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Old grey dudes stirring it up
November 6, 2007The 1972 Miami Dolphins might not be on the field anymore, but they still know how to cause a ruckus.
Maybe it's a sense of entitlement, or perhaps paranoia, which drives them to pop their heads out each year to cast doubt on anyone who dares approach their NFL milestone.
New England Patriots linebacker Mike Vrabel even went as far to dismiss former Dolphins coach Don Shula's suggestion that an asterisk should accompany an undefeated season on their parts with a crack about the rantings of retired coaches and washed up players.
Testy, testy.
Anything to increase the size of that mountainous chip on the Patriots' shoulders will do, it would seem.
Beyond decades-old entitlement or paranoia, perhaps it's a brilliantly-conceived mind game. After all, getting the Pats more focused on going undefeated than just winning each week might distract them -- but I doubt it.
Emperor Palpatine (Pats coach Bill Belichick) just doesn't allow for distractions and will continue to joylessly beat his charges' egos into submission each week before they take the field.
Oh well, Coach Shula.
There's always the officially NFL-licensed voodoo doll.
Posted by Stephen Smith at 10:33 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)
