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CygnusX1 wrote:why would they be running plays in the open...before the game
...so they COULD be taped?

what happened to closed practices?

call me crazy, but maybe I'm missing something here...

It was taped on the sly by the Pats (allegedly)

YYZ30 wrote:It was taped on the sly by the Pats (allegedly)

Roger that.

Do you guys think it's gonna blow up into a league-wide snowball?

Didn't the Pat's film the Jets this season though????

Walkinghairball wrote:Didn't the Pat's film the Jets this season though????

1st game. But what we are talking about would blow the proverbial roof off of Spygate- taping a Super Bowl without the other team's knowledge?

You could equate it to stealing signs from second base during the World Series.

^^
That's different, and has been done - just not by filming.

The Pats took a team picture after their walk through and the
video team was there as well. Upon leaving the Superdome
through the upper concourse where other media gathered,
this Walsh guy stopped among them and taped the Rams walk through
which consisted of their goal line offense based on certain situations.

Soupy, even though you have to make the plays, it's easier if you recognize the formation and know a run is coming or a certain pass route.

It would make me sick to my stomach too if this is true,
even without the Pats denials.
Thank goodness during the game the Rams didn't get in the red zone six times and get all FG's or turnovers. That would make it pretty obvious.

I just think the actual truth will never be known.

I guess I just don't buy into the whole taping thing. The Pats are a great team and I don't think they gained all that big of an advantage. Anybody here think the Lions or Dolphins would have won 3 Super Bowls because of video taping. somehow I doubt it. This is just another thing the media is blowing out of proportion. To take away from the Pat's success is absurd in my opinion.

Soup4Rush wrote:I guess I just don't buy into the whole taping thing. The Pats are a great team and I don't think they gained all that big of an advantage. Anybody here think the Lions or Dolphins would have won 3 Super Bowls because of video taping. somehow I doubt it. This is just another thing the media is blowing out of proportion. To take away from the Pat's success is absurd in my opinion.

Opinions are like noses, everyone has one and they all smell.

very true.. when you coming over to the Good guys side Z?

Soup4Rush wrote:very true.. when you coming over to the Good guys side Z?

Yeah...........GO CHIEFS GO!!!!!!!!!!!

GO BILLS!!!

Ex-Seattle QB Zorn hired as head coach for Redskins
ESPN.com news services

WASHINGTON -- The Washington Redskins introduced new
head coach Jim Zorn Sunday in a news conference, a day
after a surprise ending to a month-long search for Joe Gibbs'
replacement.

The former Seattle Seahawks quarterback was promoted
Saturday night, two weeks after being hired as the Redskins'
offensive coordinator, bringing an end to a secretive process
that tried fans' patience and produced a new coaching favorite
every week.

"My hope is to hold the traditions and the fight that the Redskins
have always had in high regard," Zorn said. "And I'm going to try
in my best effort to continue that tradition."


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http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=3238678

Former Patriots video assistant shares little insight into Spygate


Associated Press

Updated: February 9, 2008, 7:21 PM ET

LAHAINA, Hawaii -- The life of a golf pro on Maui seems to fit
Matt Walsh well.



Even with all the telephone calls he's been avoiding in the last
week, since his name came up in the NFL's Spygate affair, Walsh
isn't complaining. On a gorgeous Saturday morning, he sat in a
chair overlooking the Kaanapali Resort with an easy smile on his
face.

And no answers to offer.

Walsh is a former assistant coach for the New England Patriots
who performed some videotaping duties for the team. A few days
before the Super Bowl, Sen. Arlen Specter (R-Pa.) asked why
Walsh was not interviewed during the NFL's investigation into
Spygate.

Asked Saturday whether he'd been contacted by Specter's office
or by the NFL, Walsh smiled and said, "I really can't answer that.''

Nor would Walsh say if he was under a gag order from his
attorneys, even though that seems obvious. On Wednesday,
NFL commissioner Roger Goodell mentioned that his staff was
talking with Walsh's representatives, trying to gauge whether
Walsh had any new information to offer, and if Walsh was free to
talk to the league.

Does he have info? Is he free to talk?

"I can't comment on anything,'' Walsh replied. "I'm really sorry,
but I can't.''

Goodell reiterated at a Pro Bowl practice this week that the case
against the Patriots is not closed if any more information is
uncovered about the team videotaping opposing coaches' signals.

The NFL fined coach Bill Belichick $500,000, slapped the Patriots
with a $250,000 fine and stripped them of this year's first-round
draft pick.

Belichick handed over six tapes and accompanying notes, which
the team said was all the material it had gathered. Then came a
report that the Patriots videotaped the Rams' walkthrough before
the 2002 Super Bowl, and that Walsh was involved in that taping.

"We were aware of this before,'' Goodell said. "We pursued it and
weren't able to get any information that was credible. We were
aware of some of the rumors and we pursued some of them,
and we continue that. From Day 1, I said if we feel there is new information
that's inconsistent with what we've been told [by the Patriots], I
reserve the right to reopen it.''

Does Walsh expect that to happen?

A smile, and silence.

Is he amused by all the questions being raised, or all the phone calls
by the media trying to track him down?

"Don't think I can comment on that,'' he said.

Walsh did ask a reporter how long he would be in Maui, whether he
was in Hawaii for the Pro Bowl, and where the reporter was staying.

He nodded approval when told which hotel was media headquarters.

"I've been there,'' he said. "Very nice place.''

As is the Kaanapali course, which will host the Wendy's Champions
Skins Game Three-Tour challenge later this month featuring Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer,
Tom Watson, Gary Player, Jay Haas, Loren Roberts, Fuzzy Zoeller and Peter Jacobsen.

It's also the home course for the Golf Channel show "Big Break.''

Several times, Walsh answered the pro shop phone, but only to
confirm tee times or give information about the resort. Asked how
many phone messages he'd received in the last week, he once
again smiled -- silently.

According to his bio on the Kaanapali Golf Web site, Walsh worked
in Arena Football for seven years with the Patriots, who won two
Super Bowls in that span, and one year in NFL Europa.

He also trained with the U.S. Bobsled team.

None of that was fodder for conversation Saturday, either.

Walsh was rumored to have attended the Giants' 17-14 win over
the Patriots in last Sunday's Super Bowl, but offered no information
on that.

As for his future -- other than giving golf lessons and playing when
he gets the chance -- Walsh wasn't about to speculate.

"Do you expect to hear from Congress or the NFL or your lawyers anytime soon?'' he was asked.


"Can't say,'' he replied before asking for the reporter's business card.

"I have to get back to work. Thanks for coming out. I hope you
enjoy Maui and the Pro Bowl.''



Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press

This guy seems shady............

Middle Kingdom wrote:This guy seems shady............

^^^ Which guy? The one on the left in your sig pic??

PV wrote:

Middle Kingdom wrote:This guy seems shady............

^^^ Which guy? The one on the left in your sig pic??

Yeah MK. I wasn't even there.