Belichick on shove: 'I wish that hadn't happened'
Bill Belichick was so intent on hugging former protege Eric Mangini after Sunday's Patriots victory that he shoved aside a Boston Globe cameraman to meet him.
After refusing to address the incident Sunday, the Patriots coach called the photographer at home to apologize.
"I do feel bad about that," Belichick said on Boston radio station WEEI. "I really didn't mean to hit him up high there. I was trying to just push him out of the way and get to Eric. It wasn't ... it certainly wasn't called for, so I ... I wish that hadn't happened."
After the game, Belichick wasn't as talkative.
"I'm not going to get into a postgame analysis here," Belichick said. "Really, I've had enough of that."
Belichick's lukewarm handshakes with Jets head coach Mangini after two regular-season matchups had drawn much attention. There was much speculation what would happen between the two coaches after the wild-card matchup.
"I've got to tell you, I wasn't focused on that moment. It was nice, but I honestly wasn't thinking about that," Mangini said about the hug with Belichick.
Source: ESPN.com
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