Comments on: WAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!!

By: Dan Someone

Dan Someone — Sun, 30 Sep 2007 13:39:33 +0000

Raiders Fan, if that really is the rationale, it’s idiotic. They have photographs of every play on the field, which the QB and the coaches look at after every series. There are multiple cameras set up for taking video of the game for analysis between games. The officials use instant replay with slow motion to review plays. Hell, the fans get instant replay with slow motion just for fun. I realize these all show on-field action and not the sidelines (though every broadcast shows plenty of sideline activity too, and presumably some of that secret sauce gets captured incidentally). But still, the idea that for things that happen on the field you can use any technology you want to extract maximum information, but the sidelines are off-limits to anything but sticks and rocks… that’s moronic.

And what if a team hired someone with a photographic memory? Would they then have an unfair advantage? Many head coaches hide their mouths when they’re calling play out of fear that the other side will have lip readers. Is that sort of training also unfair?

By the way, in the NFL, I believe the equivalent of steroids is… steroids.

By: Vic

Vic — Sun, 30 Sep 2007 07:35:41 +0000

If this isn’t thrown out on the first day, I’m going forward with my plan to sue Jerry Seinfeld for stealing all the jokes I wrote and using them on his TV show before I got the chance to write any of them down.

By: M. Bouffant

M. Bouffant — Sun, 30 Sep 2007 04:01:13 +0000

It’s le français, you stupid kraut robot!!

By: New York Law Firm

New York Law Firm — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 23:32:56 +0000

Davis, aside from the part where the Yankees have the chops to back it up.

By: Raiders Fan

Raiders Fan — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 22:26:08 +0000

It’s about using only one’s eyes, brain & maybe pen & paper, as opposed to technological enhancement you can refer to later w/o relying on your observational skills & memory alone. Video artificially enhances your natural abilities, it’s the equivalent of steroids in this case.

By: Nuff Said McGreavey

Nuff Said McGreavey — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 21:25:15 +0000

I wonder if this guy realizes that people who file frivolous lawsuits often end up paying the defendant’s legal bills?

Nuff said.

By: Dan Someone

Dan Someone — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 20:39:06 +0000

A question about “stealing signs”: Is it against the rules for coaches (or their assistants) on Team A’s sidelines to watch coaches on Team B’s sidelines and match their signals to plays on the field to try to figure out what play Team B is going to run? In other words, is it illegal for Team A to use human eyes and memory to duplicate what the Patriots did with a video camera? If so, then I guarantee every team in the NFL is cheating. If not, then what real difference does a video camera make?

By: King Quaker

King Quaker — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 20:30:41 +0000

Dhalgren,
I know it’s tough, but that’s Namath.
Joe Willie Namath.

By: Davis

Davis — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 19:59:37 +0000

Pats fans’ attitude toward the Jets is eerily similar to that of Yankee fans toward the Red Sox.

By: Kathleen

Kathleen — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 19:53:46 +0000

hee. hilarious lawsuit makes me laugh.

OT: Pick a Bale of Stupid is the best title ever for a post. Hanx Jillian!

ditto. I kept thinking it and laughing while at work.

By: Dhalgren

Dhalgren — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 19:03:15 +0000

What is it about Jets’ fans anyway? Let’s face it: their team has been lousy for years, and it’s the fault of their management, not their opponents.

And what would this fan say about their final meeting last season in which the Jets won?

I will keep saying it – the single Nameth Super Bowl victory is all the Jets are going to get in our lifetime.

By: mikey

mikey — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 17:22:00 +0000

I LIKE the idea of stealing signs.

I LIKE the idea of figuring out the other guys are stealing your signs and changing to the double-secret signs to fuck ‘em up.

One of the primary lessons of espionage tradecraft, along with cryptanalysis is that if you can figure out that your comms are being intercepted, it gives you one helluva powerful weapon.

Stop whining, fer cryin out loud, and start being BETTER than the opposition…

mikey

By: Davis

Davis — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 16:37:46 +0000

Sure, it’s a stupid lawsuit, but anything that fucks with Belichick is fine with me.

By: Me

Me — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 16:26:02 +0000

It’s unfortunate that most of my favorite blogs seem to be written by Patriots fans with a severe persecution complex, but I guess that’s a relatively small price to pay for interesting writing. Now, what say you get back to some interesting writing?

By: King Quaker

King Quaker — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 16:18:29 +0000

Paul M,
Drats!
I leave for Framingham on Monday.

By: Righteous Bubba

Righteous Bubba — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 15:50:12 +0000

Ahem. Running around the wrong way before a play starts is cheating too.

By: Paul M

Paul M — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 15:46:00 +0000

KQ, you’re whining.

By: King Quaker

King Quaker — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 15:37:05 +0000

Let me be clear.
1) Whining is the exclusive purview of fans of New England teams.
2) Complaining that fans of other teams whine is reserved solely for fans of New England teams.
3) Whining by fans of teams other than New England teams will be punished by either:
a) A two week stay in “Red Sox Nation”.
or
b) Continuous, uninterrupted whining by fans of New England teams.

By: Notorious P.A.T.

Notorious P.A.T. — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 15:33:56 +0000

Ah, how refreshing to read about someone who is merely dumb and misguided, rather than mind-numbingly hope-crushingly DNA-alteringly stupid like Mike Medved or that guy who saw with his own eyes! that Code Pink banner.

By: HTML Mencken

HTML Mencken — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 15:09:35 +0000

Hmmm, I concede that this is stupid in the particulars, but…

If it sets the precedent that cheating in games amounts to breach of contract and/or false advertising, it may well be worth it. That way, anyone whose team played the Giants during the Bonds era may have grounds for legal action. And while I’d rather those lawsuits not go very far, if they put pressure on MLB to ban Bonds, nullify his records, and permanently remove him from HOF consideration, it’ll be well worth it.

In other news, the Pack is 3-0. Neener neener.