Buck Showalter said:
And if this "is" real -- the Pats are going to get skewered.
DrewDawg said:
Skewered by who?
Buck Showalter said:
Well certainly by the media and by the league (not that they'd care terribly) as you need to have control of your documentation / information.
More importantly by agents (for future talent) that fear of "official" information / opinions such as these enter into the mainstream. It damages their client(s) for the short and long-term (they will be free agents in the future as well).
H78 said:It's fake. I don't see why anyone would think, reading that thing, that the Patriots employ scouts that write like a bunch of Exercise Science majors.
Buck Showalter said:
http://deadspin.com/leaked-internal-scouting-report-the-patriots-do-not-li-1574040417
As far as we can tell, the initials "JL" belong to James Liipfert, a former Georgia Tech football player who joined the Patriots' scouting department in 2009.
DrewDawg said:
So, if I throw one of these together and put BB on it, will they think it came from Bill Belichick?
tims4wins said:Hey this is the internet, a lot of people have way too much time on their hands
E5 Yaz said:
Or, someone known around Patriot Place as Bubble Butt
Ed Hillel said:I have no idea if that's a fake or not, but if it is, somebody has wayyyyy to much time on his hands.
Buck Showalter said:
http://deadspin.com/leaked-internal-scouting-report-the-patriots-do-not-li-1574040417
As far as we can tell, the initials "JL" belong to James Liipfert, a former Georgia Tech football player who joined the Patriots' scouting department in 2009.
"but an upgrade over Tebow..."
Thinkin' Teddy Bridgewater and... Some racist team, that bashes him for being black. Jacksonville?
Buck Showalter said:
http://deadspin.com/leaked-internal-scouting-report-the-patriots-do-not-li-1574040417
As far as we can tell, the initials "JL" belong to James Liipfert, a former Georgia Tech football player who joined the Patriots' scouting department in 2009.
phragle said:
How dare you talk about Bianca like that!
Yeah right, he probably got paid 5 grand for that. I'm starting my fake report right now.
Thinkin' Teddy Bridgewater and... Some racist team, that bashes him for being black. Jacksonville?
phragle said:
Thinkin' Teddy Bridgewater and... Some racist team, that bashes him for being black. Jacksonville?
drleather2001 said:I find it hard to believe that Bill Belichick in particular, and the Patriots brass and general, would accept a synopsis that included the terminology "Big time", as in "Big time maintenance will be needed on and off the field." LIkewise, the grammar is pretty shitty.
Reverend said:
I don't know much about scouting and how people develop in the profession, but is it common for former linebackers to scout blue chip QBs?
mascho said:
Redskins. Or is that a little too on the nose?
mpx42 said:https://twitter.com/NFLosophy/status/464853144732975104
From a former Bucs scout.
DrewDawg said:
Umm--it has TXTC "sources" because that's where Kingsbury is now. It says TAMU elsewhere.
drleather2001 said:I generally like Deadspin, but their eagerness to give credence to anything embarrassing to pro sports is one of their great blind spots. They should have known this thing was totally fake.
Reverend said:
His school is listed as: TXAM.
DrewDawg said:
Bah. So it does. But the main point of that tweet is still incorrect.
TXTC sources would have info on Manziel since his offensive coaches went there.
CantKeepmedown said:Dale, Holley, and Curran were all running with the "former scout who lost their job and wants to burn the Pats with this" angle.
I found it interesting that Holley was incredulous that the scout would compare Manziel and Edelman's body type. Holley said if the scout brought that up in a meeting, "he'd be laughed out of the building." Curran said it was probably just more of a point of reference for people that haven't been around Manziel. Holley wasn't having it and thought it was the worst offense of the report.