Monday, February 02, 2004
AS IF THERE WAS ANY DOUBT
With the team reeling at 22-21, Brady calmly marched them down the field, almost like it was an intra-squad scrimmage. When an athlete reaches a point where you expect them to come through, now you're getting somewhere. Against the Panthers, we reached that point with Brady. Officially.
AFKATBSG goes on...
During the timeout, Sully asked me, "Does he make this?"
I thought about it for a second.
Finally: "Yes. He makes this. He's Adam F------ Vinatieri."
As usual Simmons knows the pulse of the Boston sports fan better than anyone else. After Carolina scored with over a minute left, who didn't say to themselves - "they gave Brady too much time; start making plans for the parade." Then the Pats got lucky with the kickoff going out of bounds giving them about an extra 15 yards and most importantly, not taking any time off the clock. The unforced error by the Carolina kicker was huge; Lady Luck was on the side of the Pats once again like in 2001. The kick out of bounds is just the latest example. My point is that all teams need to be both good and lucky to win a championship.
By all accounts, the Red Sox are a very good club, but to win a World Series they also need to be lucky like the Pats. Patriots Nation is always positive (I am a fan, but not a card carrying member. El Guapo’s Ghost would not be sitting in sub-zero climate to watch a Pat’s game). P-Nation has so much faith in their trio – Belichick, Brady, Vinateri. We need to have the same faith in our new trio - Theo, Schilling, Foulke - as Patriot’s Nation has in theirs and maybe Lady Luck will look fondly on the Sox as she does on the Pats.
With the team reeling at 22-21, Brady calmly marched them down the field, almost like it was an intra-squad scrimmage. When an athlete reaches a point where you expect them to come through, now you're getting somewhere. Against the Panthers, we reached that point with Brady. Officially.
AFKATBSG goes on...
During the timeout, Sully asked me, "Does he make this?"
I thought about it for a second.
Finally: "Yes. He makes this. He's Adam F------ Vinatieri."
As usual Simmons knows the pulse of the Boston sports fan better than anyone else. After Carolina scored with over a minute left, who didn't say to themselves - "they gave Brady too much time; start making plans for the parade." Then the Pats got lucky with the kickoff going out of bounds giving them about an extra 15 yards and most importantly, not taking any time off the clock. The unforced error by the Carolina kicker was huge; Lady Luck was on the side of the Pats once again like in 2001. The kick out of bounds is just the latest example. My point is that all teams need to be both good and lucky to win a championship.
By all accounts, the Red Sox are a very good club, but to win a World Series they also need to be lucky like the Pats. Patriots Nation is always positive (I am a fan, but not a card carrying member. El Guapo’s Ghost would not be sitting in sub-zero climate to watch a Pat’s game). P-Nation has so much faith in their trio – Belichick, Brady, Vinateri. We need to have the same faith in our new trio - Theo, Schilling, Foulke - as Patriot’s Nation has in theirs and maybe Lady Luck will look fondly on the Sox as she does on the Pats.
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