I Thought It Was Unsportsmanlike For The Coach Of The Patriots To Walk Off The Field......

[global1]

before the game was over. What a poor loser. As far as I'm concerned that walking off the field ruined his perfect record going into the SuperBowl. Showed to me that he is a small man.

[Selatius]

1. He lost before he walked off the field. It was the Patriots' game to lose. They were ahead.

Then, they let Eli Manning throw a monkey wrench into their machine. I'm not gonna defend what he did. He shoulda stayed on the field until the end, but I guess I'm trying to paint the context in which he walked.

[JackRiddler]

13. monkey wrench is about right

The escape-from-sack caught-against-helmet-falling completion was nothing short of miraculous.

[BlueManDude]

2. He's a great coach but not a very gracious or classy human being.

[Ishoutandscream2]

11. Agreed.

[mod mom]

12. We cheered for NY because of his scandal spying on other teams. It sets a terrible

example that cheating is ok. I'm glad NE lost for this reason.

[blondeatlast]

32. It's harder and harder to teach my child that an honest loss is more honorable than

a dishonest win, but he learned a little of it yesterday, thank good ness.

[malaise]

31. Ditto n/t

[Debi]

3. He thought the game was over - then the officials put one second on the clock

and he was ushered off the field. Yeah, maybe he could have came back down the tunnel to go back onto the field, but I see why he didn't.

[Meshuga]

5. The ref told him there was still 1 second on the clock but he left anyway

He is a sore loser.

[Debi]

8. They put that one second back on the clock AFTER he was in the middle of the field

Look, I hate the Pats and am THRILLED they lost (even though the Giants beat my beloved G.B. Packers. But that last second was an officiating mess-up. Sure, he could have gone back across the field and back to his side and stood there for the one second - or he could have just gone up the tunnel and been done with it. If you watch the Giants coach he wasn't any too happy about it either. (of course, he didn't mind staying behind for an hour or so! :7)

Now, the locker-room interview...that's where he showed no class! x(

[GardeningGal]

15. His team knew they had to run one more play.

No excuse for him not being there when his team was.

[inthebrain]

34. He was told when he was on the field one more play had to be run

Bellichek was a guy just tryin to get out of dodge.

I can't imagine that happening to another team in another sport and that guy NOT losing his job. Not to mention barred from coaching again in the league. Bellichek, with the cheating scandal is not ranked high by the players in that locker room right now. That will forever put an asterik next to the Patriots accomplishments these last seven years.

Those players in the room are not happy about that.

Bellichek just made a god awful cancerous situation a whole lot worse.

This superbowl loss I have a very hard time this team gets over. They were exposed destroyed and everyone across the league playing them over the next few years is going to dissect this. Teams that get beat like that (And the Pats were just plain beat in this game) very rarely come back from it.

This makes getting over that hump even worse.

[Dorian Gray]

24. Definitely!

And I'm so happy he lost!

(Lifelong Giants fan here!)

[Meshuga]

26. Lifelong Giants fan here as well.

This is a sweet win. I still can't believe it! :toast:

[Dorian Gray]

27. Even the last thirty seconds I was convinced that the Pats would pull it off somehow

I'm proud of our boys. They did good! :)

[WinkyDink]

16. Doesn't mater. He should have stayed to shake hands.

[tabasco]

18. He gave Tom Coughlin a hug and a handshake!

I really dislike bellyache but this is silly.

[Meshuga]

4. I can't stand him!

Randy Moss caught a lot of flak for leaving the sidelines back when he played for the vikings. Bill Belichick is a coach, who should lead by example, and does the same thing but he doesn't get to hear as much.

He is a bitter sore loser!

[flyarm]

6. my husband said the same thing..it infuriated my hubby!! and my hubby has

been in professional sports his entire life.



fly

[napi21]

7. He's a sore loser. I heard his interview after the game.

I wasn't paying any attention to his words, but his tone of voice and facial expression was that of a defeated man! I was a bit surprised. Usually the losing coach manages to put on a better image than he did.

[Debi]

10. Yeah - he could have praised his players for the 18 games they DID win

and the GREAT season they had. Instead he sat there and pouted. I don't blame him for the end of the game debacle - I think the refs messed that up. But the locker-room interview he tanked.

[XOKCowboy]

25. Pouted is right. Totally low class.

One word answers in a gruff mumble. Nothing about his team that'd just won 18 games in a dream season. One wonders if this attitude didn't have something to do with his team's bad performance. He didn't show great leadership yesterday.

[aikoaiko]

9. not too long along, they wouldn't have made the other team play the last two seconds.

[Johonny]

20. not true

a few years back they dragged the Miami Dolphins and Patriots out of the lockrooms ~ 1hr after everyone thought the game was over just to run 1 more play. The NFL does not let the clock get waved... mostly for gambling reasons.

[aikoaiko]

29. You're right.

[TahitiNut]

14. Yeah! He's probably a smoker, too!

:crazy:

(Who the FUCK cares?!?)

[MagickMuffin]

17. WTF...... I saw him with my own eyes, hugging the Coach from NY

They were both on the field when the Patriot's coach walked onto the field and hug the NY coach.

I guess we were watching on different TV's.:shrug:

[Johonny]

19. I don't think so

He shook the other coaches hand already. The game was over. It was sort of stupid to force the 1 sec play, when clearly most of the sidelines of both sides thought the clock was a zero. One could argue it was a little petty of the clock operator to put 1 second back up.

[Xenotime]

21. he was pissed because his cheats didn't work this time.

[AZBlue]

22. I completely agree.

[Dorian Gray]

23. He's an

asshole!

(Oh, crap! Did I just say that out loud?)


:spank:

[RevolutionStartsNow]

28. Haven't the Patriots been proven to be cheaters?

My husband wanted to change my "Bush Cheated" shirt to "Belichick Cheated".

[THUNDER HANDS]

30. he was just upset he couldn't cheat

figures he loses his first superbowl post spy-gate.

[anakie]

33. I didn't see too many Pats players

stay around to shake hands either. I may be wrong but did anyone see Brady congratulate Eli?


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