You are a homer. Are you seriously going to claim you're not? You have become such a homer that you confuse reasoned disagreement with being a kneejerk malcontent, and Belichick's word with God's pronouncements.
Now, some notes:
1.) Bill hasn't "earned" the benefit of the doubt from anyone who doesn't agree with that position: It's not something factual, after all. It's a personal opinion regarding BB's status. As you well know, I have always tended to give Belichick the benefit of the doubt, even when I've disagreed with him, prior to his very odd moves this year. He lost that status with me. Hopefully, he'll regain it soon, because I'd rather have more confidence than questions when it comes to the head coach of my favorite teams, and I don't have that when it comes to Belichick right now.
Great, so when you get your confidence back it will be a good thing to be a homer again. Can't wait...
2.) Given that you project your opinion into how Belichick/the team is thinking more than anyone else on this board, any comment about learning and understanding that comes from you is ridiculously hypocritical. Also, again, a message board is for a discussion of what's happening, whether you call it "learning and understanding", discussing and analyzing, or something else. Since Belichick isn't on here daily going over all the minutae, all this "learning and understanding" has to come from people other than your Patron Deity. You cannot do that if you freeze out any negative analysis, which is really what you're arguing for when you bash everyone who questions the actions of the current regime.
We all project our opinions around here, it's only when you disagree with them that everyone else has a problem. I don't bash, posters or players, although I struggle to suffer fools. Look at your supporters of late, reminds me of the little NEMites back in the day... I try to base my opinions on information I glean listening closely to people I accept have more knowledge about the subject than I do. I listen to Bill and to former players, and I try to decipher who is pushing an agenda and who is simply telling me what it is based on inside information and/or years of experience. I listen to DeOssie a lot because while some aspects of his persona annoy me to no end, much as Fred does, I know he's a football savvy guy. Used to listen to him on a Sunday afternoon show when he was first getting into broadcasting and it was the best football programming of the week. I listen to Holley although the farther removed he becomes from Gillette the less he actually knows. He documented not only what happened to Milloy but a good deal of the thought process Belichick employs which is pretty straight forward when all is said and done. He wanted Milloy and Seymour to be his football matters guys. Just didn't pan out long term because they had other agendas beyond winning. He's a DC who never really thought QB's were more than overpaid window dressing to be dismantled, stuck with a QB as his football matters defense savvy soulmate, but it could be worse...they'll make it work eventually.
3.) Bill's "got a track record that is second to none" is an opinion, not a fact. One could make that same argument of Tony Dungy, Don Shula, Bill Walsh, Chuck Knoll and others.
It's a fact. Among active HC's no one can touch him in the regular or post season. He's the most accomplished HC in the last decade hands down and for all intents and purposes he was the architect of this dynasty franchise (he had total control of football operations and chose to delegate personnel matters to Pioli only after teaching him all he knew about football) and that is something can few in NFL history, including those who didn't have FA or salary caps to deal with, can compare with dead or alive.
4.) Bill blows a whole lot of smoke up people's skirts during his press conferences, either through false information, deliberately embellished information, or false claims of a lack of information. Believing everything he says is as stupid as discounting everything he says.
