[AnotherUnixGeek]

Allowing players to violate team rules is...lots of things, none of them positive......You don't tell your coach screw you, I'm staying out late, when he sets a curfew......

This isn't school, or the armed forces - the NFL is a business, and the ultimate goal of that business is to win the Super Bowl. That's why the coaches institute rules, including curfews - so they can win, and ultimately win the Super Bowl.

If Belichik benched Butler solely for disciplinary reasons, he lost sight of the big picture and why he's got a job. There were plenty of ways to punish Butler for breaking rules which would not involve weakening his own team in the one game that all those rules are aimed at reaching in the first place.

[Mase]

There were plenty of ways to punish Butler for breaking rules which would not involve weakening his own team in the one game that all those rules are aimed at reaching in the first place.

Right. So what if Butler is a step slow because he didn't sleep enough, or because he's hungover, or because he's suffering flu like symptoms? It's not like Foles was going to burn anyone with his accuracy, or with the size and speed of his receivers.

[Hot Tabasco]

There were plenty of ways to punish Butler for breaking rules which would not involve weakening his own team in the one game that all those rules are aimed at reaching in the first place.

FWIW, that wasn't the sole reason the dumbass was benched. You would have known that had you read the article.......

With that being said, I have to laugh at some guy who considers himself a UnixGeek who has likely never played any sport at either the college level let alone professional who has the guts to criticize Belichick for the way he demands adherence to his rules........

It's a TEAM concept and there is no "I" in TEAM.

And since every other member of that team adhered to Coach Belichick's curfew, why should BUTLER get a pass?

Let me repeat that, WHY SHOULD BUTLER GET A PASS?