Not clairvoyant. I just remember the pre-Brady pats. Even with Bledsoe the team didn't win the SB.
BB is the best coach the pats have ever had; I am just saying that the 4 titles are more a result of lucking into TB than BB coaching.
Feel free to disagree and I hope I am wrong and the pats continue to win.
Ehh, I'll be one to disagree.
First off I would say that the notion that the Patriots 'lucked into Brady' is one of those falsehoods that has been repeated so many times it is accepted as fact. The Pats did scout him, they did select him - they almost took him in the 5th round - and they saw enough from him in a limited time that they kept him on the roster as a fourth quarterback in his rookie season, rather than risk losing him with the idea of cutting him and re-signing him to the practice squad. It's not as if it was akin to a fantasy football draft, where in the next to last round one blindly picks an unknown name out of a draft magazine.
Belichick was very close to starting Brady at the beginning of the 2001 season, and he would have made the change early in that season even if Bledsoe was not injured. Don't forget that there was heavy pressure to return to Bledsoe once he was healthy, but Belichick stuck to his guns and kept Brady as his starter.
Secondly, the biggest reason the Patriots won those first three championships was their defense, not Brady. Obviously TB12 played a part in the team getting to and winning those super bowls, but that was not the only reason.
Third, in terms of Belichick's coaching - look no further than Super Bowl 36. The game plan was perfect, with BB completely out-coaching Mike Martz. Take the coaches out of the equation and simply compare talent on the two sides, and the Rams should have won by about 17-21 points.
Football is the ultimate team game. As good as Tom Brady has been in his career, there is so much more to winning than just having a good quarterback. It's not like basketball where one very good player is on the court, and there are only five players playing both offense and defense.
The four titles are primarily a result of preparation, skill and execution. With all due respect, I'll disagree with the premise that they are a result of blind luck.
