I never said that women are ill-equipped to coach in the NFL. I never even remember thinking that. I think that if they understand the position and the game, they can coach just fine. Whether a bunch of testosterone-infused macho gorillas will accept a woman (who probably never played the game past 7th grade) as an authority figure remains to be seen.
But she’s perfectly suited to hold a clipboard for the assistant LB coach. (If I’m not mistaken, that makes her an assistant to the assistant to the assistant to the head coach.)
IN other news, the NFL will not reduce Terrific Tom’s four-game suspension, so he won’t be on the field for their week four game vs. the Cowboys. Thank God and Goodell.
^Reports state that the full 4-game suspension was upheld in part because Brady destroyed his phone.
Tinfoil: There wasn’t anything on Brady’s phone relating to deflategate. He didn’t want his pictures of Gisele and him engaging in sexytime in the hands of some NFL security team and possibly being leaked. Not because he’s protective of Gisele…people have already seen her naked several times. No, Brady is doing everything he can to hide his affliction - baby dick.
Hell I’d have upheld the suspension just because the jackass crybaby threatened federal court. I’m not gonna be publically strongarmed by some guy who’s rumored to have a baby dick.
They are not a fan. I also remind them the Steelers have six Super Bowl wins after every Brady discussion. Bunch a freaking cry baby cheaters. The best part is, I’m not even a Steelers fan, I only watch college football and my affiliation with Philly growing up means I hate the Squeelers too, but they don’t know that. Same thing happened with the Penn State thing, where all my Penn State friends cried a river over the sanctions.
People need to learn to just man the f*ck up and accept consequences for slimy behavior, which is apparently not a thing that is taught anymore in legalistic America. Instead you just wind up with 50 full grown men pointing fingers around the playground.
If I were going to lose $4m* because the League said “it is more likely than not that you were remotely involved in an inconsequential rule violation that had no effect on the outcome of any game”, I would take it to federal court, too.
*I"m guessing that Tom Brady makes ~$1m per game. Not out of the range of ordinary.
Maybe, I guess it depends on whether or not he did it. If he did (which most people accept), then he needs to accept the cost and move on like a man. Simple as that. People need to man the f*ck up.
Tom Brady makes less than that. He’s about middle of the pack in terms of QB salary. He continually takes pay cuts and restructures his contract to give his team the money it needs to keep/get other quality players. Pretty cool move really.
Also helps that his wife makes about $50mm a year.
Even though I wanted an edge for that fourth game against the Pats, I’m glad that the judge sided with Brady. Roger Goodell needs to have his ego taken down a peg or two, and the whole suspension was farcical to begin with.
The fact that he is not going to be suspended does not mean he is innocent. Anyone with a brain knows he had those balls delated. The texts alone are so ridiculously sus. I agree the evidence is lacking for a 4 gamer, but he it was obvious he was involved. Nothing is happening to those balls without Tom knowing and approving.
Tom does what ever good executive does, make sure the trail of evidence to them is not clear and leaves reasonable doubt. Tom got away with it this time, but everyone knows he is a cheat. Just another * in the history books relating to the Patriots. The organization is absolutely filled to the brim with cheaters.
I was expecting a reduction to 2 or 3 games. Very surprised to see it wiped out entirely. I wonder how the two ball boys who got fired feel about that.
I figured they might reduce it to 1. I think the judge was punishing Goodell for abusing punishments and the process for years and not this specifically. The judge REALLY stressed he wanted them to agree out of court, so maybe this is in hopes that they can agree on things in house in the future. However with the record on appeals in the courts, I think you’d be a fool to not challenge any suspension at this point.
I am sure the ball boys are pissed, they did toms dirty work and got nailed while he gets of scott free. Then again its always the low level guys who get nabbed while the don acts like its a few bad actors.