So I guess it should be removed from contention, since that didn't exactly work out so well for Curt?The 55,000 people line was uttered before game 1 of the 2004 ALCS.
So I guess it should be removed from contention, since that didn't exactly work out so well for Curt?The 55,000 people line was uttered before game 1 of the 2004 ALCS.
Small nitpick but the year they came back to beat the 76ers was in '81 and they went on to beat the Rockets.Not a quote exactly but one of the most underrated moments in Boston sports history is Wayne Embry scribbling down "Celtic Pride" on he locker room blackboard when the Celtics were down 3-1 to Philly in the ECF, with the C's rallying back to take the series and defeat LA in the finals.
Yeah they came back from 3-1 against the 76ers twice. 1968 and 1981.Small nitpick but the year they came back to beat the 76ers was in '81 and they went on to beat the Rockets.
Thanks I did not know that. And of course he retired a little before '81.Yeah they came back from 3-1 against the 76ers twice. 1968 and 1981.
I'm pretty sure Belichick was reciting a common saying, and that it should not be attributed to him (as its origin at least)."It is what it is." - Bill Belichick
I think that's the winner. It's a nonsensical statement that is so ingrained in our vocabulary that it's not even attributed to him anymore (and maybe it shouldn't be).
The most amazing thing about the press conference is that he waltzes out with an aura of serenity and understanding, gave a nice little lecture introducing the Ideal Gas Law, shit on a few reporters, took an exasperated shot at Spygate, walked out, and-here's the most amazing part-likely stopped giving a shit about Deflategate at that very moment. Yet here we are 515 or whatever days later...^^^ Greatest Press Conference Ever ^^^
I dunno. It's part of the landscape of that glorious series and he did manage to accomplish that feat in Game 6.So I guess it should be removed from contention, since that didn't exactly work out so well for Curt?
I remember Parcells saying that during his tenure in NE.I'm pretty sure Belichick was reciting a common saying, and that it should not be attributed to him (as its origin at least).
Some of my favorite posts during the press conference:The most amazing thing about the press conference is that he waltzes out with an aura of serenity and understanding, gave a nice little lecture introducing the Ideal Gas Law, shit on a few reporters, took an exasperated shot at Spygate, walked out, and-here's the most amazing part-likely stopped giving a shit about Deflategate at that very moment.
Does everyone remember the buildup to that press conference? It was on a Saturday, 8 days before the Super Bowl. Sometime late morning, it was announced the Pats were having a press conference. I think the announcement was around 11am for a 1pm press conference. And then BB didn't actually come out until like 1:45. Everyone in BBtL was shitting bricks at that point. I was absolutely TERRIFIED that they were going to admit guilt. And the way he started his press conference, it just sounded so bad. And then he put on the greatest press conference in history over the next half hour or whatever. Legend.Some of my favorite posts during the press conference:
"This man. He read the whole thread." - patinorange
"Now under each one of your seats, you will find a football and a pressure gauge..." - Obscure Name
"Mona Lisa Vito reference. Finish your drink!" - Preacher
"I need a cigarette." - Infield Infidel
Speaking of the first two... "Just Say No" was pretty hysterical... until Darrrrrylllll parked one.The first two are attributed to the wit and wisdom of the Boston fans, the last the idiocy and toxicity of an anonymous bigot.
1-"See you Sunday"
2-"Beat LA"
and sadly
3-"Get those (n-word) off the field"
Yeah, game 4 I believe of the 1999 ALCS. Late innings, fans chanting, game winning home run off Pesky Pole. That sucked.Speaking of the first two... "Just Say No" was pretty hysterical... until Darrrrrylllll parked one.
I think that was Bess, Fat Billy's mother."They treated him worse than Hitler" -- Debbie Clemens
Sweet goodness, living in NJ now, I try telling folks there were two required readings growing up in New England: "Auerbach: For The Player, Fan, and Coach"; and Ted Williams' "The Science of Hitting" (I'm 55, and I can still recite Ted's four rules of hitting, and both of my sons quit baseball for lax eons ago.)"All I want out of life, is that when I walk down the street folks will say, 'There goes the greatest hitter that ever lived'"