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Old 09-25-2007, 03:59 PM   #1
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Old 09-25-2007, 04:07 PM   #2
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Thanks - great stuff.

These numbers are ridiculous :

"In his first season with Cleveland in 1991, Belichick's defense allowed 144 fewer points than the previous year. When he joined the New York Jets as Parcells' assistant head coach in 1997, the difference was 167 -- 10 fewer points allowed per game. Those are remarkable numbers."
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Old 09-25-2007, 04:12 PM   #3
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All these recent mediots will ignore how talented and smart of a coach Belichick is, and try to say he only won through CHEATING.

Give me a f'ing break.
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Old 09-25-2007, 04:14 PM   #4
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Thanks for posting that article.

An interesting introspective side of Belichick.
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Old 09-25-2007, 04:20 PM   #5
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great article ty. growing up in that enviroment..not hard to see how it has affected his demeanor.
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Old 09-25-2007, 05:12 PM   #6
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That was a magnificent piece by a mediot who, on reflection brought on by the spectre of scandal, finally gets it.

"When details of the signal-stealing emerged a few weeks ago, I thought of something Belichick once told me about Taylor. Despite his bouts with drug use and his sometimes messy personal life, Taylor always gave his best effort -- such that it sometimes was -- on the field.

"Lawrence completely sells out on every play," Belichick said. "He doesn't care about his body -- or anyone else's for that matter. He will do anything it takes to win. Anything.

"The same thing that makes him [an unlikable] human being," Belichick added in a telling aside, "makes him one of the greatest players who ever lived."

I've been thinking about this a lot lately. I believe the same is true of Bill Belichick."


See, that's what the majority of mediots have never realized - his best players (by and large) sense that and respond to and admire it and trust him implicitly because of it. Rodney has said on occasion they get mad at Bill, never hate him. He makes it his life's work to put them in a position to win. And he doesn't BS them or ever use them along the way to spin the heat off himself, as so many of the hugger coaches do. To the contrary, as Tom said, he protects them even at the expense of pissing some folks off royally. In their book that makes him not only a great HC but a magnificent SOB. The guy you want to go to war for and with.

Sad thing is I think Felger had much the same opportunity given to him early in Belichick's return here that this reporter had in NY. Because BB thought he had the (comparative) football intellect to benefit from it compared to the rest of the hacknied Boston sports media. But he pissed it away over the chance to make his bones on WEEI (including letting confidences slip) and Sports Final and I think the fact that Holley got Patriot Reign, not that Bill offered it - Holley went after it, tipped Felger over the edge. Holley can be trusted to maintain confidences shared with him in background even at the expense of not breaking the splashy story or jumping on the popular media spin. Doesn't even mean Holly won't be critical at times, but he always does it in context. He understands that we as fans want to know what they will do, not what a mediot thinks they should do. Belichick gave Holley the context, as he did Greg Garber, to figure him out. Nice to see in more than one instance it wasn't wasted.
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Old 09-25-2007, 05:26 PM   #7
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Here's what I don't get. This mediot (nice) was invited a few times to view video with Belichick. This makes him somehow qulified to comment on Belichick's personality and personal life and quality as a human being. I'm sorry but being surly to the media, and by generally giving them nothing to work with, does not really tell us anything about Bill Belichick the person. I've watched this guy for over a decade. And I don't know anything about him. Even when he's reprimanding his players, there doesn't seem to be any animus in his voice. "Do your job. Just do your job." That famous quote from the Super Bowl was not spoken with any screaming or the like. Yes he was damant, but I haven't seen anything especially unlikeable from him. His press conferences? Well, I'm not a reporter, so they don't rub me the wrong way. Why do people allow reporters to be the judges of personal character?
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Old 09-25-2007, 05:32 PM   #8
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I had stated this is an earlier post just after this whole thing started on this board....reviewing tape and Belichick go hand in hand, always have and always will...
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Old 09-25-2007, 05:44 PM   #9
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This is a well thought out, intriging article. The author comes to his conclusions through reason.

You really can't beat that.

In response to the last line, some folks don't like Bill for his behavior, but I would wager that the man has some friends around these parts.
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Nice to see someone writing something good about him....

I always love reading stuff about LT too the guy was a beast on the field.....
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