Floyd Reese: Patriots Knew All About Aaron Hernandez

[chappee11]

The Patriot Organization hasn't even been punished by the Commish for deflate-gate.

LOL. I'm still waiting to hear what criminal charges should be brought against Kraft, Meyer and Belichick. I think I will have to wait a while....

 

[HammerDown]

In before someone brings up Kenny Britt's DUI arrest.

 

[Rock Strongo]

Third try.

We're those guys violent, drug-addicted gang members with ex-FBI Special Agents keeping them under constant surveillance?

They have literally nothing to do with what Floyrd Reese said.

I'm disappointed. I hoped you were going to sack up, Rock. You got more smarts than all the other dimwits in this thread combined. Guess not.

dude

we have FBI specialists following players now (team hired) BECAUSE of these precedents.

you make it sound like AH was a special case, he wasnt. its a new era in the NFL. high priced, high risk players always get tailed.

shit, the sox had carl crawford tailed by PI's.

 

[HammerDown]

Oh and that kicker who had the public urination charge in downtown Nashville.

That too.

 

[HammerDown]

dude

we have FBI specialists following players now (team hired) BECAUSE of these precedents.

you make it sound like AH was a special case, he wasnt. its a new era in the NFL. high priced, high risk players always get tailed.

shit, the sox had carl crawford tailed by PI's.

So Floyd Reese and Rolling Stone made it up? The Boston Police were lying too?

 

[#1BostonFan]

Oh and that kicker who had the public urination charge in downtown Nashville.

That too.

What a psychopath.

 

[Rock Strongo]

So Floyd Reese and Rolling Stone made it up? The Boston Police were lying too?

what are you talking about?

why do you answer questions with questions, rather than answer them?

im still waiting on belcher.

he murdered his girl, the killed himself.

you answered with a question.

 

[#1BostonFan]

what are you talking about?

why do you answer questions with questions, rather than answer them?

im still waiting on belcher.

he murdered his girl, the killed himself.

you answered with a question.

This...hard to take him serious.

 

[chappee11]

dude

we have FBI specialists following players now (team hired) BECAUSE of these precedents.

you make it sound like AH was a special case, he wasnt. its a new era in the NFL. high priced, high risk players always get tailed.

shit, the sox had carl crawford tailed by PI's.

Teams had spies on the flight to the combine to watch Winston. This happens all the time now.

 

[Rock Strongo]

Urban Meyer Convinced Bill Belichick That Aaron Hernandez Would Behave In NFL CBS Boston


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Report: Urban Meyer Convinced Bill Belichick That Aaron Hernandez Would Behave In NFL
April 17, 2015 12:55 PM
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You've Earned Points for Reading!Claim points in our Reward Center, and earn more tomorrow.Greg Bedard wrote a story in which he details a conversation he had with Floyd Reese, who was the Patriots’ senior football adviser during the time the team drafted Hernandez. Reese said that Urban Meyer, Florida’s head coach at the time, believed that despite the issues, Hernandez would mature and behave in the NFL.

“We knew he had some issues prior. Urban Meyer and Bill [Belichick] were very, very close, and I think Urban convinced Bill that, you know, that these things weren’t going to be an issue,” Reese told Bedard. “Of course, after that [rookie contract], after he signed [his $40 million contract extension], things kind of went awry.”

That is, obviously, putting things lightly, as Hernandez has already been sentenced to life in prison and is still set to stand trial for a double murder he’s accused of committing in Boston in July 2012.

Reese told Bedard that what might have worked against Hernandez the most was to be employed close to his hometown of Bristol, Conn.

“There were a lot of times where he would leave Foxboro and drive back to Hartford so he could be with his guys,” Reese said.

And ultimately, though the Patriots couldn’t have known that Hernandez’s crimes and misdeeds would be severe as they turned out to be, he admitted that the red flags were present before the team drafted him.

“When he was at Florida, he had some issues there too,” Reese told Bedard. “There were some things that went on. We all knew about it. It was just from our standpoint, we were getting a first-round talent in the fourth round under a contract that was going to keep him in line or it wasn’t going to cost us a penny.”

 

[Southieinnc]

It was known he was a punk. I'm not sure what point you're trying to make. Should BB/Kraft predicted the future? Followed him around 24/7? I don't get the point of this thread.

It's a troll thread.....

 

[Southieinnc]

Don't even start with that "so you're saying they knew he'd kill people" bullshit.

I'm not starting that merry-go-round up again.

No one ever said that. And it's completely irrelevant.

They knew he was a violent, drug-addicted gang member. Violent, drug-addicted gang members do very bad things.

So just stop.

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[PatsFan2003]

Don't even start with that "so you're saying they knew he'd kill people" bullshit.

I'm not starting that merry-go-round up again.

No one ever said that. And it's completely irrelevant.

They knew he was a violent, drug-addicted gang member. Violent, drug-addicted gang members do very bad things.

So just stop.

Oh stop. If you keep pretending to be brain-damaged people won't know you're faking.

The risk was that he would get in enough trouble so that he would be a waste of a pick, the teams time and energy and make the team look bad.

That's why he was still available in the 4th round. Do you really think he wouldn't have been drafted by someone at all?

Teams take chances on players all the time. No one thinks the player is going to commit murder.

Is there any team in the NFL that doesn't have problems with their players??

If the Patriots made a mistake it was not following up well enough after he kept out of trouble his first few years.

They saw how devastating a two TE tandem of Gronkowski and Hernandez was and went all in. It was a mistake. It turns out a big mistake. That's about it.

 

[NEhomer]

Hammer admires Odin Lloyd's mother for her forgiveness of the man who actually pulled the trigger and then spends fucking pages upon pages tooling off on a man who employed the man who actually pulled the trigger.

What a fake.

 

[#1BostonFan]

It's a troll thread.....

Thank you for clearing that up. I had no idea...

 

[DJ Fieri]

The Urban Meyer and Patriots apologists are just gonna come on with the "you're obsessed" and "you're blind with hatred" bullshit. But the evidence mounts daily.

Will Urban Meyer, Robert Kraft or Belichick face criminal charges? They sure as hell should!

Spy-Gate.

 

[ckhokie]

Teams take chances on players all the time. No one thinks the player is going to commit murder.

But AH had committed at least attempted murder prior to even being drafted, so yeah, you could think he might.

 

[Southieinnc]

Spy-Gate.

Tuck this!

 

[PatsFan2003]

But AH had committed at least attempted murder prior to even being drafted, so yeah, you could think he might.

Hindsight is a wonderful thing.

 

[NEhomer]

This past Superbowl obviously left behind a huge wake of butthurt. Imagine devoting as much time as some cats do around here bashing the Pats and then imagine them all watching the Butler interception. Lolz~