Eric Mangini = Big Pussy
Today's a first for the Smittblog. We have a guest poster. So sit back and enjoy the no-punches-pulled stylings of Mr. Bernard King:
When I recommended this subject for smittblog content, Luol said he wouldn’t touch the it with a Ron Jeremy pole in fear of looking like a ridiculous homer, so he invited me to write a guest column on the topic. Let me first say I hate the Pats and share a healthy dose of indifference toward the Jets. Let’s also get the obligatory “What Belichik did was wrong” out of the way up front – he cheated, got caught, and paid (and will continue to pay) the price accordingly. However, lost in the wave of anti-Belichick sentiment is what a douchebag move Eric Mangini made by starting this whole thing in the first place.
Eric Mangini started his football career as a ball boy for the Cleveland Browns. Let me say that again – A BALL BOY. His work ethic was not lost on then-head coach Belichick, who lobbied the GM for Mangini to get promoted to a more meaningful job. Eventually, Mangini followed Belichick to New England where he continued to climb the football coaching ladder until he became Belichick’s defensive coordinator in 2005. To say Mangini owes his entire professional career to Belichick would be an understatement – that surly little butterball would still be picking up Kellen Winslow’s sweaty jockstraps were it not for Belichick taking him under his hoodie.
So why does this matter? Call it loyalty, call it respect, or just common fucking sense. There were ten more appropriate responses to calling-out Belichick for attempting to steal the Jets signs than what Mangini did. Tell him you know what he’s doing offline and give him a warning. Change your signs and beat the evil “genius” at his own game. Do the same thing and win (if what you’re complaining about actually works). Let other head coaches know what’s going on under the table and make him look even more ridiculous, in private. Find the guy taping your signs and have Nick Mangold’s sister have her way with him. Or, rat him out to the league office and publicly humiliate the single person responsible for you have a JOB IN THE FIRST PLACE!?!?! Where I’m from (the rough-and-tumble streets of suburban Long Island, beeeatch), a certain level of respect is paid to the people that got you to where you are. For all of the people who just want to jump on the Pats because they are the best-run franchise in professional sports, that includes your mentor. If you don’t agree with that, go back to France and watch a soccer game, asswipe. Had Belichick done that to Bill Parcells when they were both coaching, the NFL world would be piling Belichick for his disloyalty, like it did when he (smartly) passed on the Jets job Parcells set up for him. The point is, because everyone hates the Pats/Belichick’s success, no one seems to care that Mangini is equally wrong and easily the bigger douchebag in this instance. Mangini’s punishment should be to return his Super Bowl rings to Belichick the next time the Pats bitchslap the Jets (without stealing signs) and Belichick is forced to cross the field to shake Fredo Mangini’s hand.
Hopefully Mangini gets rubbed-out on a fishing trip the next time he uses his Belichick-owed fame to cameo on a popular television show.
-Bernard King
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5 comments:
So Mangini is teh bad guy because he couldn't figure out any other way to prevent Belicheck's cheating than to alert the league about it?
Are you sure you're not a pats fan?
General,
I think you should probably re-read the olde' post. The thrust of the argument is that it is pretty f'ing bush-leauge to throw a former mentor under the bus (no matter what the case). The guy is currently a head-coach in the NFL (a pretty sweet gig I think) thanks in no small part to Coach Bellycheck (as Kraft likes to call him). You think you could maybe not be such a f'ing pussy so as to tell on him? What is this, 4th grade? Have a sack and beat his ass on the field.
Denise
I'm sure, General. I'm a Giants fan (and you have to believe me because they SUCK!). And yes, Mangini is the bad guy, worse than Belichick.
I think what you're missing here is that Belicheck cheated and we wouldn't know about it unless Mangini did something. It's like blaming the Ernorn whistleblowers for the Enron disaster. If he didn't say anything, we wouldn't know about it. How could he let someone CHEAT against his team?
How come people never comment this much when I write something?
First, General D-bag, you've spelled Belichick's name wrong twice even though it is spelled correctly all over the post and in the comments (except in Denise's "humorous" spelling). As I've mentioned a number of times, if you want to kill someone for something they write, the least you can do is spell correctly (and I won't even get into the "Ernorn" situation).
Second, I think your analogy really misses the boat. The Enron whistleblowers were simple employees who could've worked pretty much anywhere and likely did't owe Enron anything. As has been noted (on several occasions), Mangini doesn't get his shot if Belichick doesn't invest YEARS of tutelage in him. He owes his career to Belichick. There were a million ways to handle this without ratting him out to the league. Just have security remove the dude, confiscate the tape yourself and let the Pats know you've done so. That would have gotten the point across without coming off as such a pussy bitch.
Lastly, what a lot of people are really missing here is that the reason Belichick was pissed at Mangini originally (before this incident) was not simply because he left, but because when he took the job he called Josh McDaniels and some other Pats coaches to see if they wanted to switch sides with him without first asking Belichick if it was ok to speak with him, which is common NFL courtesy.
Mangini is and always will be a dirty rat fucking fink.
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