Average Reds said:
The report is not from ESPN, it's from a profile in The New York Times Magazine. Here's the exact quote:
This is simply his father expressing his understanding of the harsh realities of life as an NFL player.
Full article here:
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/01/magazine/tom-brady-cannot-stop.html
There is nothing unreasonable about this understanding and it is not a criticism of anyone involved with the Pats. It just is what it is.
Watching this, I was reminded of something Brady said to me days earlier as we looked back on his season. “Like with all the stuff we’ve been through,” he said, “it’s not like, ‘Here you go, Tom — silver platter, and here’s this trophy.’ No, you had to go through all this stuff.
“How amazing if we win this Super Bowl?”
SemperFidelisSox said:Why are they preparing for a game indoors by practicing outside in the rain? BB strikes me as someone who would want to try and simulate the real game conditions as closely as he can.
:speechless:riboflav said:
Um. Because practicing in the rain is a lot fucking harder than playing in perfect conditions. Did you not see BB's press conference when he described doing all sorts of unspeakable things to the football so that the team would be prepped for anything. It's the same reason I have my basketball team scrimmage versus seven players (hint: we'll never actually face a team with seven players on the court). Because it's a lot fucking harder than the game.
Al Zarilla said::speechless:
Thinking about that one. How about, if you had a baseball team, you could throw a bunch of rocks on the ground at practice at each infield position to create bad hops but your infielders would develop quicker hands, until one of them got a ball in the face. I think you might be creating a bizarre non-game scenario that would confuse more than help.
Dan Murfman said:As of now it's not going to be an indoor game. Plans are for the roof to be open.
Al Zarilla said::speechless:
Thinking about that one. How about, if you had a baseball team, you could throw a bunch of rocks on the ground at practice at each infield position to create bad hops but your infielders would develop quicker hands, until one of them got a ball in the face. I think you might be creating a bizarre non-game scenario that would confuse more than help.
drleather2001 said:So you think getting wet when you have a cold can cause a fever. Interesting.
Maybe he should refrain from bathing.
So...no practice all week because a guy has a cold?j44thor said:
No I think colds can be spread via close contact with other players and it would really suck if half the team came down with a cold between today/tomorrow.
Stress affects the immune system.drleather2001 said:So you think getting wet when you have a cold can cause a fever. Interesting.
Maybe he should refrain from bathing.
Almost certainly.drleather2001 said:I think the team doctors have it covered.
OK, sticking to ribo's 5 vs. 7 basketball practices, a lot of preparation for games in practice is to gain confidence in what you can do in games. With 5 vs. 7, anytime a player on the team of 5 gets the ball, he can be triple teamed, or worse. I see frustration coming from that strategy, outweighing anything positive I can imagine. Have to say I never tried anything like that though in 20 years or so of coaching baseball and soccer. Bill's practicing in the rain when, if it is raining on Sunday, the roof will be closed, is puzzling. Of course, there is the unique U of Phoenix field thing where it's kept outside the stadium until gameday, so maybe it's as simple as the only fields available were outside.JimBoSox9 said:
If you can dodge a wrench, you can dodge a ball.
But seriously, you're wildly off-base here. I mean, the rocks things is a pretty terrible idea simply from a liability standpoint, let's make that clear, but creating bizarre non-game scenarios is the soul of drill design. You'll never ever see a baseball zig-zag coming down to an outfielder in a game like a tennis ball can, or three balls in play in the infield at the same time, but doing it in practice mints quality gloves.
Al Zarilla said:OK, sticking to ribo's 5 vs. 7 basketball practices, a lot of preparation for games in practice is to gain confidence in what you can do in games. With 5 vs. 7, anytime a player on the team of 5 gets the ball, he can be triple teamed, or worse. I see frustration coming from that strategy, outweighing anything positive I can imagine. Have to say I never tried anything like that though in 20 years or so of coaching baseball and soccer.
DrewDawg said:
Needless to say beyond Al Zarilla's coaching career, teams do different things like this all the time. You don't tell the 7 players on defense to triple team the ball. You have control of the practice. You make it harder to work it into the zone or make the one team work harder to rebound. Football coaches sometimes add a 12th player on defense to simulate speed.
I bet you went nuts when you saw video of some coach making his team take jump shots over a guy holding a broom.
The patriots did this iirc to prepare for JJ Watt.Harry Hooper said:
Dave Cowens prepared to play Kareem Abdul-Jabbar by having teammates swat at his shots with tennis racquets in their hands.
riboflav said:So reports are that the field is slick and really wet outside the numbers. Any more questions about why the Patriots practiced in the rain this week?
Oh and cue up the allegations.
Sometimes I think these guys are just trolling us all, and actually hoping that all the negative noise motivates the Patriots, so that they will get more eyeballs during their air time while they talk about both dynasties and scandals and his awful it is that some people in the media manufacture scandals for a couple of weeks.MyDaughterLovesTomGordon said:This is absurd:
TheShynessClinic said:Greatest QB of ALL TIME
Jesus. Just nails. What a pleasure and privilege having watched this mans career.DrewDawg said:Last 2 drives of game: 13-15, 124 yards, 2 TDs
Last drive of game: 8-8, 65 yards, 1 TD
this says it all. anyone questioning Brady and his game just needs to look no further than these numbers against the best D in the gameDrewDawg said:Last 2 drives of game: 13-15, 124 yards, 2 TDs
Last drive of game: 8-8, 65 yards, 1 TD
37-50, 4 TDs, greatest 4th quarter comeback in Super Bowl history, but far from his best. That's how freaking good he is.Dan to Theo to Ben said:.Today was far from his best, but the job got done. Thank you, Tom.