By: GetReal

GetReal — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 16:24:45 +0000

THardey… Please!!! You are obvioulsy a Patriots apologist looking for any chance at all to try and change history after the fact.
What Belichick did (and did for many years) was illegal according to NFL rules, thus he is clearly a cheater. In addition, secretly videotaping an opponent’s pregame walk-throughs is not something that other teams ever do (they may try to watch it live and take quick, handwritten notes on the fly, but they never tape it, which allows for slow-motion, detailed analysis), so claiming that Mangini could have himself cheated the same way is moronic.
On the other hand, stealing basebal signs is not against any baseball rule, which is why all teams do it. The only rule broken is the “unwritten code” in baseball which dictates that getting caught at stealing signs requires payback via someone getting thrown at.
So Belichick and the Patriots cheated by breaking specific NFL rules and doing something that no other NFL team does, while the Astros stealing signs did not break any MLB rules and sign-stealing is something that all teams do… so tell me again THardey how these two scenarios somehow equate?

By: THardey

THardey — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 15:52:42 +0000

This is reminiscent of the Mangini-Belichik video incident a few years back.
Like Mangini, Capps sounds like a crybaby who shouldnt accuse an adversary of something he could very well be doing himself when the table are turned.
There are more effective ways of letting an adversary know you know they are up to no good. By creating a public outcry these guys lose all leverage in gaining an upper hand in ways that can help them and their teams in the future.
But, then again, these are ‘professional’ athletes and coaches we are talking about here.

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