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BB isn't driving this team like he did the 07 team. This team was mentally tough enough to win the SB in the midst of deflategate, they're certainly mentally tough enough to endure the pressure of a potential perfect season.
I never implied that they were the same, but the teams ability to perform as well as they did against a very good Seattle team in the midst of Deflategate is a sign of great mental toughness.What is BB doing differently?
Dealing with Deflategate and dealing with a perfect season are not the same.
I never implied that they were the same, but the teams ability to perform as well as they did against a very good Seattle team in the midst of Deflategate is a sign of great mental toughness.
BB has admitted that he rode the 07 team too hard in the pursuit of a perfect season. He's not riding them nearly so hard now.
BB learned a valuable lesson from 07. He'll never drive a team like that again. I wish I remembered where I saw him talk about it.I'm not disputing the mental toughness of the 2014-2015 Patriots. They have that in spades.
You said that he isn't driving this team unlike he did in 07. To me thats different, which is fine.
With that said, in December of 07 BB went beyond anal in having the team focus on the smallest of smallest details- to the point of stressing the team out.
My point is that it didn't seem to me that he had reached that point with the team yet. To your point, I think with the injuries, he was just trying to field a team that could compete.
In 07 they lost Sammy Morris, Mike Wright and Rosy Colvin- thats it.
Indifference
To me, it was a great story for 2007 and damn if they didn't come so close. But let's leave it alone. I do believe it was a possibility because the team looked so great right out of the gates and they're playing in a league right now that is so watered down and there are sooo many mediocre teams out there right now. In fact, I even commented that I don't remember a time when there were this many bad teams. But I wasn't counting on it or even wishing for it. I would have been elated if they did it, no doubt. But I didn't care when I woke up yesterday that they were 10-1, other than the fact that the game really does feel like it was taken from them by the refs. And I also needed to know about High and Gronk. Other than that, please just get HFA and I'm good to go as a fan.You took the words right out of my mouth.
BB isn't driving this team like he did the 07 team. This team was mentally tough enough to win the SB in the midst of deflategate, they're certainly mentally tough enough to endure the pressure of a potential perfect season.
Maybe I'm just not saying it right. If this attempt doesn't work, I'll use all caps on the next one. BB has admitted that he rode the 07 team too hard for too long, and that in hindsight, he would have done it differently.You can't drive the team when so many of them are on the sideline chucking gatorade to the players still standing. Getting to overtime was an honorable defeat, particularly considering the shellshock the team must have felt after losing Hightower and then Gronk. Even the coaches must have had a "WTF?!" voice going off in the back of their heads.
If we can go at least 3-2, we should get an all important bye.
BB learned a valuable lesson from 07. He'll never drive a team like that again. I wish I remembered where I saw him talk about it.
Stephen Neal was a huge loss during the playoffs in 07.