Former Patriots video assistant Matt Walsh is speaking out about his role in Spygate.
“If it was of little or no importance, I imagine they wouldn’t have continued to do it, and probably not taken the chances of going down onto the field in Pittsburgh or shooting from other teams’ stadiums the way we did.”
“On average, when you’re scouting a team, we’d do anywhere from 60 to 70 cut-ups on offense, 40, 50 cut-ups on defense. Special teams, you’re making another 10 to 15 tapes,” Walsh told The Times.“When Belichick came along, we added even more to the preparation. We were doing more cut-ups, and we were also coming into the age of digital technology, too. So we were able to attach statistics to the video, on computers. The great thing about technology, it’s supposed to make things easier, but in a sense it creates more work for you.”
As SR friend John Paulsen mentioned to me in an e-mail, Walsh comments essentially throw Belichick’s “I misunderstood the rules” comments right out the window. At least from what Walsh is saying, it’s clear that Belichick wanted the tapes so he could have a clear advantage over his opponents. (As if that wasn’t obvious already.)
Should be interesting to see where this issue goes from here now that Sen. Arlen Specter wants to conduct his own investigation.
