YoloinOhio Posted January 27, 2015 Posted January 27, 2015 (edited) @JasonLaCanfora: Bob Kraft is 1st to "address the air pressure matter." says spoke to Belichick and Brady "I believe unconditionally" pats did nothing wrong. @Rachel__Nichols: Robert Kraft: "I want to make it clear that I believe unconditionally the Patriots have done nothing wrong or in violation of NFL rules." @JasonLaCanfora: Kraft says Belichick and Brady have had uncomfortable talks in the past and they "have lied to me." stand behind them wholeheartedly @RapSheet: Kraft says he believed Brady and Belichick did nothing inappropriate. It bothers me greatly that their reputation (is) called into question @AroundTheNFL: Kraft: The New England Patriots have done nothing inappropriate. Tom and Bill are my guys and my family. @RapSheet: Robert Kraft said the league should apologize to his team if its proven that his team had no wrongdoing. Wow. Edited January 27, 2015 by YoloinOhio
Momentoftrth Posted January 27, 2015 Posted January 27, 2015 He basically just said... You can't prove it so F off. The balls on this guy. But it's easy to be tough when the Commish is in your pocket.
YoloinOhio Posted January 27, 2015 Author Posted January 27, 2015 @JasonLaCanfora: Kraft says he is "disappointed" in how this matter had been handled. Pretty strong coffee from him. The stakes are ratcheted up
PolishDave Posted January 27, 2015 Posted January 27, 2015 Another member of the syndicate pops his head up and announces his presence. So, Mr. Kraft....tell me about your relationship with the ball boy..... It would be great to put all these guys on a polygraph.
YoloinOhio Posted January 27, 2015 Author Posted January 27, 2015 @Rachel__Nichols: Robert Kraft says he expects an apology from the NFL if investigation does not "definitively determine" the Patriots tampered w/footballs
DC Tom Posted January 27, 2015 Posted January 27, 2015 Good thing Belichick closed this issue Saturday.
YoloinOhio Posted January 27, 2015 Author Posted January 27, 2015 Belichik on podium now and refusing to talk about balls. Aye...
JohnC Posted January 27, 2015 Posted January 27, 2015 Belichik on podium now and refusing to talk about balls. Aye... What more do you want him to say? He said he has no knowledge of and involvement with the balls possibly being tampered with. There is nothing more that he can add that will clarify the situation. The league office is going to do an exhaustive investigation that will go past the SB. It has every incentive to get it right. In reality this isn't a very complicated case. The investigators know who handled the balls and they know the timeline. Most people are assuming the worst motive from the Pats. I'm not. My position is let the process run its course and let the chips fall where they may.
Slack_in_MA Posted January 27, 2015 Posted January 27, 2015 @RapSheet: Robert Kraft said the league should apologize to his team if its proven that his team had no wrongdoing. Wow. "If", not "when"?
YoloinOhio Posted January 27, 2015 Author Posted January 27, 2015 What more do you want him to say? He said he has no knowledge of and involvement with the balls possibly being tampered with. There is nothing more that he can add that will clarify the situation. The league office is going to do an exhaustive investigation that will go past the SB. It has every incentive to get it right. In reality this isn't a very complicated case. The investigators know who handled the balls and they know the timeline. Most people are assuming the worst motive from the Pats. I'm not. My position is let the process run its course and let the chips fall where they may. it was a joke that he was refusing to talk about balls. Just a joke.
JohnC Posted January 27, 2015 Posted January 27, 2015 it was a joke that he was refusing to talk about balls. Just a joke. Sorry about the misinterpretation of your response. Most often it is difficult to determine the tenor of a response when it is written.
YoloinOhio Posted January 27, 2015 Author Posted January 27, 2015 (edited) Sorry about the misinterpretation of your response. Most often it is difficult to determine the tenor of a response when it is written.sorry. I'm rarely serious. I can't use the emoticons on my phone. Edited January 27, 2015 by YoloinOhio
Fadingpain Posted January 27, 2015 Posted January 27, 2015 (edited) @JasonLaCanfora: Bob Kraft is 1st to "address the air pressure matter." says spoke to Belichick and Brady "I believe unconditionally" pats did nothing wrong. @Rachel__Nichols: Robert Kraft: "I want to make it clear that I believe unconditionally the Patriots have done nothing wrong or in violation of NFL rules." @JasonLaCanfora: Kraft says Belichick and Brady have had uncomfortable talks in the past and they "have lied to me." stand behind them wholeheartedly @RapSheet: Kraft says he believed Brady and Belichick did nothing inappropriate. It bothers me greatly that their reputation (is) called into question @AroundTheNFL: Kraft: The New England Patriots have done nothing inappropriate. Tom and Bill are my guys and my family. @RapSheet: Robert Kraft said the league should apologize to his team if its proven that his team had no wrongdoing. Wow. The more vehement the denial, the greater the probability of guilt. It's always that way. Edited January 27, 2015 by Stopthepain
MattM Posted January 27, 2015 Posted January 27, 2015 Anyone else not understand the "they have lied to me" part? No idea what he's saying there, since he goes on to say he stands behind them wholeheartedly.
YoloinOhio Posted January 27, 2015 Author Posted January 27, 2015 (edited) Anyone else not understand the "they have lied to me" part? No idea what he's saying there, since he goes on to say he stands behind them wholeheartedly.i think it was a typo by Lacanfora. All the comments under his tweet ripped him for getting it wrong. Others reported he said they never lied to him. Edited January 27, 2015 by YoloinOhio
Reed83HOF Posted January 27, 2015 Posted January 27, 2015 i think it was a typo by Lacanfora. All the comments under his tweet ripped him for getting it wrong. Others reported he said they never lied to him. This appears to be correct. I just read the quote; the other reports are correct... You should check out the GQ article on Goddell...It gives a lot of insight on this guy...
Beerball Posted January 27, 2015 Posted January 27, 2015 @JasonLaCanfora: Kraft says he is "disappointed" in how this matter had been handled. Pretty strong coffee from him. The stakes are ratcheted up Yeah, Goodell might not get invited to his home again anytime soon.
BRH Posted January 27, 2015 Posted January 27, 2015 The more vehement the denial, the greater the probability of guilt. It's always that way. See, e.g., Nixon, Richard; Clemens, Roger.
HamSandwhich Posted January 27, 2015 Posted January 27, 2015 Why in the world would the NFL apologize? If it turned out that somehow they are exonerated from all wrong doing, I would understand the media apologizing, but why the NFL? He sounds like a baboon
DC Tom Posted January 27, 2015 Posted January 27, 2015 The more vehement the denial, the greater the probability of guilt. It's always that way. It's not the vehement denial that does people in. It's the constant but changing denials. When you stand up and say "That's ridiculous," then a day later stand up and say "We didn't do it" (wait, is no longer ridiculous now?), and then stand up and say "I don't know anything about that stuff" (but you knew no one did anything just before...isn't that knowing something?), and THEN say "Okay, now I know a lot about this, and now I can say we absolutely didn't do it" (so the first time you said it you were...what, guessing?) and "We don't even come near the line, much less cross it" (but you've been penalized before for crossing the line?), that's not just vehement denial. It's vehemently stupid denial, trying to find the denial everyone will actually accept. Dumbest. PR. Ever. They should have just stuck with "That's ridiculous." Going from "It's no big deal" to "I spent three days looking into this, and I actually took off my hoodie to look respectable in front of y'all" has done them more damage than damn near anything else they could do.
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