Bill Belichunks = Class Act

[Butt Rubber]

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2005/football/nfl/09/26/bc.fbn.steelers.belichick.ap/index.html

Healing power?
Belichick orders Steelers trainer away from player

Posted: Monday September 26, 2005 8:39PM; Updated: Monday September 26, 2005 8:39PM

PITTSBURGH (AP) -- New England coach Bill Belichick ordered Pittsburgh Steelers trainer John Norwig off the field when Norwig asked if medical help was needed for injured Patriots tackle Matt Light during Sunday's game.

As Light lay on the Heinz Field turf with an apparently serious right leg injury during the second quarter of New England's 23-20 victory, Norwig came onto the field to offer help.

That prompted Belichick, who cautiously guards all injury information, to emphatically order the trainer off the field. Light later left the stadium with a cast on his leg.

NFL trainers normally treat only their own players but will offer their assistance during a serious injury, especially when it involves a visiting team player. Most teams have larger medical staffs for home games than for road games.

Belichick also may have been upset because Steelers coach Bill Cowher went onto the field to offer condolences to Patriots safety Rodney Harrison after he badly injured a knee earlier in the game. Harrison is expected to miss the rest of the season with a torn left knee ligament.

 

[Florida123]

you've got to be kidding

 

[Devious]

I'm not surprised. Belichick is one of the most secretive coaches ever in the NFL. He doesn't want to give anything to the other team, including how serious an injury is. However that is pretty pathetic, they were only trying to help. That makes me think of the monday nighter, when Rod Smith got hammered and stayed down for a while. I saw more red shirts around him than white ones. Is it wrong to care about a player getting hurt, even if he's on the other team?

 

[HitEmUpOutDaParK]

Bank, just admit it, now that Chad Pennies-Worth is done and the Jets are out of it, you have an infatuation with the Pats. All of the pretty colors from the rings attract you and make you seek every story about them.

But seriously, I don't blame him for keepin the trainer away, BUT I think an apology is in order for him to the trainer, explaining that he was in the heat of the moment and didn't mean to come off like that.