i dont find bb to be the least bit strange .i think hes a no nonsense type of guy who has little patience for stupid questions from morons who dont have a clue.
First, thanks for the above "amen"... second, amen to this one too.
Here's the basics, from what I can tell (putting on my halloween beard and speaking in a Viennese accent...)
Belichick is an introvert by nature. I don't see him getting energy from crowds or random people he does not already know and trust. I see him valuing a select few (Pioli, Kraft, to an extent Brady... and of course those we don't see, who happen to be close to him.)
He effed up the position of head coach, as far as the press is concerned. While others with the job aren't necessarily extroverts, think about what we've read about Belichick in the past...
He started out a "film geek," or a "football geek" in general. The knock on him under Parcells was that he didn't have the "personality" to be a head coach. He knew Xs and Os, but did not excel at stomping around, shouting, and sadistically demeaning underperforming players. Parcells was good at these things, and Parcell used them well. But Belichick was good at deciding what players should do in a game.
He effed up the game itself when the Pats became a dynasty. He had no use for the brash and overvalued superstar, the antics of immature players, the story lines and a lot of the smack talk.
He thinks football is about football, and he thinks his job is about studying football, making sure his message gets across about what to
do, not how to
appear, to his players. They are the only ones who can influence his success or failure.
What a drag for a reporter!!! And look what's happening in the league... Similarly serious teams are making the run this year. No Super Bowl shuffle for
these Bears, or these Colts for that matter. TO is a joke, not the talk of the league (in any positive way.) Fans are rightly angry about "big baby" type players, for the most part... the league has been, to an extent, Patri-fied since the late 90s.
And the living, breathing embodiment of that is Bill. But don't talk to him about it, because he doesn't care what you think. He cares about football.
Reading too much into everything,
PFnV