Hurney on Pats: Culture of Cheating

[X-Clown]

http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/12216634/former-carolina-panthers-gm-marty-hurney-angry-spygate-amid-new-england-patriots-controversy

 

I didn't realize Marty had such strong feelings about the Pats, but here are some comments about their organization he made and about potential Superbowl cheating. Here are some of the highlights

 

"There isn't a day that goes by since [then] that I haven't questioned ... that there were some things done that might have been beyond the rules that may have given them a three-point advantage,'' Hurney said during his radio show."And I can't prove anything, and that's why I'm very angry. And the anger has come back over the last couple of days that commissioner Roger Goodell decided to shred all of the evidence after 'Spygate,' because I think there were a lot of things in there that would bring closure to a lot of people.''

 

"To me this isn't about 'Deflategate', this isn't about anything having to do about any particular game last week,'' Hurney said. "And it certainly isn't fodder to get by the first week before the Super Bowl.

"This is about a culture. Is there a culture of cheating at probably what most people look at as the best franchise in the National Football League?''

 

It was revealed in 2007 that the New England Patriots were caught illegally taping sideline defensive signals from New York Jets coaches during the team's opening week game. The "Spygate" controversy led to accusations that such activity has been going on since 2000.

"There are people who swear to me that the Patriots taped our practice down in Houston during Super Bowl week," Hurney said. "I can't prove it. I don't know. And I hate talking like this because I feel like a bad loser, but it just gnaws at you and this latest incident brings it back up.

 

"You go to 'Spygate' after our Super Bowl and things came out about a rumor about a video guy, and he had tapes and he goes to Hawaii and kind of disappears. ... These are all rumors and I can't substantiate any of this. But it gnaws at you."

 

 

 

 

 

[rodeo]

Sideline signal filming was legal in 2003 so you make yourselves look stupid when you whine they may have been doing it.

[Toolbox]

fug the pats

[KJ89]

He's right.

[X-Clown]

Sideline signal filming was legal in 2003 so you make yourselves look stupid when you whine they may have been doing it.

 

What about filming team's practices?

[KendrickPanther]

That's so Marty.

[London Loves Luke]

He's just still butthurt from Gman owning his ass yesterday 

[rodeo]

What about filming team's practices?

 

They weren't found to be filming practices. That report was retracted.

[ThPantherFan]

It's the idea that it continues with the same team.  Something needs to be looked into a little more thoroughly, in my opinion.

[The Huddler]

He's just still butthurt from Gman owning his ass yesterday

Did you even listen to the interview?

Anyway.. i feel where marty is comming from.

[WOW!!]

He's just still butthurt from Gman owning his ass yesterday

Yeah that didn't happened but ok..

[SOJA]

the rumor I heard is that they were filming our practices from an apartment near the practice field 

[Jeremy Igo]

the rumor I heard is that they were filming our practices from an apartment near the practice field

Very easy to do. Or even from one of many Uptown offices in the sky rise.

[Cyberjag]

Marty was real close-mouthed when he was our GM, just like Fox was when he was our coach.  I think there are a ton of things we have speculated about for years that went down differently from what we thought.  Now that he's in radio, it looks like he may be loosening up, which should make from some interesting stuff over time.

 

I also remember Dan Morgan saying after the game that he would shout out defensive signals, and then Brady would tell the offense what they were going to do.  Just throwing that in to add unnecessary noise to the discussion...