So last night my wife and I watched the Lake House as a kind of date night kind of movie. Neither of us had seen it and it just happened to arrive from Netflix that day. Well, in an odd circumstance the final event of the movie takes place on Valentine's Day 2008! What an odd coincidence to be watching that movie on that day.
On to the NFL, and Spygate. Here is the problem for me with this whole thing. After 5 years I had pretty much gotten over the Ram's loss in the Super Bowl, I mean the Patriots had gone on to win 2 other Super Bowls, and clearly they turned out to be a very good team. And Bill Belichik is a good coach. So I was resolved to the fact that the Rams had lost to a good team and coach, and I could place the blame on the Rams poor coaching. So I was basically content with feeling that way.
Now, if the stories are true, the Patriots have been cheating, going back to 2000, including the Super Bowl. And the 2 most pivotal events of that Super Bowl that I can remember were the inerception by Ty Law that was returned for a TD, where it certainly would have made a difference if the Pats had a little help in scouting out the Rams plays, and the final drive by Brady where it certainly appeared that they knew what the Rams Defense was doing. So, if it does come out that they had acquired a competitive advantage from filming the Rams and capturing their play calls to some extent then I for one will be a very angry Rams fan. And I think the Belichik should be thrown out of the league if that turns out to be the case. If an NCAA coach actively participates in recruiting violations that's pretty much it, their career is done. The only way a lot of coaches survive in the NCAA is because the recruiting violations take place beyond the coaches control. If Gary Barnett can effectively be black balled for 'lack of control' then why can't an NFL coach beheld accountable for a direct rules violation?
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