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CBS’ Shannon Sharpe: Bill Belichick ‘a poor sport’ for declining postgame interview 01.21.13 at 7:03 am ET
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CBS Sports analyst Shannon Sharpe was not pleased with Bill Belichick after the Patriots coach declined to be interviewed by sideline reporter Steve Tasker following Sunday night’s AFC championship game in Foxboro.

“There’s something to be said about being gracious in defeat,” Sharpe said. “We’ve seen the New England Patriots five times in the last 12 years be victorious [in the AFC title game]. And we’ve seen the opposing coaches that lost come out and talk to our Steve Tasker. … Bill Belichick makes it real easy for you to root against the Patriots. You can’t be a poor sport all the time. You’re not going to win all the time. He does this every time he loses. And it’s unacceptable.”

Instead of Belichick, the Patriots sent defensive back Devin McCourty to tell Tasker, “They outplayed us.” Belichick did conduct his normal postgame press conference with the media, although he was his typical petulant self, providing short, unrevealing answers.

CBS paid a reported $622 million for the right to broadcast AFC games this season.

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  • Chickey19

    Never include the word “Class” in the same sentence with Belichick.

  • WMPatsFan

    Who cares?  Can anyone even understand all this Sharpe’s mumbling?

  • Ray

    sharpe..go “F” urself. so belichump didn’t come out, so what. Go hang with ray ray you front runner!

  • Xander Bogaerts

    Belichick is as classless as they come in the NFL. He got outcoached in a big game again & run and hid. Hard to expect accountability from your players when the guy running the team shows none & is unwilling to face the music.

  • Eli

    Boston fans are so provincial. While they loathe a class act like Peyton Manning, they defend a classless bore that is Belicheat… The Spygate Curse lives on… Cheers!… 

  • Jay

    Sorry, even as a Pats fan, I can’t disagree with Shannon – if I spent the better part of a month or two’s worth of salary for tickets to see that piss-poor team he fielded that day, I’d want an explanation.

    Granted, he doesn’t feel he owes anyone any sort of explanation for anything he does, and as long as Kraft is willing to deal with petulant behavior like that, he won’t change, At this point, however, he’s gone beyond the point of ‘protecting his team’s competitive advantage’ to ‘showing contempt for anyone not in lockstep with him’ and ‘behaving like a child’

  • FireGuyFrank

    Belichick NEVER speaks to sideline reporters on camera, before a game, at the half, or after a game.  You can call him “classless” if you want, but he is “consistent”.

  • Anonymous

    I’m old enough to remember Shannon’s playing days and he wasn’t exactly the classiest guy who ever played the game.

  • Jtb75093

    Shannon Sharpe should concern himself with how he dresses like a pimp on national tv and shut the F*** up!

  • Joborsky2002

    What is the point of putting down that CBS paid $622 mill for AFC games, is it to say they deserve the right to talk to him?? B.B has always been like that win or lose… Sorry Shannon was hurt…

  • Captain Obvious

    Personally I hate the media and I love that Belichick does too. Belichick is an expert in headline prevention. He never opens his mouth and doesn’t create distractions for his players. He answers football questions only and doesn’t include anything that is not a matter of fact professional opinion. He may be rude, but at the end of the day he’s not there to entertain the media, he’s there to coach the team. End of story. 

  • Bruinman86

    Not to be a BB apologist (although I have never been a fan of how he handles himself), but if a coach/player is so wound up after a loss, shouldn’t they be excused until the next day?  Common sense would dictate that they will be a poor interview anyway and could say something off color – exactly what the league doesn’t want.  Just my take.

  • Hood

    He gave a post game conference. Why does he have to stand on the sideline and answer the same questions he is going to be asked at the podium?

  • Backfromthedepths

    all the loser Pats haters coming out of the woodwork. You really think the Ravens with killer thugs on their team will beat the 49ers, lol! Shannon Sharpe looks like a horse…Things that make you go…hmmmmmmm

  • Jose

    Yeah his last game was so bad, he did not even talk to the media after being blown out by the colts in 2003, 41-10

  • CJ

    Wasn’t a big deal last week when Peyton declined his post game interview! I remember the CBS guys not mentioning it as an issue at all.

  • DBP

     Does CBS deserve feedback after paying the NFL $622 million dollars? Damned right they do. Asking questions about a game that fans might ask is part of promoting goodwill for the GAME. Good for the NFL. Good for CBS. BB acted like they were asking question about his sex life.

  • San Diego Dreamer

    When will these big babies understand that. I’m glad he’s a poor loser, that’s why his teams consistently win. Peyton is a good loser and has had a lot of practice at it.

  • Anonymous

    Shannon wishes he had the talent and class of his brother Sterling. That was a career cut way too short

  • Nivek07

    He had nothing to say, they lost!

  • Rallan1968

    Shannon Sharpe???? This is the same guy calling out the National Guard in old Sullivan Stadium. He is the epitome of class. Horsemouth!!!

  • Pgwhitey14

    not a fan of mr. horseface but he is 100% right

  • http://profile.yahoo.com/43DJRNPEEHZLBSNC652RENODU4 John

    consistently classless

  • daddy butch

    belichick has no class. there.

  • The_Public

    daddy puss,  Why does Belichick have to blab to Tasker?  He did his post game interview that is all you need.  A lot of clowns here.

  • Anonymous

    I agree that Bellicheat is classless and he is as ugly on the inside as his sweatshirt is on the outside.  However, beating your wife is also classless as Shannon has reported to have done a few years ago.

  • Anonymous

    Also, if I’m not mistaken I believe that era of the Bronco’s were considered a highly dirty team. Their entire blocking scheme of High Low and go for the knees is now against the rules. They were also accused of taken what is now considered a PED and illegal substance to gain an advantage. But of course if you mentioned that ‘Ol Horse mouth won’t talk about that

  • Titletown1

    Sharpe was a little angry since, for the first time this season, he picked the Pats before the game… but that aside, BB doesn’t have a shred of class.

  • DDxmas

    The story is about Baltimore and Ray Lewis. You can’t intimidate BB into giving an sideline interview, he’ll never do it. He hates the post-game press as it is. He probably is a poor loser and the fans of NE are very grateful for it. I know I am. Winners hate to lose. Please focus on Harbaugh, and The Ravens as they won and deserved to win – plenty to talk about there. 

  • The_Public

    Hey Guess what, I am a sore loser too.  That is a sign of a man and a competitor, not this new wave media get your thoughts at every moment.  The Ravens played better last night.  

  • Tgsmith11

    Can anyone really understand what Shannon Sharpe actually says??

  • Lizard5

     I couldn’t agree more! I LOVE that he hates the media! Show me a good loser and I’ll show you a loser…

  • Anonymous

    Here’s hoping BB never changes.  He hates losing and I’m glad he does.  What did idiot Sharpe want him to say?, We got outplayed and outcoached, Baltimore made more plays than we did.  Really Shannon, is that what you needed to hear?   Idiots like you are the reason why BB and many fans, myself included,  despise a large majority of the media.

  • Shennessey

    Patriots fans can have a bit of relief knowing they won’t lose a third super bowl, in there last three appearances. Bill the master was out coached again. Haven’t won a super bowl in 9 years. In Brady’s last 14 playoff games he is 7-7 not exactly one of the greatest. At least we don’t have to hear the Montana talk anymore, What people don’t seem to understand is Montana was never a stat guy, he was about winning super bowls

  • http://profiles.google.com/cyberpunk72000 Z T

    Belichick really is a baby about losing. Remember that interview after they lost to the Giants after their undefeated season in 07? Of course anyone would be disappointed, but he was an angry little kid about it. Maybe he needs to engage in some more espionage so that other teams won’t offend his delicate senses by winning in the future.

  • Shennessey

    If i am not mistaken, i believe the Patriots were fined by the NFL 500,000 dollars for spy gate the largest fine ever imposed on a team in the history of the NFL. For Cheating. To gain an advantage!!!! Rodney Harrison i believe played for the Patriots and was using an illegal substance, but of course you forgot to mention him

  • jj

    who cares?

  • Augustwest55

    Even if he did talk to CBS after the game, it isn’t like he would have said anything. It is what it is.
     

  • F the Pats

     don’t put Boston Fans in this.  Im a boston fan but not a pats fan.  so you need to reword your words

  • Jesse R Hollis

    None wants to hear the halftime interviews anyways. Oh we played good, but we’re gonna fix this and try to do that. It would be the same every single game. BB didn’t want to talk, so what. #letitgo patriots will be back again next year. Better believe that. And you want to talk class less all of you effin haters? How about suggs after the game going by NE locker room and calling them arrogant fu*****? If that’s class, then I’d rather be class less.

  • Eli and Peyton are Bi&$h’s

    Go eat some more Eli and Peyton Cock!!! 

  • Anonymous

    so?

  • Anonymous

    My point was that Shannon Sharpe is not the person to declare who has class and who doesn’t. He was pretty classless and played for a team that bent the rules quite a bit. Just as a reminder that Ray Lewis plea bargained out of a murder rap and hid evidence (The White Suit) … Since you seemed to forget that piece of information

  • Thepaintdaddy

     patriots are loser crybabys… anyone remember dallas in 83? people thought they were a great team but were only a shell of their former teams.  Brady choked Bellicheat choked, haha New England could be 30 years befor you win another superbowl!!

  • Lynxgirl1

    His act is old and I’m surprised people have put up with it this long. He’s a crybaby if he can’t face the music after a defeat…..whiner CRYBABY. Shannon was right on to criticize this pompous a**.

  • Bbattlesbass

    Hahaha…

  • Jim

    I’m a big time Pats fan but Belichick should have stopped for a short interview with Steve Tasker.
    Sportmanship certianly is not his long suit. Disappointed by his actions.

  • jbord

    Who cares what the losing coach has to say? It is a gimmick trying to elicit an emotional response so that Tasker can justify his paycheck. It is a waste of time and Bill doesn’t play those sort of games so that CBS can pound their chest about how awesome they are. Nobody cares about the losing coach. Let the winners have the celebration.

  • rogerroger

    No,CBS does not “deserve” feedback, not unless when they paid the $622 million they also stipulated that post-game sideline interviews were a part of the contract. Goodwill or not, this is business and they didn’t pay for BB’s interview, they paid for TV coverage. 

    I still think BB should have answered a few questions, but the 622 million dollars does not come into it unless the contract stipulated as much. 

  • Sdfasd

    I’m pretty sure he’s contractually obligated to do a post-game press conference. And he did. He’s not required to do anything for CBS. End of story.

  • 5thNYCavalry

    Belichick has no obligation to come out and chat with a CBS mouthpiece…after listening to the CBS announcers this week (and last week, against the Texans), I don’t blame him. They were blatantly pulling for the Ravens (and the Texans) to win…

  • Anonymous

    So says the … JETS fan ? ? ?

  • 5thNYCavalry

    Born and raised in Massachusetts…been a Pats fan all my life, thank you.

  • Anonymous

    Too many concussions over the years

  • Anonymous

    He never speaks after games …. chimp

  • Anonymous

    “belicheat” …. says the classless TROLL

  • Anonymous

    he was a loudmouth trash-talker … like he is now

  • Anonymous

    Shannon “ghetto”  Sharpe

  • Anonymous

    Ray Lewis killed 2 people , but got off because Art Modell paid for the best lawyers in the country , and his buddies went to jail instead … Ravens = thugs

  • Anonymous

    He was also one of the Bronco’s that used artificial creatine. A now banned NFL substance 

  • Anonymous

    only JETS fans ( TROLLS ) , care about BB

  • Anonymous

    Shannon IQ = 30

  • Dickbaz22

    Didn’t Manning decline a post game on the field interview after losing last week?? Yes…Both in poor taste period.

  • Dickbaz22

    Pats the most despised team in the league and I love it!!!!! If BB was available tomorrow there isn’t one fan out that there that currently despises him would some “blood flow” at the thought of him taking his “classless” self to their team…haters = frauds just ask T Fizzle…

  • Eastwood32

    If you bought a ticket, you would be at the game, not watching TV. He did the normal press conference after the game. So everyone got their questions answered by the coach. He just declined the CBS request for a one on one with Tasker.

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