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CLICK HERE to Register for a free account and login for a smoother ad-free experience. It's easy, and only takes a few moments.When they had Super Bowl teams you could see it and feel it. The team lacks leaders. Back then you knew they would win. Teddy, Willie McGinest, Vrabel, Ty Law and Rodney Harrison set the tone. The current Patriots dont have ONE guy who does that.
So you must think everything is just peachy. In other words........I love this board after a loss...
2 grand failures of Belichick recently:
1. Not improving the run game year after year, or not trying out the guys he drafted early!
2. Baffling, idiotic management moves on defense (especially at safety).
I knew I shouldn't have come out here tonight.
See y'all tomorrow.
And remember back in the good old days a team that played the pats wasn't the same for weeks afterward.When I think of the Golden Age of Belichick, I think of the guy who made situational football into an art, who made time-management and tendencies into a science, who had a training program that not only brought out the best in Brady, but the best in Matt Cassel, Deion Branch, and so many other players who when traded lost their luster. Belichick turned football from a rock 'em sock 'em game into a fast paced chess game. He created game plans that were original and daring, and time and again he caught opponents and pundits off guard. He did things that had rarely been done before.
The reality is that Bill Belichick was so good that for many teams their Superbowl was when they played the Patriots. For years, to beat the Patriots was considered a signature accomplishment. But now, Belichick's best ideas are copied by virtually every good coach. So many opponents have taken our players and coaches and incorporated the ideas of Bill Belichick into their own game plans, training program, and even draft strategy. So many opponents have spent more time studying the Patriots so that they know them better than they probably know any other team.
The Pats are still a good team, but Bill Belichik no longer brings any surprises to the table. His students -- the coaches on other teams -- are becoming better than the teacher. His players no longer show the same blind faith in him they once showed. Belichick won't be easy to replace because by any measure he's still a great coach and the Pat's still have a great W-L record, but I think the Golden Age of Bill Belichick is over.
Pats need Belichik to either coach or be GM, not both. The drafting has been sub par since Pioli left. All this maneuvering up and down the draft board hasn't got them zip, still no downfield threat or pass rusher because nobody fits the Patriots scheme. Bull****.
Thats not a bad idea, the ST's have stunk all year..... maybe shake things upOh...and a third one is keeping that piece of crap as our special teams coach.
If Belichick doesn't let his arrogance get the best of him YES they are done. Cuts Sanders and Bodden, trades Merriweather and benches his second round pick Cunningham. Signs Chad Johnsons whos clueless. Hires a guy who has NO football backround (Patricia) over Pepper Johnson as the D. Cordinator. I mean seriously, what should we really be expecting? The team has been on a downward spiral since Romeo and Charlie left. Don't count last years 14 win team who beat up on suspect teams and got tossed out at home in the playoffs.
It was over in 2004.
Thats not a bad idea, the ST's have stunk all year..... maybe shake things up
How many 6 seeds do we see limp into the playoffs with veteran players on their last leg and coaches on their last contract and then just blow everyone away? This loss means nothing
I know that this may be sacrelidge, but I am about ready to see this era end. This is essentially the exact same team since '06. Even Brady is starting to look like Jim Everett if things break down too soon in a game. Not that he is soft, but he becomes over reliant on Welker and Gronk, forcing it, just as he did to Wes and Moss. He toughed it out tonite. It won't be long before he asks himself why he needs all this. There is not enough time left for him to get the fourth ring. This era is already over, it just looks too much like the glory days for us to see it.
Face it, the last time the Pats won it all, Roman Phifer, David Patten and Joe Andruzzi were on the team. You cannot pack a roster with "talent" of this caliber and expect to compete among the elite. I thought Floyd Reese was helping, maybe he is, but the junior coaching staff is killing them. I don't know. Whatever the case, something is seriously amiss.
If you like having a winning team, then you should want them to ride this out. If you ever want to see another Championship, then they need to turn the page on this Management structure. It is broken.