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I am still stunned by what BB has been able to accomplish with HIS system of communication, semantics and coaching. It CAN'T be something that is easy to copy, otherwise everyone would be doing it. Its frustrating in one sense because it is so hard to put into words that make sense to the layman. And they are so insular over at Foxboro that we will literally have to "wait for the book" before we have any hope of getting some clarity on what he is doing.
I find it fascinating. One of my fantasies, is that I win the lottery, give a lot of money to the Patriots Charitable Foundation, I am rewarded by being able to watch the staff put together a game plan, AND during that week I spot a tendency by one of the opponents' offensive players. But back in real life, I would be so cool to see how they get it done each week.
BTW- I'm guessing that a key factor in being able to be so complex and different each week, is getting the right players. And it might explain a bit of Bill's "eccentricities" (to put it kindly) in his draft process.
I think it might just be easiest to abstract it. Like how people have trouble describing four dimensional shapes in a way that make intuitive sense, so they say that four-dimensional shapes are to three-dimensional shapes as three-dimensional shapes are to two-dimensional shapes.
Similarly, Belichick isn't just playing chess while other guys are playing checkers. What Belichick's doing is to chess as chess is to checkers. So I guess it's something like this?