Ironically, During CBS Interview, Bill Belichick Questions Matt Walsh's Credibility

The Boston Globe's Mike Reiss got his hands on part of the transcript of Bill Belichick's interview with CBS Evening News, and he kindly posted it on his blog. Here's what Belichick told interviewer Armen Keteyian when asked about Matt Walsh:

"I DON'T KNOW WHAT HIS AGENDA IS, AGAIN, HE WAS FIRED FOR POOR JOB PERFORMANCE AND FOR AUDIO TAPING HIS SUPERIOR. THERE'S NOT A LOT OF CREDIBILITY. YOU KNOW HE'S TRIED TO MAKE IT SEEM LIKE WE'RE BUDDIES, AND BELONG TO THE SAME BOOK CLUB AND ALL. THAT'S REALLY A LONG, LONG STRETCH."

"FOR HIM TO TALK ABOUT GAME PLANNING AND STATEGY [sic] AND PLAY CALLING AND HOW HE ADVISED COORDINATORS, IT'S EMBARRASING [sic], IT'S ABSURD. HE DIDN'T HAVE ANY KNOWLEDGE OF FOOTBALL. HE WAS OUR THIRD VIDEO ASSISTANT.'

(I'm not sure if CBS distributes all transcripts in all caps, or if Belichick was yelling. I'm going with the latter, but it's probably worth watching the telecast for verification.)

I can't really blame Belichick for sounding angry -- he's had his good name sullied these past few months -- but I do think it's a bit much to start questioning other people's credibility since, you know, Roger Goodell did fine him $500,000 for cheating.

To Belichick's credit, when questioned about videotaping signals after the NFL's 2006 memo, he offered this response: "I made a mistake. I was wrong. I was wrong." Now all that's left if for senator Arlen Specter to hold a press conference to make sure we don't forget that he's busy attending to the people's business. And by "people" I mean "Comcast", of course.