As a new member on the Patriots bandwagon, after hearing this story, I jumped off as fast as I could!Cheating seems to be the way of the times. To quote *Bill "If you're not cheating, you're not winning"! I think some people take that a little too far! In the case of the patriots, it reflects so bad on the team, the coaches and the owners.
Most importantly, the factor that is not mentioned, is what does it say about the great coaches(*Belichick) view of his team? On paper the athletes are in place on both offense and defense. If asked be anyone if coach thought his team were Superbowl caliber, the answer would definitely be "Absolutely!". But, I for one, am lead to believe the great coach would say something quite different behind closed doors. It would be something more along the lines of this:
We have a mediocre team in place, we are solid at some positions, but need help in others. We are good enough to win some games, but with this team in place, will not make the playoffs. We will try and trade, or buy some better athletes, but it does not look promising to acquire the level of athlete we need. In the interest of achieving a playoff and Superbowl appearance (and coaches bonus) we need to explore other options to gain an advantage on the opponent. If we have a heads up on which plays being run, then our average athletes will have a jump on the opponent and have the extra moment to react.
The team will still be good with out the tapes ( I think), and time will forgive *Bill Belichick and his cheating ways, but there will always be an asterisks by his name.
*Bill Belichick was convicted of taping opponents play signals, which is deemed cheating by the National Football League.
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