Fast forward to the 3:15 mark, that's where this gets good.
NESN - Professional football players usually earn game balls for spectacular plays. One time, Larry Izzo earned one from Bill Belichick by taking a poop on the sideline without anybody noticing. "I guarantee that game ball is probably a more prized item for him than his Super Bowl rings," Wes Welker told ESPN's Dan LeBatard on a recent episode of Dan LeBatard Is Highly Questionable. "It's Izzo, it's what the guy does!" Welker declares. "I'm telling you, the guy is phenomenal."
Welp, that helps explain these Wes Welker wears adult diapers advertisements in recent weeks.
There's this whole other side to Belichick that I wish we knew more about. I mean he's clearly from the Michael Scott school of comedy, right? What other coach in the league would recognize the comedic value of a guy shitting on the sideline mid-game with a game ball? I'm sure TB threw for 350 yards and 3 TD's that game, and I'm sure there wasn't one ounce of jealousy when Izzo got the game ball. Coach Belichick recognizes greatness in all forms and everyone just accepts that.
PS: There is an absolutely legendary story from my high school days along these lines (Some of the supporting details may be myth, but its been confirmed enough to know that this actually happened). There was this one kid, a bit of a spazz, clearly had something off with him, not an ounce of athleticism, but since it was high school football no one got cut, the kid got to suit up and sit on the sideline every game, and he loved every minute of it. This is the kind of kid who would race students to the lunch line...like everyone else was just joking around but his day depended on winning that kind of trivial competition. During gym he'd not only compete like a mad-man, but he'd provide his own play by play...He was the color man and the straight man. He'd also cry and froth at the mouth after losing in gym class. Like I said, there was just something off about him. Anyway...now that you have an idea of what I'm talking about here...
The kid shit his pants during a game. Not shit on the sideline, not ripped ass and everyone smelled it. Full on shit his pants. Dropped a deuce. Now from here on out the details are hazy as to exactly how the exchange went with the coach, but the most common story is that once back in the lockerroom the coach not only acknowledged the fact that he had shat his pants, but just chuckled and said "we're going to make sure we make it to the bathroom next time, right?" To which the kid enthusiastically replied (hell, it was probably the only time coach spoke to him, he had to be excited), Yes Coach!
