majpooper wrote:austin.texas wrote:That is only one of a list of dumb coaching mistakes in that game by "the greatest coach of all time".
Listening to the sports-talk radio today - the word on the street is that he definitely missed curfew and weed was involved. Poor judgment on his part and over reaction on the coaches part.
My team won and yes we didn't have our starting QB (Wentz) and our best OL (Peters) and our best LB (Hicks) and if we would have lost no one would want to have heard that. That said Butler was a starter all season for a reason - and as a Eagles fan I wanted to go up against the best the Pats had. Could he have made a difference ? Would he have broken up a few passes that Rowe could not? Who knows? But I think he should have played - yeah don't let him start the game and hold him out for the first quarter - but the entire game . . . ?
After asking I looked into it a bit. 2 different and both unverified reasons are being reported. One being what Maj Pooper just said which is believable since Belicheat, I mean Belichick is known for strict discipline. The other allegedly comes from inside the team management is Butler was sick enough to need an IV then during the week of practice he just couldn't keep up. Considering both Belichicks typically vague statement and Butler's own statement about them giving up on him, I am inclined to believe the illness report.
The initial reports I've heard that it was a matter of retaliation by Belichick for just simply resenting some of Butler's actions and comments doesn't seem valid which is why I asked. Oh well, we all know with the Patriots these answers will probably never get a full explanation.
Regardless, I agree, one player isn't an excuse for a loss.
Now yet to be answered is where is Foles going to be next year? I can't recall a time when a super bowl MVP opened the next season either with another team or as a backup on their current team.