Making light of Bruschi's stroke and/or implying it was his fault is an unwritten rule most intelligent posters would realize isn't gonna fly.
He doeosn't have to do shit. This is a private forum. He's free to pull the trigger whenever and ifever he chooses to. He could assclown me 1 second...
I've known a few people who ate right, didn't smoke, didn't drink and excercised. 2 died in car accidents and the other got cancer and died. A couple are still alive though.
You can't hide from death.
I'm not exactly sure the punishment was all that bad either.
Let's look at a few things that were left on the table first.
Suspend Belichick - nope
Forfeit game - nope
Dock us an entire draft or whatever - nope
Now look at the punishment we did get.
Loss of a 1st round (2nd and 3rd if we...
With the memo that came out and Belichick blatantly defying it the commish's authority was in question. He had to send a message, not just to the Pats, but to every team in the league.