ClosingTime said:
Perception is reality though and the perception amongst the players is that the Pats have treated Deion unfairly.
This is your oppinion, not the players. Your oppinion is just like Jackson's statement on ESPN "THE PLAYERS HATE THEIR COACH"
I also think you are just as wrong as Jackson was.
You have stated in another Post "BRADY" is the reason for their success.
While i agree Brady is one of the keys to the Pat's success i also recognize that BB is just as important and maybe more important in the long run then Brady is to this organization.
BB is unique in NFL coaching history.
Not just because he is smart, many coaches are smart.
Not just because he understands the Players, many coaches understand the players.
Not just because he understands the game of football, some coaches also understand the game of football.
Not just because he plans for every imaginable problem, some coaches do this.
Not just because he refuses to get caught up in his own importance, no other coach has been so successful and yet so unchanged by their success.
Not just because he understands the salary cap and thus aquires talent based on fiscal responsibility, this is a unique ability in the NFL and no other coach understands the cap or what fiscal fiscal responsibility is when it comes to aquiring and keeping talent that is why most teams have a coach and a GM. BB is the only coach GM to have sustained success in the modern era of football.
BB is unique because He understands ALL OF THE ABOVE and on top of that BB has a PLAN and that plan is unique in NFL history.
Most coaches and FO's go about amassing talent to win titles and hope to be successfull maybe once in a decade based on history. They are all doomed to the Super Bowl and bust cycle of management.
BB's plan is to have a few of stars and a well paid MIDDLE CLASS which give the two or three stars a platform from which to launch a title challenge in any given year they play.
No other coach has the power, the fiscal disipline and tunnel vision required to launch and maintain this type of approach. That is why other teams have said it is difficult to follow the Pat's model.
BB can be successful with this plan because he has a coaching method which stresses the fundementals of football and breaks down the weekly opponets weaknesses and strenghs into two or three manageable and understandable concepts and approaches at each position. These concepts and approaches are then taught to each position during the week of the game.
By reducing the large informational load down to two or three basic concepts he gives his players the best opputunity to be successful on the field.
The players usually respond well for they have had their minds freed from thinking and can go onto the field and simply play ball letting their instincts take over and focusing with thier minds only on the simple concepts and responsibilities they have been taught that week.
What BB has recognized is the difference between the middle class NFL players and the stars in football is for the most part only a few hundreds of a second and that a well coached, highly disciplined and properly motovated middle class of players can compete successfully against the teams built on the stars of the NFL.
From my observations of the BB i would wager that when Brady retires or heaven forbid is injured .....the Pat's will continue to vie for titles, maybe they will enjoy a little less success but i can assure you that unlike other teams that drop off the map within a year or two of success that as long as BB is in charge the Pat's will over time be more successful then any other club in the nation.
That being said the indivigual player will always have to conform to the TEAM as long as BB is Coach and GM and when all the dust settles the players who are true TEAM players will recognize that the Pat's are a team worthy of their play and thier loyalty.
