Tom W on Trading in the Grey Hoodie for the Orange and Blue:
Catch Bill B’s postgame press conference on patriots.com. He’s not only a nerd, but a smartass. A Nerdy smartass who wins. Agree with you about the Colts win. Still too bad that the media doesn’t have Belichick to kick around anymore. But we’ll get the touchy-feely story about Dungy and Smith being in the SB.
I knew there was a reason I liked Belichick:
Hey, anyone can be mean and nasty.
It takes real talent to be a smart ass.
He seemed pretty crabby at that press conference, but what do you expect? I’m pretty darn crabby after I lose, and I don’t have to meet the press afterwards. They were a few plays short of making it to the Promised Land. Now they have to start over.
But that’s what I like about sports, the redemptive quality of it. And even if you don’t fail — even if you win all the marbles — you can always get better. Perfection lies just over the next hill, and it’s worth chasing. There is no finish line.
I feel sorry for Tony Dungy and Lovie Smith because they have to put up with the media and the “First African American Head Coaches in the Super Bowl” angle. I’m sure they’d rather be known as plain old successful head coaches. But somebody’s got to be the first. It’s good that two classy gentlemen get to cross the bridge together.
