Belichick walking off with time on the clock

http://cache.boston.com/bonzai-fba/Globe_Photo/2008/02/04/1202130047_9973.jpg "Where's my Coach?"

To answer your question, I think it's probably because a coach walking off is completely different than a player. Pretty much I don't think these are parallel situations.

I'm not saying I didn't raise an eyebrow when he walked off the fields, but It wasn't the same kind of "whateva, I do what I want!", mentality. He shook hands, lost gracefully, and peaced out.

I'm not one to give BB the benefit of the doubt, because I legitimately don't like him, I just don't think this and the RM incident in D.C. is a good comparison.

If anything, I think the coach has a higher duty than his players to stay on the field until the fat lady has officially sung. Leaders lead by example and Belichick's example was poor. But, as others have noted, it's not a big deal.....it's just noteworthy.

Alright lets take bets. I'll bet anyone that Belicheck never watches Super Bowl XLII.,

Who cares! He lost! He's a loser!

Classless winner, and even more classless loser. He got exactly what the doctor ordered last night. I hear that he might even be suspended for a few games next season if congress gets its way regarding the so-called "spygate" stuff.

In an aside, why must every scandal be labled so and so-gate? Watergate was a light years ago for all you media types. The glory of Woodward and Bernstein died a long time ago! Get over it!

The problem is that Bellichick probably doesn't see anything wrong with it. He isn't going to do the little things that raise his stature to the level of class that a Joe Gibbs has ("Win with class guys").

As others have said, not caring what others think is one thing - being devoid of common courtesy and ignoring commonly accepted standards of sportsmansip is something else all together.

For all the hell Joe Gibbs took in his second go round he always remained nothing but class. That's just another reason why I respect the man so much.

This is not the nicest man to begin with and he just suffered what was probably the worst loss in NFL history considering all that was on the line for him. So under the circumstances his actions are not all that bad.

no big deal at all, he wasn't pouting, nor was he impolite with the handshake. turnover on downs, 1 sec left = game over...he knew it.

I think the professional, good sportsmanship move would have been to stay until the game was truly over. It would've been great if the Giants had not taken a knee.

Yea, I just felt that it was another example of how classless Belichick is. I thinnk everyone knew this would happen if they lost.

no doubt! Randy Moss caught 10 different kinds of hell for doing it a couple of years ago,Bilicheck is no different!Classless move.It sends the wrong message.What a crybaby.