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I've seen threads for everyone else on the Pats but I don't think there is a thread to show our love for Bill Belichick. This organization wouldn't be so special if we didn't have Bill. He is a football genius the way he stockpiles draft picks and acquires all the right players and doesn't waste too much money. He thinks about the future and not just today and that is why the Patriots will be a team to fear for many more years. Discuss.
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I have never had a problem saying In Bill We Trust.
Some Pats fans hate hearing IBWT, and loathe the idea of saying it. I guess it's because they don't want to admit that someone could be smarter than they are, but Bill is the football version of the Godfather and Beethoven mixed together. We need to work on an immortality drug to keep him around....and the rest of us too, I guess.
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------------------ “On a day when they could have had impact players David Terrell or Koren Robinson..they took Georgia defensive tackle Richard Seymour, who had 1 sacks last season in the pass-happy SEC and is too tall to play tackle at 6-6 and too slow to play defensive end. This genius move was followed by trading out of a spot where they could have gotten the last decent receiver in Robert Ferguson and settled for tackle Matt Light, who will not help any time soon.”
He's simply the best. No, he's not perfect, but he's much better than anyone else, and by a wide, wide margin. There's no one else in his class right now.
There are a lot of ways to measure how outstanding TFB is.
One way of measuring how outstanding BFB is, is that he went 11-5 without Tom Brady.
There are two possibilities:
1) 2008 was an outlier. Matt Cassell was (another) lucky pick of a backup quarterback. The Pats took lemons and made lemonade, in part because of BB's efforts, and in part because of luck we cannot hope to replicate.
2) 2008 was an indication of what happens a few years down the road. I think (2) is more likely. There are a great number of indicators in favor of my preference for (2). To wit:
- "Rebuilding" projects that take years in "post-great" jail for teams like SF or Dallas seem to be happening "within-dynasty" for the Pats (although to be fair, SF had an enviably long run)
- The Cassel experience
- The Pats' cap management excellence
- Recent draft success
- The fact that NE's stars tend to dim outside of Foxboro (usually Brady-attributed.)
If (2), then perpetual dominance.... something I can see happening with BB at the helm, even post-Brady. He's had that key piece for 10 years. I don't think (as most here seem to) that Brady is the sine qua non of the modern-era Patriots. That title goes to Bill F Belichick.
He's simply the best. No, he's not perfect, but he's much better than anyone else, and by a wide, wide margin. There's no one else in his class right now.
Yes, this exactly. He is a special coach, a once in a lifetime coach. I'm glad it's my lifetime.
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If Belichick became a free agent coach after the season, and he decided to hold an open auction for his services, what kind of crazy money would some of the billionaires throw at him?
Another scenario: BB writes an all inclusive manual,"How to Run and Coach a NFL team" and decides that he only wishes to sell 5 manuals at auction...how much?
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Yes, this exactly. He is a special coach, a once in a lifetime coach. I'm glad it's my lifetime.
Could not agree more, there have been endless diatribes on whether BB or TB is the star of this team.. and could one have achieved success without the other??.
IMO BB saw what he had in Brady and made the choice over Bledsoe.. and the story began. Made many difficult choices.. BB also figured out systems to maximize the the play of the individuals and to mold it into Championship Teams..
Belichick also begot Dimitrof and Pioli..
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Re: The Bill Belichick thread
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Originally Posted by borg
If Belichick became a free agent coach after the season, and he decided to hold an open auction for his services, what kind of crazy money would some of the billionaires throw at him?
Another scenario: BB writes an all inclusive manual,"How to Run and Coach a NFL team" and decides that he only wishes to sell 5 manuals at auction...how much?
He could name his price in both instances.
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If Belichick became a free agent coach after the season, and he decided to hold an open auction for his services, what kind of crazy money would some of the billionaires throw at him?
Another scenario: BB writes an all inclusive manual,"How to Run and Coach a NFL team" and decides that he only wishes to sell 5 manuals at auction...how much?
Belichick wrote a "How to be a Head Coach in the NFL" for Josh McDaniels as a Thank You for not interviewing during the 2008 season when everyone was calling. JM should have studied it a bit harder...
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