[joeybee12]

7. Stop defending the Cowpies!!!!!! n/t

[madinmaryland]

8. This coming from a Cheatriots fan!!

:rofl:

[KamaAina]

9. Huh? I was taking a shot at the Crimeboys!

who are presumably under 24-hour court-ordered surveillance by now. :P

[madinmaryland]

10. **snort** The Cowboy HATERS are so blind with hate they are actually

getting confused about who they are hating!!

Too funny!

[joeybee12]

14. But tell me, how much can they learn from viodeotape showing the crimeboys

stealing flat screen tvs from Wal-Mart??? :shrug:

[madinmaryland]

15. Dude. It's the Redskins stealing flat screen tv's so that they can shoot them!!

:rofl:

[joeybee12]

13. Now I get it!!!!

Hee-hee

[Liberal_Dog]

6. This Was Talked About On PTI Yesterday

Kornheiser and Wilbon seemed to think this was a sign of panic.

[joeybee12]

20. On Rome is Burining...the two people he had on thought it was a good move

by Bill...time will tell. I agree with what he did...they don't seem to give a shit and need a wake-up call.

[netsurfer2]

11. QB

The Patriots should have put a clause in Tom Brady's contract about marrying a super model. To much of a distraction. ;)

[madinmaryland]

12. Welcome to DU!

[bluedigger]

16. "wasn't not enough"?

Somebody please tell me this guy doesn't not get paid for writing!

[Onceuponalife]

17. Beledick strikes again!

"It's not the Jetsons" Great line!

[Arkana]

18. If Adalius didn't just fucking phone it in during games, maybe Belichick wouldn't

have sent him home. Christ, Tully Banta-Cain leads the team both in sacks and QB pressures and makes about a third of what Thomas does.

[trumad]

19. Love it.