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Bill Belichick vs. Bruce Arians - style contrast
I thought this was quite interesting. From PFT Live today:
Bruce Arians: Week One loss to Patriots derailed our season
Now of course, it's funny thinking about the Cardinals being 0-1 and having that break their season, when the Patriots were down 28 to freaking 3 in the middle of the 3rd quarter in the Super Bowl. But the swagger comment stood out to me.
From chapter 6 of Patriot Reign by Michael Holley, during the 2002 season (the 9-7 season after the miracle of 2001 and before the dominance of 2003/2004) -- part a speech Belichick gave to the team:
I just thought the difference was quite striking, with the 2015 coach of the year in one corner, and the coach with the most Super Bowl rings in history on the other. This seems to tell me that Arians is just a front runner coach, who is decent with his schemes, but doesn't really know how to motivate his players, how to adjust when things don't go too well, and how to identify the actual problems. An average coach, basically.
I thought this was quite interesting. From PFT Live today:
Bruce Arians: Week One loss to Patriots derailed our season
After the Patriots beat the Cardinals 23-21, New England went on to win the Super Bowl, while Arizona went on to finish the season a disappointing 7-8-1. Cardinals coach Bruce Arians said on the PFT Live podcast that he thinks the Week One loss sent the rest of the season spiraling out of control.
“I think the biggest reason was losing the opener on Sunday Night Football to the Patriots on that missed field goal,” Arians said. “That took a lot of swagger out of our football team, then we came back and lost to the Rams in another close game. We didn’t win the close games we had won in the past but it all goes back to that first one.”
Now of course, it's funny thinking about the Cardinals being 0-1 and having that break their season, when the Patriots were down 28 to freaking 3 in the middle of the 3rd quarter in the Super Bowl. But the swagger comment stood out to me.
From chapter 6 of Patriot Reign by Michael Holley, during the 2002 season (the 9-7 season after the miracle of 2001 and before the dominance of 2003/2004) -- part a speech Belichick gave to the team:
"I'll tell you one other thing too," he says. "I've read a couple of comments. Now, I don't spend a lot of time reading the paper. I really don't. But I do watch a little about what we say and what we think. I've seen a couple of comments here, some of the players talking about we need to get our 'swagger' back. Our attitude back..." ....
"You know what? We didn't have a 'swagger' last year. If you f*cking think about it, we didn't have a swagger. What we had was a sense of urgency, a sense of urgency about playing well, being smart, and capitalizing on every opportunity and situation that came our way.... It wasn't about a f*cking swagger. You can take that swagger and shove it up your ass, okay?"
I just thought the difference was quite striking, with the 2015 coach of the year in one corner, and the coach with the most Super Bowl rings in history on the other. This seems to tell me that Arians is just a front runner coach, who is decent with his schemes, but doesn't really know how to motivate his players, how to adjust when things don't go too well, and how to identify the actual problems. An average coach, basically.