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05-16-2008, 04:17 PM
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Interesting Jimmy Jonson wfan interview. check it out.
This is a transcript of a radio interview done in NY on WFAN.
Google "jimmy johnson sideline taping" you will find many sources who quoted this interview. Q: How about the spying thing Jimmy. You're a coach does that bother you what Belichick did? JJ: Oh please. I've said it on our show. Eighteen years ago a scout for the chiefs told me what they did, and he said what you need to do is just take your camera and you go and zoom in on the signal caller and that way you can sync it up. The problem is that if they're not on the press box side you can't do it from the press box, you have to do it from the sideline. This was 18 years ago. Q: You think the NFL came down too hard on them? JJ: No, no, I said it on the show. He was wrong for doing it for the simple reason that the league knew this was going on not ust in New England but around the league. And the league sent out the memorandum to all of the teams saying you cannot do this. And os that's when Bill Belichick was wrong. After he got the memorandum saying don't do it any more, he did it. Q: Did you ever steal signals? JJ: Oh in a heartbeat, yeah. Yes I did. Q: Via video, Jimmy? Or no? JJ: Oh yeah, I did it with video and so did a lot of other teams in the league. Just to make sure that you could study it and take your time, because you're going to play the other team the second time around. But a lot of coaches did it, this was commonplace. Q: But did you do it by taping the signal caller? JJ: Yeah. Q: Oh you did. JJ: That's what I'm saying. I was saying one of Marty Schottenheimers scouts, Mark Hatley, who has passed away now, Mark told me that's how they did it, and Howard Mudd their offensive line coach with Kansas City, who now coaches for Tony Dungy, he was the best in the entire league at stealing signals. Q: Where'd you put your guy who was videotaping? Where was he? JJ: My guy was up with my camera crew in the press box. So you'd just put an extra camera up with your camera crew in the press box who zoomed in on the signal callers. That's the best way to do it, but anyway you can't always do that because the press box camera crew might be on the same side as the opposing team. If they're on the same side as the opposing team that's when you need to do it from the sideline. Q: Also with some operations and some teams they have equipment set up within the stadium so they can just run it ack and check what's going on during the game anyway. JJ: Oh I'll tell you [laughing] some of the stuff that goes on it's almost comical. Q: Jimmy don't you think using contraptions like that goes against the spirit of football? JJ: Well that's why the league put in that you can't use any electronic equipment, during the game, locker room, press box, sideline, this type of thing. They ruled against it and again that's why Bill Belichick was wrong. Q: How much of an advantage would it give them? JJ: Well you know Bradshaw and I had a talk back and forth on this. I did it a few times and then I stopped doing it because I didn't think we got much out of it to be honest with you. But games are so close... If it gives you one single play in the ballgame it might be the difference. But again, he was wrong for doing it after the memorandum was sent out by the league, because the league knew that other teams were doing it. And so... it was a commonplace thing though. Intresting how ESPN and Arlin Spector have not mentioned this once. Also interesting How JJ named Howard Mudd as the best, who is on Indys coaching staff. We all know the Colts have had maybe the greatest offence of our generation and a Super Bowl championship. Im sure people will acuse me of trying to justify that the Pats are cheaters and that fine but I just wanted to give you some info that ESPN will not give you. I know the Pats are guilty no doubt they got caught red handed. I also know that Clemens,Pettite,Bonds, Shef, Merriman, Mo Vaughn, Rodney Harrison are the only ones who ever did HGH and Steroids why?..... because ESPN told me so. A quote from Goodell press conference this week. Outside the Live feed I have not seen this quote reported. "Again, according to NFL policy, it is permissible to scout people's coaching signals, and as you know, clubs go to great lengths to protect those. They change them frequently and they change them during the game. So I think that teams are sophisticated enough to know that that's a possibility and they go to great lengths to address them. But it's impossible to know the specifics about how much impact it has. I believe that, to me, that there is a permissible way to do this; that they prepare for that."
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