Who cares? Good for him/them. I’ll never understand why people feel the need to judge relationships that make people happy.
What is next for BB?
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Nothing at all comparable between the 2 situations. As in not even close.
EDIT: I certainly don't condone people being unfaithful to their spouses or partners, and Bill has been down that road once before. And I get why the relationship gives feelings of ick. But I honestly don't care that much how he conducts his own personal life. Kraft's happy ending was problematic in very different ways.
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Couldn’t agree more. Also this isn’t new for Bill he was ready to move on from Brady at 36.
It’s pretty simple in this case. When your kids are 10 years older than your girlfriend or you could be her great grandfather it’s fucked up.
The traditional sexist formula is half the guy's age plus 7. For BB, that's 36 + 7 = 43. She's just over half that.
These stories always remind me of this scene:
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZnQPLJi2t4&ab_channel=badenserle
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZnQPLJi2t4&ab_channel=badenserle
I believe the reference is to when Kraft was running around with that young actress, not the rub-and-tug.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2933407/Meet-Ricki-Lander-73-year-old-Patriots-owner-Bob-Kraft-s-bombshell-girlfriend-three-years-dancer-turned-actress-half-age.html
Kraft has Air Force Ones. BB responded with Air Jordon.
I mean anytime you get the chance to care about which total stranger is having consensual sex with which total stranger, you just can’t pass that up.
100%
It’s a mutual relationship between two adults. If she’s fine with it, then why should I care? Good for both of them.
Agree. We are moving too far in the other direction. I don't care for moral sex panics I guess. It's possible I suppose that it's pathetic for Bill as in maybe he's going through some emotional crisis to be doing this but IDK. I'm not him. And, I don't see the point in judging or analyzing his private behavior (or hers) from afar.
I’m widowed 20 months and I’m 64. If I found a 20 something girlfriend my friends will be thrilled for me.
I'm enjoying the Brady-like post-Pats propulsion of fame for Bill.
Dude has earned whatever the fuck he wants. The more people see him outside of the game, the more they like him. We were spoiled to have him and Brady as our own for so long - and now the world has them and they're all loving him more and more.
For a short time, Bill was dragged everywhere after Brady left. "Bill needed Brady" but already the casual narrative has shifted to him being the best coach of all time again.
Fun to watch. If the dude wants to slay - let him eat!
Dude has earned whatever the fuck he wants. The more people see him outside of the game, the more they like him. We were spoiled to have him and Brady as our own for so long - and now the world has them and they're all loving him more and more.
For a short time, Bill was dragged everywhere after Brady left. "Bill needed Brady" but already the casual narrative has shifted to him being the best coach of all time again.
Fun to watch. If the dude wants to slay - let him eat!
We’re always judging the sports people on their behavior, whether it’s Brady’s plastic surgery, Aaron Rogers’ vax views or Curt Schilling. So us judging BB is not beyond us.
basically the issue is not the age difference itself, but that it really suggests a power imbalance (or more accurately, a loveless exchange). She’s not into a sloppy 72 year old more than that he’s a millionaire who everyone knows and gets her stature and things she otherwise couldn’t at 24 He’s getting something. It’s transactional at its best. Which depending on one’s view is ok or shallow.
basically the issue is not the age difference itself, but that it really suggests a power imbalance (or more accurately, a loveless exchange). She’s not into a sloppy 72 year old more than that he’s a millionaire who everyone knows and gets her stature and things she otherwise couldn’t at 24 He’s getting something. It’s transactional at its best. Which depending on one’s view is ok or shallow.
I laughed out loud how it’s just Curt Schilling in general, no description needed.
How did this video not make it into this forum. Matt Light on an incredible email exchange with BB.
View: https://youtu.be/wZ6UatlgXbc?si=IrCPK948m57kLiRH
View: https://youtu.be/wZ6UatlgXbc?si=IrCPK948m57kLiRH
lolol this cracked me up! I can't imagine this will still be a thing next year when teams are looking for new coaches but hey, who am I to say it's not true love? hahahahahahah
View: https://twitter.com/alexweprin/status/1811430700597510445
View: https://twitter.com/NFL/status/1811430292458017026?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1811430292458017026%7Ctwgr%5Ef7f786cb183ce0a90aa6d3d10b2f80547d8113dd%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.redditmedia.com%2Fmediaembed%2F1e0sgya%2F%3Fresponsive%3Dtrueis_nightmode%3Dfalse
Whatever they are paying BB is worth it just for the number of people who are making this same discovery today (myself included).
She's ll be 52 and Bill 100 and it will be just like Rubert Murdoch's latest wife.
NFL fans are so fortunate to finally see Bill how we saw him. I'm still bummed he's not with the Pats, but this is almost better since the dynasty stuff is way in the past.
Is Edelman no longer on Inside the NFL? I would’ve paid to see those two on a studio set.
Kyle Shanahan was just on a local SF podcast and said he called BB after the season and offered him any job he might have any interest in at all other than head coach for the Niners.
He said BB very graciously declined.
He said BB very graciously declined.
I wouldn't have taken it. I don't see the point. He doesn't need the money or the experience and it doesn't do the 49ers any good to have that kind of distraction, even if he's sitting in a booth somewhere. The Belichick Conundrum is that you get the full BB or nothing at all. His plan to play the media game until something opens up is the right one.
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I maybe agree with your final point, but not the earlier one. Especially since Shanahan seems to feel completely comfortable in his own skin and position with the 49ers, I think Bill could have been terrific helping that team finally get over the top. It speaks well of Shanahan as well.
It certainly speaks well of Shanahan, but I see that as a HC desperate to get over the hump. I'm not saying BB is the final piece to that puzzle, but him in the booth with a DC and other coaches would have been a shit show. This has been asked and answered - you don't get BB a la carte. You get the full organizational control or nothing at all. I'm skeptical if it's coming next year.
We don't know that at all do we? All we know is he didn't get the job in Atlanta. There isn't even a consistent story on why he didn't get it, just various conflicting reports.
To me it seems like it would have been a great move for BB. He becomes the DC and wins another ring, then leaves to be a head coach with inside information on one of the league best and possibly even taking some talent with him to his next stop. I see how one year as a DC is also not appealing to someone like him but I want rings and I would take them however I could get them.
Maybe his old ties to the Giants and the ancient rivalry with SF was too much to look past. Would have been fun though. Anything to beat the Chiefs.
BB is not taking a booth or behind the scenes job and any suggestion that he'd want less than he had for the last 2 decades is wishcasting in the hopes of seeing him remain in the game. His decline of the 49ers opportunity is completely consistent with everything we know about BB and what he probably wants.
There could have been any number of reasons he declined the 49'ers job. Maybe he didn't want to be on the west coast; there were credible rumors that he wanted to remain on the east. Maybe he didn't want to take a job as an assistant after multiple decades of being The Man. Maybe his agent already had a good handle on the TV gigs he could get, likely for a lot more money than he would get working for Shanahan. Maybe some combination of the above. We know literally nothing, so all anyone can do here is speculate; any hint to the contrary is disingenuous.