Simply Dumb

I love it when people do something stupid and try to act as if everyone else is dumb for calling them on it. New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick actually expects us to believe he didn’t know he was cheating when he illegally taped other teams.

To believe that, you have to believe one of the most meticulous coaches in all of pro sports was the only one of 32 coaches to go Forrest Gump here. The rules were clear to everyone who planned to obey them, Bill. He compounded his stupidity by taping the New York Jets, coached by his former assistant Eric Mangini. If you’re going to cheat, don’t do it against people who know how you cheat down to where the cameras will be.

Image courtesy of Newscom.

Then in typical fashion for one of the league’s great sourpusses, Belichick does his best to try and not answer questions about the incident.

“Can we talk about San Diego? Does anyone have any questions about San Diego?”

No, Bill at that point we really didn’t. You don’t fall under suspicion for cheating your way to a dynasty and think reporters are going to toss you softballs.

I have no idea what CBS News promised him to get Belichick to do that interview, but he continued to be as unconvincing as Katie Couric’s ratings. I think it was pure karma that the Patsies went undefeated and then turned in the mother of all choke jobs in the Super Bowl.

Kudoes to Dolphins coaching great Don Shula, whose team went all the way undefeated, for calling Belichick on this nonsense. Does it tarnish the Pats’ Super Bowl victories? Of course it does. But I’ll talk more about that in the second part of this column.

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