if the suit fits...

sometimes i feel a real tremor in the universe. if we play a little word association (and you know *anything* about the NFL), when i say Bill Belichick, you should immediately reply track pants & hoodie. because that's what he wears. that's who he is. not a team polo & khakis. not a button-down shirt & dress pants. big sloppy, comfy track pants & an oversized gray fleece Patriots hoodie.

now i read this:
"Patriots coach Bill Belichick just held his Thursday press conference (10:30 a.m. ET) and it ended on a light note. With 49ers coach Mike Nolan and Jaguars coach Jack Del Rio reportedly granted permission to wear a suit on the sidelines for two games this season, Belichick was asked if he'd trade his trademark gray hoodie for a suit.
"I didn't even know it was an option," Belichick said. "I think it's great, really I do. When you think back to the Paul Browns and the Vince Lombardis, Tom Landry and guys like that, their busts in the Hall of Fame, George Halas, you can practically see them. I think it was really a signature for some of those coaches. ... If I had an option to wear one, would I consider it? Yes, I would definitely consider it."

step away from the suit, Bill. stick with the hoodie that has worked like a good luck charm. you see what happened when you started wearing the homeless man version even. don't mess with success, man! it hurts my brain almost as much as the day i read Surviving Grady about Trot Nixon -- Trot, of Fenway right field fame, with the pine tar covered cap & the dirtiest uniform in the line up, even when he's on the DL, because the dirt & grass stains are so embedded into the fabric that they can't be extracted -- conducting a NESN interview while wearing a suit. a what?? what is it with the suit?? my mind is just *not* designed to wrap itself around such abberations...

::shakes head furiously::

another tidbit i've been mulling around all week is that of Vinny Testaverde suited up in New England blue & silver. this, of course, caused a huge media buzz, speculating that Tom Brady *must* be injured. after all, isn't he on the injury report?? with that shoulder thing?? ::coughs:: i believe Tom Brady has been "probable with a right shoulder" for something like the last two and a half seasons. i personally want to take this a different direction. this is Bill Belichick. he's up to something. (as long as it isn't anything to do with a suit, i'm all for it.) have we forgotten that last season New England had the oldest QB in the league on the roster? one 43-year-old Doug Flutie? and the drop kick that we all marveled over as the season faded to black? Belichick is cooking something up. he likes trick plays. he likes kickers throwing for TDs and veteran QBs kicking field goals. and now we have 43-year-old Testaverde standing on the sidelines. this isn't about an injured Tom Brady. this is about the potential for some sort of trickery that only someone of Belichick's genius could devise, let alone execute, leaving us all momentarily slack-jawed before we burst into applause.

and in closing, something i didn't think i would be saying but... here we are...
GO COWBOYS!