It’s a shame the Patriots jettisoned Antonio Brown. He and Bill Belichick have so much in common. Both, for example, are excessively self-entitled.
January 2007. Belichick’s Pats had beaten the Jets, 37-16, in a playoff game. Belichick was headed across the field to shake hands with Jets coach and protégé Eric Mangini. After two regular season games, Belichick appeared to have snubbed Mangini, so if there was added attention to this one it was on Belichick.
Belichick was followed by NFL-credentialed photographers hustling to do their jobs, trying to capture that handshake-or-whatever shot.
But suddenly, and for some still unknown reason, Belichick whirled to his left in a sudden unprovoked rage, grabbed the camera held high by veteran Boston Globe photographer Jim Davis, then violently shoved it into his face, specifically his shooting eye socket.