17
Nov
2009
Pats Paste Patsies (and the parents engage in a Smerlas campaign)
By C-O-U-R-T-N-E-Y!
And here we thought that Bill Belichick was having problems. Over the weekend, former Patriots’ players played in a charity basketball game with some high schoolers. This feel good story quickly turned bad, though, when the Pats’ squad started roughing up their counterparts from Nashoba Regional High School. Now, the parents of the teens are fighting back, the police are involved, and one former Patriot, Garin “Gameday” Veris, may even lose his job over it is on the defensive over it. If you want to see video on the story, you’ll have to go here.
At the center of the bru-ha-ha is this man and his charity, All Pro Productions, who arranged the game:
Fred Smerlas
Smerlas, who as evidenced by the above photo was either a wrestler or a super hero in high school, apparently knows how to fight when he wants to:
Smerlas fought in high school. Smerlas’ charity team fights high schoolers now. Coincidence? Or culture of violence? You decide!
You may only recognize Smerlas when you see him wearing his 'stache.
Photos from www.coachpass33.com and http://graphics.fansonly.com/photos/schools/bc/genrel/auto_action/FredSmerlas.jpg
What a joke this site is. He isn’t going to lose his job. The Superintendent said he stands behind Garin on this. Has ANYONE found any footage of this? Any pictures? Any quotes by ANYONE other than the ex-Patriots or the wimpy high school team? Not even their coach is speaking up on this? He’s probably ashamed his team is made of whiners. Are these kids’ parents all ambulance-chasing attorneys? Is THAT what is keeping this story alive? I hope Smerlas sues you for saying he fights high schoolers now…. HE WASN’T EVEN THERE!
Mike-
Thanks for leaving your sense of humor at the door.
Just so everyone is clear, I’ve updated the post to reflect that (a) Gameday isn’t at risk of losing his job, and (b) Smerlas wasn’t involved in the non-fight fight referenced in the original post. I thought the links that I included in the tongue-in-cheek post made that clear but perhaps not.
My only issue with the post is that it reveals a mildly disturbing fascination with Smerlas (and his mustache) on the part of C-O-U-R-T-N-E-Y, since he’s only tangentially related to the story in any way.
Well, that and the formatting of those photos
All I can say about this story is… sweeeeeeeet. It exposes what the Patriots and their fans are and have always been… a bunch of thin skinned cheap shot artists. From Smerlas one of the dirtiest players of his era to Rodney Harrison. I wouldn’t call it a culture of violence, but more a culture of dirty, low brow Massholes.