There is an element of Patriots-gate (spy-gate, camera-gate) that no one is talking about. It is connected with something they are talking about.
1. People accuse Belichick of doing this for years, including in Cleveland.
2. Mangini knew of this from his time with the Patriots coaching staff.
3. Mangini waited until he could catch Belichick in the act.
That is how the story is appearing in numerous articles and on ESPN. Why is it that no one connects the dots? Let’s do that.
If Belichick has done this for years, then Mangini not only knew, but was complicit. He participated in cheating against other teams. He had no problem, from what we can tell, benefiting from cheating. He didn’t blow a whistle while he was a Patriot, or immediately after he left.
Mangini only had a problem being cheated against. He’s like the man who feels free to cheat on his wife, but becomes upset when she cheats on him. That would be called hypocrisy. This is obviously a common problem. Many of us call the same thing right for us and wrong for others. Sometimes people do what they know is wrong, for themselves as well as others. That person is not a hypocrite.
Mangini didn’t just cry ‘foul’; he waited until he could use this for his advantage. This is why I don’t buy the Jets as victims card as presented. They are also victims of their head coach who did not protect them from any suspected cheating in very simple ways. He didn’t take ordinary precautions, only cried ‘wolf’. Both coaching staffs may have victimized these players. If this is the case, Mangini’s actions are at least as morally reprehensible as Belichick’s- if not more. I think both men’s alleged actions are reprehensible. But for some odd reason, Mangini comes off spotless because no one likes Belichick.
Update: Hmmm, the Ravens have just accused the Jets of cheating.
No assistant coach would rat out his head coach. If they did they would never work in the NFL again. Cheating was Bill’s idea and now he is paying his overdue bill.
The victims are the 31 other teams, not just the Jets. That’s just when he got caught again. The league wants all the tapes handed over.
I don’t see anyone claiming Mangini was still doing it when he got his own team. It shows it was Belichick”s thing.
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I guess he preferred his job to his integrity. Tough choice. But Mangini had worked for Belichick in Cleveland. If his scruples were so high, why work for Belichick again? To fulfill his own ambition (he did learn from a football genius).
Could have done it after leaving the Pats, not just when it could have benefitted him.
He just seems like he’s trying to get the competitive advantage by playing all the same mind games lots of other cheating coaches do.
Personally, I think they should probably get rid of all the video/camera equipment on the sidelines. The NFL should provide game film since every game is televised somewhere.