07-28-08 Pats Camp

No will be at Gillette tomorrow and down -- at our first training camp visited the season. I mean I. I always feel for the guys you're down there in August and the July 1 of August and he's just miserable. And you know build politics says he's -- old school on back to fundamentals. They had two in pad work outs the first day they were down there and it's like you know we're all back to fundamentals. And and man that's gotta be miserable and there will be will be down tomorrow and visit with some.

And everybody got out there and even as bad as it is or or as bad as the players think it is you always have some coach who tell you. This is not in my day -- even back about it back and you know 9293. They say this is nothing compared to. What training camp used to -- I mean think about it there times in and we'll see -- this year just like we did last year there will be days when Tom Brady won't throw. He'll take practice off -- and end. Brady feels this way and Belichick does obviously to the -- there only so many throws. In that Armand and I didn't write about it and why now is is almost like pitching. When it comes to the Red Sox you know why why attempted YE exhaust it is that no really manner.

It's funny too because and it will be down there tomorrow -- all these guys there's a bunch of new faces. And the paper today was making a big deal out of the fact that they'll ballot -- one over the autograph line faster now. In all the times I've ever been down there I've never seen him. He claims that he does that now one and I I I don't know -- that.

Yeah I've seen him give autographs I've never -- to autograph line like you know Bruschi doesn't like yesterday and they can't -- I'm Troy -- all the guys do it. Now if you if you get down. He's walking by and you say you know bill can you sign that that's -- signed many autographs but the absolute effort in the 25 minutes or fifteen minutes however long they do it. I haven't seen.

I mean it's it's meant it it's been a different kind of offseason. With bill this year hasn't and and you know coming in it on the heels of a hole. You know eighty videotaped the walk through and the Patriots are cheaters and I'll -- He sort then softer. Uglier kind of -- ballot check this offseason. He seems that the Celtics games with his friend -- I think -- yeah it seems that there with -- there was one picture in The Herald -- and of them. Little peck on the cheek -- little kiss on the lips are some that -- with his kids and he seemed work in the autograph line at Gillette in the paper today it's it's -- different Aussie it is what it is. Different. -- school and mean and nasty and and I did now I was far enough away adding to hear much of the radio station -- Try to go on line and keep up as best you can. And I understand that. At least one person who was sitting in one of these chairs while ago and suggested that Tom Brady hasn't shown the same offseason commitment to the Patriots. Because he wasn't one of the off season. Award winners heating one of the prime parking spaces and they have the list. In the paper of the other guys and while the guys you'd expect. You know Tedy Bruschi Vince Wilfork Ty Warren those guys but Tom Brady for the first time Watson on that list so it shows that you know his commitment to the team has a lot of.

Obviously if its commitment to team is has gone down I don't I don't think. I would think that a Brady put it gets your attention that. That part of the charm of Brady is that he's as talented guy. And he still works as hard as the 52 or 53 guy on the team. He's able to connect with everybody and that parking space means a lot to -- offseason work out means a lot -- A lot -- the fact that he didn't get his Award this year and it gets your attention.

I guess and and I've always felt that the parking space with sort of -- private analysts and media creation is that the Patriots creation it's not a media creation but it's. It's a little bit over rated because there were some guys went parking spots and wanted to see on the field anyway. Yeah I had an asset the point -- made I think it's not overrated there. I don't know that I was by not overrated because the Patriots created this. This reward for for hard offseason work I guess the point I was trying to make he has. Does anybody honestly think that Tom Brady will be any less prepared to start the season come September or will be any less of a quarterback. Because he didn't get parking space the battlefield.

I don't think that's the question I think the question is. Does all the travel. Make him prepared differently. -- and other words yes he'll be prepared to start the season but has yet to more work now. That he did and other years because another -- Some of the heavy lifting was done in. In May June and July. And this year and may June July and every time we let you pick up a magazine -- on TV Boston Globe has Boston icon has pictures. Tom Brady in this place in Europe Tom Brady and Brazil -- I didn't and different.

I mean and -- in the past it was Tom Brady's visiting DePaul. Or Tom and his father gone Ireland golf for whatever was. He gets more attention now because of who's on his arm when he's traveling in these places I think he's done this exact same thing every offseason I don't.

Now. You think it's the exact same -- I'm really okay so okay. So who. Why I I met in terms of the the international global -- and travel so why the difference. It it is not something that would be. In the media have made up. If if he has this this hard working guy who is one of the best workers on the team. For three years writers writers write whatever it is. Any -- the same schedule now but he did before what happened. People caught up to him.

Now it just may be that he was working out places other than here which is what I think happens. Even when he's even when he's not here I'm pretty juries I don't think he sit not a beach with -- really bond bonds everyday. I mean part of the -- may be spent doing that good for him if it is but I -- feeling somewhere whether he's in. You know Brazil or Costa Rica are France or wherever -- find a place where he can do what he.

Bottom line that that we agree. He'll have a good season are off to throw fifty touchdown passes again but not quite throw more in have a very good season. Only the only issue is -- at them. It's issue and it's not an issue was not even in italics here. Right art that is you know all know all quotation fingers or any you know large gaps. The only issue is that Tom Brady will probably have to. Get the bulk of his preparation and now as opposed to doing it a little easier or having it spread out in previous years. But the result will be the thing.

It'll be the same he'll be the same guy he'll do the same things he'll be as good as he's ever ban which is the best in the game right now I think. And and it to me it's kind of a tempest in a teapot.