Or a WTF Richard Seymour,
WTF Logan Mankins, WTF Jamie Collins, WTF Devon McCourty?
After so many seasons watching BB prove himself right, and fans and media explode in rage over their infinite wisdom, I've learned there really isn't any point getting worked up about a Belchick off-season. He is planning and deciding matters on a totally different level than the rest of us.
I'am a loyal Belichick homer.
I've never minded when other posters criticize him. The man is human and he makes mistakes. I also fully understand and appreciate how much fun it is for us to play NFL GM. I do it too.
That said, what drives me to snark are the posters that criticize Belichick with such absolute conviction that they feel they can call him an idiot.
Let's just leave the "Bill knows more about football than any of us" card off the table. I get that its annoying (however extremely true it might be).
My point is that Bill and his scouts have MET and TALKED and been around these recruits. They've talked to their coaches, their parents, their teaches. The best that any of us have done is watch film on a kid. The rest of us watch Youtube and use Google.
Has anyone watched Hard Knocks and
not come away with the feeling that you better understand and better know the players because you got a behind the scenes glimpse at them? I know I do. And what we are seeing on that show is a tiny, tiny window into what the coaches get to see.
Have any of us ever met Tavon Wilson? What kind of work ethic does he have? What did his previous coaches have to say about him? How smart is he? How fast does he learn? How teachable is he? Is he humble? Is he a prick? How well does he fit into the Patriot system? What would be his chemistry in the lockerroom? Is he a leader? Is he a good soldier?
And sure, sometimes I think that we amateurs can sometimes see more clearly than the professionals because we
dont fall in love with a kid after having met him. We base our decisions almost solely on what we see on the field along with whatever off the field incidents might make the news.
Belichick emphasizes the importance of Special Teams more than anybody. As a previous poster usefully pointed out, Tavon Wilson has played more ST snaps than anyone else on the team. He is a core STer.
While I still think a 2nd round pick was too high for him. In the end, if Tavon Wilson is the worst that the wannabe GMs can point at Belichick and deride him for, I'm good with that.
