UFreak
August 30th, 2006, 10:51 AM
Sometimes I forget how much I hate Brian Billick.
Partly due to the fact that his team has slipped farther and farther out of the NFL spotlight in recent years,...and partly to Billick being an awful head coach, we’ve not been subjected to as much of him by the national media as we were in the early part of the decade. But then I happened to stumble upon an article on him,
http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news?slug=jc-
ravens080406&prov=yhoo&type=lgns
...in which Billick says that sometimes distractions are positive for a team, like when Ray Lewis was involved in a murder before the 2001 season. Says Billick: “I want to be careful to not sound mercenary about the tragedy that Ray dealt with (in 2000). But, clearly that event and what was surrounding Ray created a very narrow focus.” Wow. Just...WOW!. Forget the fact that Billick is saying the death of two people was great because it helped his football team. What really amazes me, or doesn’t amaze, sadly enough, is that Billick calls the double murder Lewis covered up as “the tragedy that Ray dealt with.” How media people can listen to someone say something like that and not respond with; “Excuse me, Mr. Billick. Apologies for interrupting. But you are an incredible A--hole. And I hope you burn in hell. Now you were saying...”
Partly due to the fact that his team has slipped farther and farther out of the NFL spotlight in recent years,...and partly to Billick being an awful head coach, we’ve not been subjected to as much of him by the national media as we were in the early part of the decade. But then I happened to stumble upon an article on him,
http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news?slug=jc-
ravens080406&prov=yhoo&type=lgns
...in which Billick says that sometimes distractions are positive for a team, like when Ray Lewis was involved in a murder before the 2001 season. Says Billick: “I want to be careful to not sound mercenary about the tragedy that Ray dealt with (in 2000). But, clearly that event and what was surrounding Ray created a very narrow focus.” Wow. Just...WOW!. Forget the fact that Billick is saying the death of two people was great because it helped his football team. What really amazes me, or doesn’t amaze, sadly enough, is that Billick calls the double murder Lewis covered up as “the tragedy that Ray dealt with.” How media people can listen to someone say something like that and not respond with; “Excuse me, Mr. Billick. Apologies for interrupting. But you are an incredible A--hole. And I hope you burn in hell. Now you were saying...”