And, especially as technology only gets better, you would expect his capability to listen would only get better the longer he’d done it.

I’m not sure, but wouldnt the fact that he had an ear piece to listen to AM radio mean that he could alter it to listen to other things?

At this point it is only gossip because it is a alleged possibly it might have been done. So you smart people in here are saying lets hang the person then we will hold a trial to see if he’s guilty. What a bunch of freaks.

There’s a much simpler reason to believe (or not) the original report. Is there any tangible evidence that such a system was even set up?

I have not heard anyone from the Saints say that there was no system set up to “eavesdrop” on sound in the coaches booth. If the system was installed, why would it?

I know, innocent until proven guilty…but to install something like that costs money. And time. And planning. And instructions on exactly how to set it up. Decisions like that aren’t made off-hand, with no intention of using said system. Furthermore, once it’s set up, it could easily be expanded so that more people can use it.

Let’s be real – if they installed it, they used it.
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According to sources, the system was set up by Randy Mueller to listen in on the Saints’ coaches, so that would be the reason for incurring the expense of installing it. The allegation is that Loomis had that system rewired to listen to the opponents’ coaches. If all audio wires terminate in the same room, this would be an easy switch, but considering coaches booths are on opposite sides of the stadium, it would probably be a major re-wiring.

If they had to run wires from one side of the stadium to the other, they probably would have used an outside contractor, so there would be a record of that. Also, even if the devices are no longer installed, it is quite rare to remove the wiring. They just snip the ends off and leave the wires in place, so there should be some physical evidence remaining today.

What Dat?

and

Kill Dat?

I was getting sick of all those feel good stories about Sean Payton. If it smells like crap, then it usually is crap.

During the alleged years of use the Taints were respectable and after the flood their record went to hell. Coincidence?

Too bad nobody can believe anything the Taints say…

“If not used in the game it can provide a valuable database that would have significant value for future game plans, and as well when coaches change teams,” the source said.

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Exactly one of the things New England was LEGALLY doing UP UNTIL the beginning of the 2007 season. 1 whole game. Wow!

It’s well known to most fans that teams change up their signalling from inter- divisional games
to avoid telegraphing plays to their well-known opponents as well.

Keep trying haters…

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That was Belichick’s reasoning as to why he was not breaking any rules

The 2006 memo from the Commissioner made clear that filming of signals was OK from the stands but prohibited for Game Day use from the sidelines

Since Belichick uses those tapes for post-game analysis of play calling tendencies, he figured he was in compliance with the rule.

The punishment handed down by Goodell was because Belichick out-lawyered Goodell – not because the NFL has any problem with signal filming in general

(most fans remain clueless about that, seemingly ignoring the fact that most coordinators continue to cover their mouths when calling in plays even today.)

George Halas
Lamar Hunt
George Allen, and more

My guess on the Saints is that this is just an unsubstantiated rumor by a disgruntled employee, but let’s let the investigators do their work

No doubt Roger Goodell is happy to see the focus shift away from his own Injury Reporting Policies that allowed coaches to try to injure and kill vulnerable players in Bountygate, but I also think he would rather the average football fan keep their head in the sand and remain in denial about the NFL’s history of espionage.

For example, imagine the advantage of knowing 3-4 times a game with 100% certainty that your opponent was going to blitz. (You don’t think Tom Brady or Drew Brees would be able to exploit that knowledge?)

That would be easy to figure out. All you need to know is when the team blitzed and the check out the code words they used and/or hand signs they made before the play. The next time you see/hear the same code you know what is coming.

Producer: Oh now we really got something. Colon Crowherd, Dug Globlieg, Van Smelt, Ryan Ratsilly, Freddy Coleslaw, get in here, we have something new for you to blabber about on the radio and act like you know what you’re talking about.

Dug Globlieg: We really got the Saints, oh this is big, this is huge, this is…fun! I’m having a blast! I think I peed a little!

Colon Crowherd: Man I can’t wait to get on the radio tomorrow and just rip into this.
It’ll be big, it’ll be huge! We’ll have analysts and former players and coaches.
Hell we’ll even get some local New Orleans reporters to come on the show and bash them over the head.

Ryan Ratsilly: Really guys? I mean come on, really? If you’re the Saints it’s just, I’m not buying it that you didn’t do this. I know we don’t have the facts and these are just allegations but, really guys?

Van Smelt: Yeah I mean it’s obvious that they’re guilty of whatever anyone accuses them of now. The good thing is that we can say this and report this and if it turns out not to be true we can just say that it came from an anonymous source. Reminds me of when I was in college and I was saving up money for a $1.50 hot dog at the campus food mart, those were the good ole days.

Freddy Coleslaw: Coming up next, would Mickey Loomis have been executed on the spot if he did this and he was a black man? We’ll answer that coming up next on the couch and coleslaw show after the break.

Producer: GO GET EM GUYS! Who needs source checking and facts? We’re ESPN damnit!

What would the media do if they did not have unnamed sources. They may actually have to work for a paycheck.

I bet if an unnamed source criticized Obama, we would find out who he is and what his motivation is in about 24hrs.