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September 13, 2006

Bill Not Biting

Bill Belichick was asked several times about his feelings for first-year Jets coach Eric Mangini today but let's just say that the Pats' coach wasn't in a touchy-feely mood.
Mangini was the Pats' defensive coordinator from 2000-2004 and worked with Belichick in Cleveland as well.
``I don't sit around the league and cheer for everyone else. I cheer for the Patriots,'' he said. ``It's not like Charlie (Weiss, at Notre Dame) or Kirk (Ferentz, at Iowa) or some other guys. In this league, I'm worried about the New England Patriots. On Sundays, I cheer for the Patriots. Just like a lot of other people around here.''
Asked if Mangini was ready for the jump to head coach, Belichick wasn;t exactly doling out the praise.

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``I don't know what owners are looking for. I try not to get into that,'' he said. ``That's not my decison to make. What the outside world sees, that's up to them. It's not anything I have any control over.''

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