good piece from nbcsports.com about BB

Very nice.

Amazing article, thanks for posting.

JudyPatFan said:

Didn't see this link posted. Many of us know a lot of these stories and links about BB, but it's fun to see them all together in this piece by Joe Posnanski.

http://sportsworld.nbcsports.com/everyones-got-a-bill-belichick-story/?ocid=yahoo

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Outstanding read, thanks for sharing.

mayoclinic said:

8 more years, please.

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will NOT coach into his 70's minus 63 is less than 8 years

C for math, A+ for effort

SVN said:

You will be called a BB homer by those 2 and they will just use this article to point out all the -ve things people have said too about him and sweeping call all pats fans .

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If, indeed, I'm called a "homer" by those 2 morons, I'll gladly wear that as a badger of honor. "Homer" - the ultimate disparaging label pinned on those who have the audacity to root for and love their hometown teams. My God, what a crime. The real crime is committed by those who can't possibly bring themselves to enjoy the success of a local team. Shank and Felger and Borges, et al, liked it better when the Pats sucked year after year, the Red Sox always choked, the Bruins were cheap and didn't care about winning and the Celtics glory days were over in the '80s. Well, all of the teams don't win every year and there are down times. But every one of them, I believe, is committed to winning and that's good enough for me. The contrarians can go screw themselves and kiss my ***. Move to Buffalo.

Bill Belichick fact: There’s a proper way to do a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. Belichick spreads peanut butter on both slices of bread. That way the jelly does not seep through.

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Kind of like saying Belichick puts the paper between his hand and his bum. Does anyone make a PB&J differently? Is this more insight into the media than the coach?

I can see Bill at the white board, "Gronk, the paper goes between your hand and your bum. Go take a shower!"

Jackson 2 said:

If, indeed, I'm called a "homer" by those 2 morons, I'll gladly wear that as a badger of honor. "Homer" - the ultimate disparaging label pinned on those who have the audacity to root for and love their hometown teams. My God, what a crime. The real crime is committed by those who can't possibly bring themselves to enjoy the success of a local team. Shank and Felger and Borges, et al, liked it better when the Pats sucked year after year, the Red Sox always choked, the Bruins were cheap and didn't care about winning and the Celtics glory days were over in the '80s. Well, all of the teams don't win every year and there are down times. But every one of them, I believe, is committed to winning and that's good enough for me. The contrarians can go screw themselves and kiss my ***. Move to Buffalo.

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As Peter Gammons once said, the Boston Media takes great pride in making tough for its local teams and their players and coaches as if their reputation is built on being tough guys to the sports persons.
It craws their neck that despite all the crap thrown at them the pats and BB still keep winning year after year.
Look at the article on CSNNE by Gary Tanguay. He says if pats lose #1 seed, its a choke job(!). Seriously ? But thats how they are unfortunately.

SVN said:

As Peter Gammons once said, the Boston Media takes great pride in making tough for its local teams and their players and coaches as if their reputation is built on being tough guys to the sports persons.
It craws their neck that despite all the crap thrown at them the pats and BB still keep winning year after year.
Look at the article on CSNNE by Gary Tanguay. He says if pats lose #1 seed, its a choke job(!). Seriously ? But thats how they are unfortunately.

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SVN, I saw that Tanguay idiocy earlier on CSSNE. Tanguay is a moron who scurries like a little mouse to catch up with Squeaky and the Douchebag in the contrarian department. I met Tanguay a few years ago at Vince Wilfork's draft day party at Pinz in Milford. It was absolutely stunning how stupid he was/is. I had the pleasure of speaking with him and Adalius Thomas at the same time. Now, that was a freaking illuminating discussion...

Tanguay has zero credibility. Especially after the Jets game which he said represented how good they are/aren't and that the team would not get any better.

He is unbearable on the post game show but it is nice that Gresh calls him out for his idiocy.

The only thing that bugged me was the spygate reference. It was legal to tape signals, we didn't put the camera in the right spot

Jackson 2 said:

SVN, I saw that Tanguay idiocy earlier on CSSNE. Tanguay is a moron who scurries like a little mouse to catch up with Squeaky and the Douchebag in the contrarian department. I met Tanguay a few years ago at Vince Wilfork's draft day party at Pinz in Milford. It was absolutely stunning how stupid he was/is. I had the pleasure of speaking with him and Adalius Thomas at the same time. Now, that was a freaking illuminating discussion...

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LOL. Just to be clear I dont consider tanguay even a sports guy. He just has that job for some reason. Good for him. I think Jerry Thorton once took down CHB in a an epic radio piece he accurately said that BB's arrival and success had turned the tables on the boston media where they constantly enjoyed being the kings to the bottom of the pyramid.

TheBostonStraggler said:

The gravitas BB carries among the players is stark. Is there another coach in the league in the last 10 years that a player would say 'I didn't want to disappoint him' to another team's coach?

It's that gravitas that is one of the keys to playing a game like KC but then playing the next 8. Players buy into the BB program. It's one of the keys to see a team through turmoil but always have them right in the thick of it by season's end.

So BB will coach the Patriots no more than 7 seasons. Assuming that's BB plan this, obviously, will run past the retirement of Brady. BB will have the chance to see the Patriots to success in the post Brady era. And if he's able to continue the success post Brady, BB goes from 'possily the best coach of the modern era' to 'the best coach of the modern era...... and possibly the best coach of all time'.

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I couldn't find the quote but one of my favorite quotes from a player is Alge Crumpler when asked about the hype of the team and said "I only read the Bill Belichick times"

classic

Jackson 2 said:

If, indeed, I'm called a "homer" by those 2 morons, I'll gladly wear that as a badger of honor. "Homer" - the ultimate disparaging label pinned on those who have the audacity to root for and love their hometown teams. My God, what a crime. The real crime is committed by those who can't possibly bring themselves to enjoy the success of a local team. Shank and Felger and Borges, et al, liked it better when the Pats sucked year after year, the Red Sox always choked, the Bruins were cheap and didn't care about winning and the Celtics glory days were over in the '80s. Well, all of the teams don't win every year and there are down times. But every one of them, I believe, is committed to winning and that's good enough for me. The contrarians can go screw themselves and kiss my ***. Move to Buffalo.

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If a person disagrees with something done by Belichick, the Pats, or any of the other teams, does that person qualify as a contrarian? There are definitely two things in the article that I disagree with.

SVN said:

As Peter Gammons once said, the Boston Media takes great pride in making tough for its local teams and their players and coaches as if their reputation is built on being tough guys to the sports persons.
It craws their neck that despite all the crap thrown at them the pats and BB still keep winning year after year.
Look at the article on CSNNE by Gary Tanguay. He says if pats lose #1 seed, its a choke job(!). Seriously ? But thats how they are unfortunately.

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I hardly ever listen to Tanguay, Felger, Mazz, Gerry, Dino or any of the other gasbags. When I do put them on I soon turn them off. If not for a thread like this one (about a good BB piece btw) I wouldn't ever hear any of their nonsense. There's the rub.

NEPats1 said:

I couldn't find the quote but one of my favorite quotes from a player is Alge Crumpler when asked about the hype of the team and said "I only read the Bill Belichick times"

classic

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Picture this scene about ten years from now: Bill, relaxing on the deck of his boat, talking to some writer and telling him his whole story for a soon to be best selling book. They won't be able to print them fast enough.

Here are a couple of other quotes about BB that I like.

The first quote about Belichick is from a Boston political columnist by the name of Joan Vennochi who rarely wrote about sports. Belichick, she noted, wasn't "glib or glitzy. At press conferences he sometimes seems a little goofy and is often way too grim. But he is a leader without the swagger, selfishness, and pomposity that so many men in business, politics and sports embrace as an entitlement of their gender and position."

The second quote comes from Peter Richmond, a writer from Cleveland. "What's interesting about him, and was judged a weakness in Cleveland, was that he did not play any games. There's nothing fake and there never was. He is what he is. There is no pretense, and he is utterly authentic in a world where, because of television, there is more and more which is inauthentic. What's troubling about all this is that a lot of people are more comfortable with the inauthentic, if it is reassuring, than they are with the truth, if it is not reassuring. He doesn't play the role of the coach. Instead he is the coach."

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SVN, I saw that Tanguay idiocy earlier on CSSNE. Tanguay is a moron who scurries like a little mouse to catch up with Squeaky and the Douchebag in the contrarian department. I met Tanguay a few years ago at Vince Wilfork's draft day party at Pinz in Milford. It was absolutely stunning how stupid he was/is. I had the pleasure of speaking with him and Adalius Thomas at the same time. Now, that was a freaking illuminating discussion...

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Tanguay is butt hurt because he didn't get the radio play by play gig....

He's gonna take shots whenever he can.

1960Pats said:

If a person disagrees with something done by Belichick, the Pats, or any of the other teams, does that person qualify as a contrarian? There are definitely two things in the article that I disagree with.

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No, at least not in my book. I disagree with things BB and the Pats do at times, particularly in the personnel area. A contrarian, to me, is someone who often, if not always, takes a position s/he knows is contrary to popular opinion even when s/he knows that position is likely incorrect. It's done purposely in order for that person to stand apart from the crowd. Just my definition because you requested it.

Jackson 2 said:

No, at least not in my book. I disagree with things BB and the Pats do at times, particularly in the personnel area. A contrarian, to me, is someone who often, if not always, takes a position s/he knows is contrary to popular opinion even when s/he knows that position is likely incorrect. It's done purposely in order for that person to stand apart from the crowd. Just my definition because you requested it.

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Thank you J2. I disagreed with a couple of things in that article and wasn't sure how it would be taken.

1960Pats said:

Thank you J2. I disagreed with a couple of things in that article and wasn't sure how it would be taken.

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LOL! Believe me, my college years were from 66-70 - I have significant experience expressing dissent!