You have got to be kidding me.
Ever since Matt Walsh started contacting various football writers around the country in September, that he had damning evidence of the Patriots “illegal” sideline taping practices, we expected the worst.
Why would anyone jump on the national stage and contact several national writers and tell them he could bring “Belichick” and the Patriots down to their knees, if he didn’t have the goods?
We have been right about this guy from the start. My guess is, as he noted in an ESPN.com story in September, that Belichick’s special assistant (and boyhood chum at Phillips Andover) Ernie Adams told Walsh about some not-so-wonderful tapings while they he and Belichick were with the Browns.
But big deal. What Walsh has to understand, as a former Super Bowl winning NFL coach told me in Phoenix, “Everyone has taped before. EVERYONE!” he said emphatically.
Belichick carried it out to an extreme when it was supposed to end. We know that story. In fact, it’s boring.
What we wanted to know was the goods, the goods that Walsh stole from the Patriots. What did he steal? Did he tape conversations with Adams or Scott Pioli? It sounded as if he could ruin the franchise.
But Walsh didn’t deliver. He did what he’s done for most of his career, at least according to his resume, he talked a bigger game than he really had.
I feel bad for this guy. His career, whether it’s in golf or vacuum cleaner sales, is probably going to take a hit here.
What else has Matt Walsh stolen from previous employers? Has he stolen a driver out of the pro shop? Has he stolen signed footballs from the Patriots? Has he taped conversations with everyone he has ever worked with, to protect himself?
This story is pathetic. Walsh pulled one over on a few people in our business who didn’t follow up and check this guy out.
I’m assuming most are in this corner? Does anybody out there feel Walsh has been vindicated?
