Bill Belichick is a Real Life Howard Roark from 'The Fountainhead' - New England Patriots Forums

***maverick4*** · 09-13-2007, 10:06 PM

- Super focused, highly competent, narrowly obsessed with his lifelong work and goals.
- Oblivious to anything else, especially social interactions with those he deems unnecessary.
- Designer and manager of masterful creations of art, causing resentment from the mass public.
- Highly confident in himself, bordering on hubris.
- The target of an influential media writer with an agenda.
- Betrayed by a long-time colleague of his.
- The victim of an unfair mob trial.
- Sways the public through his statement, keeps on chugging mentally unscathed.
- ULTIMATELY VICTORIOUS.

Pedrorocks458 · 09-13-2007, 10:10 PM

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Originally Posted by maverick4

- Super focused, highly competent, narrowly focused on his work and goals.
- Oblivious to anything else, especially social interactions with those he deems unnecessary.
- Designer and manager of masterful works of art, creating resentment from the mass public.
- Highly confident in himself, bordering on hubris.
- The victim of an unfair mob trial.
- ULTIMATELY VICTORIOUS.

I kind of wish I had read the Fountainhead. I will say that some of my predictions came true in "Belichick Shrugged." I hope the last one about devising a counterattack is particularly true.

***maverick4*** · 09-13-2007, 10:15 PM

Yeah, a day and a half ago when I suggested Belichick was either Howard Roark or John Galt, these past several hours have proved, in my mind at least, that he is a real-life Howard Roark. The parallels are eery.

tombonneau · 09-13-2007, 10:15 PM

Perfect analogy. And ESPN plays the role of Ellsworth Toohey.

***maverick4*** · 09-13-2007, 10:20 PM

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Perfect analogy. And ESPN plays the role of Ellsworth Toohey.

ESPN, or Micini over at the NY Post is like Ellsworth. And Mangini is like Peter Keating. Sooner rather than later, he will be exposed for the fraud that he is.

TomBrady'sGoat · 09-13-2007, 10:21 PM

I got about 70 pages in before I couldn't take it anymore. If I'm going to torture myself for a grade at least make it short (I believe the teacher commented "B - an excellent paper for someone who didn't read the book").

Nope, I have nothing of substance to add so I'll continue. My wife loves telling objectivists (and wanna-bes) that she really liked Atlas Shrugged (she did) and then when they start talking about the speeches saying "oh, I skipped those." The looks are priceless.

***maverick4*** · 09-13-2007, 10:29 PM

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Nope, I have nothing of substance to add so I'll continue. My wife loves telling objectivists (and wanna-bes) that she really liked Atlas Shrugged (she did) and then when they start talking about the speeches saying "oh, I skipped those." The looks are priceless.

Hilarious lol

Fahrenhype · 09-13-2007, 10:31 PM

I'm honestly starting to feel left out in the cold from not being too familiar with Ayn Rand novels. I just played the game BioShock (made in Quincy

) but have never read Atlas Shrugged which inspired it.

Might actually look into these once my degree is done and the season is over and I have five minutes of free time that don't go towards checking NFL news. Removing PFT from my bookmarks will be the first step.

tombonneau · 09-13-2007, 10:31 PM

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Originally Posted by maverick4

ESPN, or Micini over at the NY Post is like Ellsworth. And Mangini is like Peter Keating. Sooner rather than later, he will be exposed for the fraud that he is.

I think you've got it wrong. Parcells was Keating.

Ahriman · 09-13-2007, 10:38 PM

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Originally Posted by maverick4

- Super focused, highly competent, narrowly obsessed with his lifelong work and goals.
- Oblivious to anything else, especially social interactions with those he deems unnecessary.
- Designer and manager of masterful creations of art, causing resentment from the mass public.
- Highly confident in himself, bordering on hubris.
- The target of an influential media writer with an agenda.
- Betrayed by a long-time colleague of his.
- The victim of an unfair mob trial.
- Sways the public through his statement, keeps on chugging mentally unscathed.
- ULTIMATELY VICTORIOUS.

maverick, this is by far my favorite post on this board...ever. Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged are two of my absolute favorites. And no, I'm not some silly objectivist.