Simply because I am not a Tampa Bay fan. I still appreciated what he brought to the table as a player but was not emotionally invested. You were highly invested because of your hard-on for BB and Kraft.
Well, both BB and Kraft made huge mistakes in their parts for letting Brady walk for nothing. At the very least they should have tagged and traded Brady. I don't see how any Pats fan could argue against that.
That first season in Tampa Bay was like the perfect culmination of circumstances for Brady. They had a solid foundation of players. The head coach offered Brady a more wide open style of play, which by the end of the season with some tweaking of the playbook by Brady, was an elite operation. Brady was able to influence personnel decisions that paid off bigtime (AB, Gronk, and Fournette). It went a bit sideways in the second half of the NFCCG but for the most part everything was clicking in the postseason. Obviously Brady will be seen primarily as a Patriot (as he should be) but that 3-year stint in Tampa Bay to end his career very likely solidified an insurmountable GOAT status.
Biased conjecture you assume as fact. Casting the team's owner and coach/GM in a negative light taints most of your posts.
Look, I said it's my honest read on the situation based on all of the information I've seen. I'm hardly alone in my opinions on the subject. It's a broader conversation that's been had numerous times already so we don't have to rehash it now but I don't think it's fair to reduce my statements to "biased conjecture."
Incessantly dumping on Belichick is not "rooting." Calling Mac Jones a failure is not "rooting." Forecasting no more than eight wins this coming season is not "rooting."
Negativity and pessimism are not "rooting" yet define your presence here. You defend it as warranted criticism but of course, critics want to be right -- especially when conjuring "critiques" in great detail for public consumption. That equates to pushing an agenda. I believe you were/are a great fan of Tom Brady but certainly not a fan of the New England Patriots. Not at this point. You want to be right more than you want this team to win and for BB/Mac to succeed. Considering all the time you spend here that's kind of sick.
Either I'm right or I'm not. Same for you. Or for anyone else rendering an opinion. The team isn't going to win or lose games because I think they're mediocre. I obviously have no control on how the team is assembled and managed. I'm not sitting here hoping they draft Mapu multiple rounds too early with Josh Downs and Darnell Washington still sitting there... I'm hoping they would have taken either instead. I'm not rooting for the team to trade up for a kicker in the 4th round. I wanted Meyers back so I'm not "happy" he's gone. They should have taken a run at Jackson, or Rodgers, or even kicked the tires on Carr or Garoppolo. They're sticking with Mac (while not giving him the supporting cast he needs). I didn't want that but the team is doing it.
If Mac is great and the team wins 12 games with a deep playoff run then I'll be wrong and I'm entirely fine with that. I'd much rather be watching and investing in a quality product then running around a message board screaming "I was right."
"Team Brady vs. Team Bill" might be "a real thing" for you, but it definitely is not for me or the vast majority of fans on this site. It was petty and pointless enough while Brady was still playing. The fact you still carry that torch is bizarre.
Don't think it doesn't mean anything to Belichick. These guys are well aware of their legacies. Bill knows his head coaching record with and without Brady. His inner circle floated out the idea (while Brady was in his prime mind you) that they could win with any top 15 quarterback. To this point in his head coaching career he's below .500 with lesser quarterbacks than Brady so that notion seems pretty ridiculous.
I'm sure it was extremely satisfying for Brady to win a Super Bowl without Belichick. It's easy to say, well how could the Patriots have not been great, they had the GOAT QB and GOAT HC, but if one or both can win without the other than it provides some legacy independence. Brady has that now. Belichick doesn't. You know damn well Team Bill (or the IBWTers) would be chanting from the mountain top about winning without Brady if the Patriots can manage another successful run before Bill retires. And if it happens, it will be a moment well earned.
