Bill Belichick declines to talk about Darrelle Revis in every way possible
There’s some perverse fascination in dealing with New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick, not unlike the days when you were back in your first apartment and you were starving. You’d go to that refrigerator, open it again and again and again, hoping against hope that there’d be something other than half-full mustard bottles and green butter in there. Nope. Same thing, every damn time.
Belichick offers up his own conversational variant of half-full mustard bottles and green butter every time the conversation swings in a direction he doesn’t care to follow. Earlier this week, he sent cornerback Darrelle Revis home from practice for tardiness. Not a good look for Revis, certainly, but he apparently owned up to it and all was fine.
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That is, until someone tried to get Belichick to say something, anything about Revis. Here’s how it went down, per the Boston Globe’s Ben Volin.
Q. What’s your version of what happened with Darrelle Revis on Tuesday?
Belichick: Anything between me and the players is between myself and the players.
Q: You sent him home, is that correct?
Belichick: I didn’t say that.
Q: He was here and then –
Belichick: I’m ready to talk about the Bears. Anything else is between myself and the players.
Q: Will his playing time on Sunday be impacted by that?
Belichick: I think the Bears are really a good team. I think they’re going to be a tough, tough matchup for us. We’re going to do the best we can to match up against them.
This, of course, follows Belichick’s incessantly repeated “We’re on to Cincinnati” declaration from earlier this month in the face of similar questioning. Clearly, this is a man who prefers to look forward at absolutely all costs.
Friends, we can all learn from Bill Belichick’s example. Boss sweating you about getting that work in on time? “I’m ready to talk about the Bears.” Significant other giving you grief for not doing your share around the house? “I’m ready to talk about the Bears.” Police officer questioning why you sped? “I’m ready to talk about the Bears.”
It’s flawless. Thank you, Bill. Thank you. This weekend, we promise to talk about the Bears in your honor.
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