Patriots coach Bill Belichick will be inducted into the Wesleyan University Hall of Fame in a ceremony today. Wesleyan's official website has more on the induction. Marathon great Bill Rodgers is also part of the induction class.
Over the weekend, Belichick will return home, with plans to be a spectator at the NCAA Division I Lacrosse Final Four at Gillette Stadium. Belichick spoke about his thoughts on lacrosse in a Boston Globe piece today.
A few other leftovers from Belichick:
On the team's passing camp earlier this week. "We’re in the beginning stages, clearly we have a long way to go. We’ve done a lot of individual type of things, meeting with players, focusing on individual skills – pass-rush technique, route-running, footwork – and then had a chance to go out and put some things together as a team and see how they look visually. We’ve added some new plays and we’re starting to see how some of those things are developing – how they look on paper vs. what they look like on the field. The players have worked hard and been receptive. We’ve made improvements in the first three days on the field, which you’d expect, and we’ll build on that in subsequent camps. You get the material installed so you can hopefully execute at a good tempo.”
On the overall attendance at the voluntary passing camp. "Some players are working on the field, some aren’t, but they’re all here, in the meetings, absorbing the information we’re giving them."
On the reception he received at the Boston Garden during Game 1 of the Celtics-Pistons series, when fans chanted "Bel-i-chick, Bel-i-chick" when he was shown on the scoreboard. "The Garden was great. It was the first game I was able to go to this year. I appreciated the fan support, the reception was awesome, even just walking in and going by people, they were very engaging and supportive. I really appreciated it.”
No one has mentioned the appearance of Ross Tucker (Pats 2005) who stated on ESPN that he witnessed the illegal training of IR players. I just don't know what possessed Belichick to break and bend the rules as he did, but I do know that he has made a mockery of the Patriots team, not to mention Bob Kraft.
What a shame! He's not a hall of famer in my book!!!
In Bill We Trust!!!!
Hi Patriot Paul. That story is from May 16. Here is the link. NFL is following up, but there are no new developments on the follow-up at this time.
http://www.boston.com/sports/football/patriots/reiss_pieces/2008/05/tucker_on_pats.html
--Mike
well, good luck to ross tucker and his media career. It was really thoughtful of him to lend his insight about the patriots. I'm sure cbs or someone will pick him up for some regular work, I mean, who doesn't love a disloyal guy who will stab you in the back the way he has talked about the patriots after they took care of him, because he recognizes this as the opportunity for him to elevate his media career.
The bottom line is this. Tucker is right, BB was wrong. And perhaps it is even a good thing that Tucker has indicated that BB's misjudgments went beyond the videos. But really, he knows, we know, the world knows that BB made mistakes, that he is a bit pompous and rough around the edges. But I'll tell you, I see a lot of the same sellfishness and brutal desire to achieve (that got BB in trouble) in you r recent actions Mr. Tucker. I just hope that you are able to achieve your goals unscathed by disloyal people and other people with their own agendas.
Best.
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