Wickersham article and cool photo

[OhExaulted1]

Check out the dude in the upper LH corner:

ESPN - Photos - Shipp shaped Belichick's thinking

Here's the Article:

NFL: How did New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick learn offense? A trailer deep in Tennessee holds some clues -- and his tutor. - ESPN

 

[DarrylS]

Can never get enough of these articles.. this will make the permanent collection...

 

[Absurdly Metro]

great stuff. thanks!

 

[smg93]

Good article. Thanks for sharing this

 

[Pat the Pats Fan]

Good article, I learned something new. I always thought Bill was a center at Wesleyan, not a tight end. Further research confirmed he actually played both positions. Now I know why he likes that position so much.

 

[Canada's #1 Pats Fan]

Is it just me, or does a young Belichick share a striking resemblance to a mid-career John Elway?

 

[OhExaulted1]

Is it just me, or does a young Belichick share a striking resemblance to a mid-career John Elway?

That's funny. I thought the exact same thing and my wife agreed.

 

[OhExaulted1]

2 and 3/4 yr old woke me up. That's my bump.

 

[Patsfanin Philly]

That's funny. I thought the exact same thing and my wife agreed.

Make that three (?four) of us because for a second I thought they mistakenly put a picture of Elway where BB should have been.....Close enough for a 'switched at birth' mention...

 

[Patjew]

Is it just me, or does a young Belichick share a striking resemblance to a mid-career John Elway?

Except that Belichick has normal-size teeth for a human, while Elway's teeth are the size of a small human.

 

[olschool]

Actually Bill is Elways real dad.
Another look alike is Drew Bledsoe and Lt.Winters ( Kirk Acevedo), in Band of Brothers.

 

[FalconHeavy]

That's funny. I thought the exact same thing and my wife agreed.

well, so its not just me who thought that ! separated at birth ??

 

[OhExaulted1]

well, so its not just me who thought that ! separated at birth ??

Either way, that Bill Elway is quite a stud, eh?

 

[DaBruinz]

So, I see why this got buried. People found the picture of Belichick more interesting than some of the facts that the article brought to light.

I found this tid bit extremely informative and puts into light the mentality BB wants from his OCs.

"Ken was really smart," Belichick says. "He had an answer to everything. No matter what the situation was, no matter what the defense did, or we'd see something on film. The offense was very thorough. It was very simple, but there were a lot of variations. Similar to the run-and-shoot, where they didn't have that many pass plays but they had adjustments on every pattern based on coverage."
That lesson -- the theory of constantly adjusting while keeping schemes relatively simple -- stayed with Belichick.

Simple formations with a lot of variations. So, it looks like McDaniels learned much of his stuff from BB...... Interesting....

Further on,

Belichick might have become famous in the 1980s for his Super Bowl-winning defenses, but within the New York Giants' offices, he was renowned for spotting plays run by the 49ers and Redskins, tailoring them to New York's personnel and suggesting them to offensive coordinator Ron Erhardt. In his spare time, he put together an offensive playbook, borrowing and tweaking plays from other teams, and inventing his own. "Philosophically, I knew what I wanted to do if I ever got a chance to be a head coach," he said.

This tells me that the OFFENSE the Pats run is HIS offense and that he's assigned it to the OC to run it and continue to tweak it..



I wonder if this will change some of the misconceptions certain people have about the previous OCs.. *ponder* Probably not..

 

[efin98]

Further on,

This tells me that the OFFENSE the Pats run is HIS offense and that he's assigned it to the OC to run it and continue to tweak it..

OC and QBs too as he meets with the QBs as well to iron out the plays...

I wonder if this will change some of the misconceptions certain people have about the previous OCs.. *ponder* Probably not..

And give up the need to use them as whipping boys? Not a chance...

 

[Kontradiction]

Jesus. Even in his younger days, BB was still a future pedophile.

 

[SVN]

anyone with espn insider access here who can post the whole wickersham article ?
Seth Wickersham's September 7 ESPN The Magazine profile of Bill Belichick and his coaching tree (09/07/09) - ESPN