The first good news came out of the Pats camp this week. No. Not that Gronk's ankle sprain is feeling better. Although hopefully that is the case. No. The good news -- the really good news -- is that coach Bill Belichick, a.k.a. the Hooded One, will NOT be wearing the red hoodie that he donned in that last Super Bowl against the NY Giants.
I remember my family gathering at my parent's house in February of '08 as we did for the three previous Super Bowls. (All victories). We had the same foods. Same drinks. Same $2 Super Bowl squares pool. Same seats on the couch. Everything had to be the same. And then the Pats walked out on to the field in Arizona to complete their perfect season and there was a picture of Belichick walking on the sideline in his hoodie. But not his usual tattered gray hoodie. It was some new, bright red hoodie.
"What the hell is he wearing?" all 12 of us said at the same time. Apparently Belichick forgot that you couldn't do anything differently from the previous three Super Bowls. (All victories.) I'm not really superstitious. But even I know you don't break out a new, bright red hoodie for the Super Bowl. Every time Brady got sacked or something else bad happened, which was often, someone in the room would yell "Get rid of that hoodie!" Well, it took four years. But the red hoodie is gone.
This is what I'm expecting to see come next Sunday...
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