After weeks of assuming that whenever Bill Belichick DID talk, all we would get was "he is not a member of this football team, I only talk about members of this football team.", the poker faced manager of the New England Patriots surprised us yesterday. He spoke deeply on the subject of Aaron Hernandez all while never actually saying his name.
"It's a sad day, it's a really a sad day on so many levels," Belichick said, reading from a prepared statement. "Our thoughts and prayers are with the family of the victim, and I extend my sympathy, really, to everyone that's been impacted. A young man lost his life. And his family's suffered a tragic loss, and there's no way to understate that.
When I was out of the country, I learned about the ongoing criminal investigation that involved one of our players. I and other members were shocked and disappointed in what we had learned. Having someone in your organization that's involved in a murder investigation is a terrible thing. After consultation with ownership, we acted swiftly and decisively (in cutting Hernandez)."
Fact is for many, Bill Belichick had never shown the type of emotion he did last night. But nevertheless, in a way, displaying this slew of apologetic answers may have been a necessary move.
"As the coach of the team, I'm primarily responsible for the people that we bring into the football operation," Belichick said. ... Overall, I'm proud of the hundreds of players that have come through this program, but I'm personally disappointed and hurt in a situation like this."
"I've been advised to address the subject once," Belichick said. "It's time for the New England Patriots to move forward."
Move forward... move forward.
Now while Bill Belichick spoke largely on the emotional side of this terrible investigation. Two different men each involved in a different facet of the team than Bill Belichick touched mainly on the football side of this all.
For star QB Tom Brady: "You know I think everyone had a range of emotions .but at some point we need to move forward and i think we are all doing that."
And for defensive captain Vince Wilfork: "Its real life and I think sometimes, we get caught up in doing what we do, but like I said, this is a real life situation, someone lost a loved one, a friend a son, its tough, its hard to see someone loose like that
We just stick together, when we walk through this door, you have to reed a sign, "you put the team first", were all gonna read it, that's what you have to do....were gonna have to ignore the noise and win ball games.
"how do you ignore the noise?" a reporter said
"do your job.:"
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