Drew Bledsoe, QB Coach

Ring 6 · Aug 3, 2012

patman52 said:
Well we don't. I spent 5 min with him at a united way function and he was extremely gracious. He could be beat his wife and kids, for all I know but friends of his on the team that did know him personally mirrored my thoughts about him. His desire to spend more time with his family over football was well reported.

That amazes you?

I'm saying that your post about his character and attributing qualities to him that you have no idea whether they exist or not is pointless.
I just don't understand why you would post guesses about his personality, morals, and personal life that you simply are making up (not saying they are false just that you know that about him no more than you know it about me) and posting it as if it is knowledge you personally have.
I just don't get the thought process. THAT is what amazes me.

Claremonster · Aug 3, 2012

AndyJohnson said:
Sure, but that doesnt mean Bledsoe gets credit for being a good, unselfish teammate who was above being divisive, because that is just not true.

He was at first pissed off. Who the hell wouldn't be? You always want to be the starter. If you don't, you don't deserve to be. Brady is simply better than Bledsoe. That doesn't mean that Bledsoe sucked. He was pretty effing important to the Pats. A poor man's Favre.

He wasn't 100% a class act, but, who the hell cares? He was still awesome. I couldn't fault him for he did. He did the same thing in Dallas when Homo took over. I would do the same thing.

winged1dur · Aug 3, 2012

How about we bring back Clive Rush as an electrical consultant?

QuantumMechanic · Aug 3, 2012

MoLewisrocks said:
D And he was using his old and well established back channel methods of voicing his displeasure via his media toadies. Cafardo in particular was his point man. Borges was on board as well (since they now had a common enemy).

As the "most helpful" review at Amazon of Cafardo's book about the 2001 team says:

Even worse, in a book that's supposed to be about the 2001 team's march to the title, he couldn't help but continue carrying water for two of his favorites -- Terry Glenn and Drew Bledsoe, constantly making excuses for them. For example, out of nowhere and out of context, he inserts a laughable screed against anyone who dares to criticize Bledsoe. It's bizarre! It's as if he had this whole rant built up and couldn't figure out where to put it and then couldn't contain it anymore and had to stick it wherever he happened to be in the book

PatsWickedPissah · Aug 3, 2012

From a distance Drew's approach to his career is more similar to my situation than TFB. I loved High-Tech and did well as a career but talent aside, I was not insanely obsessed (or successful!!!) like Steve Jobs or TFB. Worked hard but not to the detriment of the family. Missed more of kids growing up but not all. Seems like Drew is happy and successful post football. Good for him.

People need to ask themselves why someone worth many 10s of millions and focused on family would want to coach for just big 6 figures where the job is 7 days a week and over 10 hours per day. It would need to be your #1 priority. Clearly not Drew's nor would I in his situation go that route.

Ring 6 · Aug 3, 2012

Claremonster said:
He was at first pissed off. Who the hell wouldn't be? You always want to be the starter. If you don't, you don't deserve to be. Brady is simply better than Bledsoe. That doesn't mean that Bledsoe sucked. He was pretty effing important to the Pats. A poor man's Favre.

He wasn't 100% a class act, but, who the hell cares? He was still awesome. I couldn't fault him for he did. He did the same thing in Dallas when Homo took over. I would do the same thing.

Well the topic was how he handled it, so who the hell cares would be whoever was discussing the topic.
I'm not judging his reaction, just pointing out that it is out of touch with reality to give him credit for being a good teammate in 2001.

DejaBLue · Aug 3, 2012

I think it's a bad idea for fans to try and pick out coaches and coordinators for their favorite team.
As far as Bledsoe is concerned, first, I'd bet that coaching is the furthest thing from his mind right now.
Additionally, in my opinion, Bledsoe wasn't exactly all that technical a NFL QB.
He had the big arm and the height, of course, but so many times I recall coming outta my freaking skin watching his poise in the pocket, and the panic throws, the INTs, and holding the ball way past the expiration date.
Those are not the sort of attributes that a quarterback coach needs.

Look who was the biggest influence on TFB's mechanics...a 70 year old guy in a wheelchair.

patman52 · Aug 3, 2012

AndyJohnson said:
I'm saying that your post about his character and attributing qualities to him that you have no idea whether they exist or not is pointless.
I just don't understand why you would post guesses about his personality, morals, and personal life that you simply are making up (not saying they are false just that you know that about him no more than you know it about me) and posting it as if it is knowledge you personally have.
I just don't get the thought process. THAT is what amazes me.

I don't know you personally, but I think you like to criticize people and are probably very argumentative.

Claremonster · Aug 3, 2012

AndyJohnson said:
Well the topic was how he handled it, so who the hell cares would be whoever was discussing the topic.
I'm not judging his reaction, just pointing out that it is out of touch with reality to give him credit for being a good teammate in 2001.

OK, I agree with you. I never sifted through pages on pages of this. Whomever thinks that he was all in with the team is naive. HE WASN'T!

And I cannot blame him either. But, that is me.

Still was one of my favorites.

Brady is just better though.

It's good to be a Pats fan! Some franchises never had 1 good qb. Ponder that one!

Claremonster · Aug 3, 2012

DejaBLue said:
I think it's a bad idea for fans to try and pick out coaches and coordinators for their favorite team.
As far as Bledsoe is concerned, first, I'd bet that coaching is the furthest thing from his mind right now.
Additionally, in my opinion, Bledsoe wasn't exactly all that technical a NFL QB.
He had the big arm and the height, of course, but so many times I recall coming outta my freaking skin watching his poise in the pocket, and the panic throws, the INTs, and holding the ball way past the expiration date.
Those are not the sort of attributes that a quarterback coach needs.

Look who was the biggest influence on TFB's mechanics...a 70 year old guy in a wheelchair.

He was a gunslinger ala Favre. He always thought that he could make a play, even when it was a stupid idea to try to force one in. He had a lot of pride. He played the way I would have. Even though it would be a dumb idea to do so.

Still one of my favorites.

DejaBLue · Aug 4, 2012

Drew always struck me as not really knowing how to find a place on the team that endeared him to the entire team. He never seemed to settle into being the natural leader that Tom is. He just seemed out of place in some weird way. [/QUOTE said:
I agree, and would attribute that to the way that Bledsoe was groomed and drafted for success in the NFL...1st round pick, all that.
Can't blame Drew for being a product of the machine, but Brady had a different motivation.
In my opinion.

DejaBLue · Aug 4, 2012

Claremonster said:
He was a gunslinger ala Favre. He always thought that he could make a play, even when it was a stupid idea to try to force one in. He had a lot of pride. He played the way I would have. Even though it would be a dumb idea to do so.

Still one of my favorites.

I hear that.
I don't want to put Bledsoe down.
He was a pretty productive and exciting player in his prime here.
I just think that, if you're objective about it, you would probably accept that in the latter years he did not adapt his game to account for his diminishing skills well enough to compete with Brady.

QuantumMechanic · Aug 4, 2012

If Bledsoe had entered the league 20-30 years earlier I think he'd have been a shoe-in HOFer. Imagine him in the classic Raiders offense -- sit back in the pocket (behind an OL that doesn't have to worry about free agency and salary caps) and wait for the burners (who don't have to worry about free agency and salary caps) to get free down the field. And the defenses were simpler back then.

I think he just didn't/couldn't process things fast enough in today's game. And then with the cap and free agency making it impossible for a team to get and keep a full set of high-level parts, you couldn't get everything "just right" for Bledsoe.

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