Now that the Sox season is over, Shaughnessy takes his worn out shtick to the Patriots.
Shaughnessy doesn't disappoint--this column comes replete with Celtics references and the dissing of Belichick's wardrobe (multiple hoodie references of course) and Belichick's favorite lines (It is what it is).
Of course, there is not a lot of insight. Key highlights
- Compares Brady/Manning to Russell/Chamberlain. But now that Manning has a SB and three straight wins over the Pats and Brady is putting up gaudy numbers, Russell has become Chamberlain and Chamerlain has become Russell. This is typical Shaughnessy hyperbole - Brady still has 3 SB wins, Shank and Manning only has 1
- Says that the image of the Pats has been forever altered by "spygate". They are no longer the darlings of high school coaches everywhere. Shank loves this storyline and he will continue to perpetuate it for many years.
- The Patriots are bad sports - they are on a mission to run up the score on everyone
All in all, we have classic Shank -- has he made any points that you havent heard multiple times elsewhere? His one "interesting" insight (Brady has become Chamerlain) is a stretch. Just for once, I would love for him to take a contrarian view and then back it up with strong facts. Just doesn't happen.
The one missing element - no Red Sox references - what gives?
And typical of classic Shank he ignores that Videogate is seen by those who understand the game as overblown jealousy fed by some in the media and by some spiteful teams.
ReplyDeleteGiven Shank's frequent culture namedrops, I'm surprised he hasn't compared Belichick to John Colicos' Battlestar Galactica popular bad-guy character Baltar.
Baltar Belichick, Shank - run with it. ;-)