Don Shula: I guess the Fins are worried about their undefeated record after all
In case anyone was wondering if the 72 Dolphins are officially sweating their place in NFL history, we got the answer this week as Don Shula (who coached that Dolphins team) came out of his self-imposed media hiatus to wave a finger at the Patriots and the validity of their 2007 accomplishments:
“The Spygate thing has diminished what they’ve accomplished,” Shula said in an interview with the New York Daily News. “You would hate to have that attached to your accomplishments. They’ve got it.”
Belichick was fined $500,000 and the Patriots were fined $250,000 and lost a first-round draft pick for videotaping the Jets’ opposing sideline during the teams’ season-opening game.
“That tells you the seriousness or significance of what they found,” Shula said, according to the Daily News. “I guess you got the same thing as putting an asterisk by Barry Bonds’ home run record.
Look, regardless of whether you agree with Shula you have to admit that it’s pretty hard to stomach the guy saying all this as though he’s unbiased. Call me crazy, but somehow I don’t think Shula would’ve made the same comments had the Steelers or Raiders been the one holding onto a nostalgic record of being the lone undefeated team in the SB era. Do you?
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