Belichick's end of season speech / excuses to team

[Ice_Ice_Brady]

I keep hearing that BB is one of the greatest coaches in the league. If true how many more wins does that translate to if he had a full pre-season and a season without Covid?

I don’t see how this team wins more than 8-9 games even under the very best circumstances. Talent-wise, this team is well below average before you even get into the QB situation.

 

[Ring 6]

I don’t see how this team wins more than 8-9 games even under the very best circumstances. Talent-wise, this team is well below average before you even get into the QB situation.

It’s very easy to see how 3 or 4 losses could have been wins.

 

[Lagaffe_07]

It’s very easy to see how 3 or 4 losses could have been wins.

It’s easy to see 2-3 wins that could have been loses

 

[Crazy Patriot Guy]

Yep...Not once has this dude acknowledged that it is because of his GARBAGE drafting that this team is now where it is...What an azzhole.

Belichick is an azzhole for not publicly admitting that draft picks, many of which are still on the roster, suck and were mistakes? How exactly does that go well?

 

[Biffins]

Occam's Razor suggests it's much, much more likely that the team struggled last season because . . .

a.) they lost the GOAT QB in the offseason
b.) the team did not have a thorough and complete offseason program
c.) the team lost: Cannon, Hightower, Chung, Bolden, and Lee due to COVID opt-outs
d.) following a promising start, the team lost several players, including their starting QB, due to COVID
e.) the team had multiple games rescheduled due to COVID

. . . rather than Belichick losing his coaching ability overnight at the age of 68.

Belichick's coaching ability without Tom is 62-71.

On that record, 7-9 is bang on target.

 

[moosekill]

Bunch of spoiled pink hats. Go root for Tampa, this drivel bores me. If they are still 7-9 or worse in 2 years we can talk. 1 losing season in 20 years and you want to fire the head coach. Idiots.

 

[Love The Drake]

 

[BTTA]

The inability, or disinterest, to differentiate between excuses and reasons is so sad. To successfully answer the question, "Why did this just happen to us? Why did we just have that shared experience?" so that learning and improvement can happen is important. Shouting down every answer with "That's just an excuse!" is self sabotage.

The world is stunningly complex now, perhaps 1000X more so than just 20 years ago. Players are educated, aware, and have multidimensional lives, which we should celebrate. Vince Lombardi-ism might be emotionally satisfying but it is completely ineffective now.

 

[Kontradiction]

Holy ****. This place is a train wreck. Between one very vocal minority that is itching for BB to be fired after one bad season in 20 years and another vocal minority who is in complete denial about how we got to this point, can you imagine what will happen if the Bucs actually win Sunday?

 

[RobertWeathers]

Vince Lombardi-ism might be emotionally satisfying but it is completely ineffective now.

I agree and disagree at the same time.

I'm pushing 50 so I grew up with the "Lombardi-isms". The "Do Your Job" stuff resonates.

Do the best you can. Trust the process. Your family is the most important thing. Focus on customers. Improve every day. Don't be a quitter. Honor your commitments, Etc.

I'm definitely not a self-help guru but when life is throwing a pile of **** my way, those kind of axioms at least for me helps bring clarity.

With that said the world isn't black and white. Nuances and complexity is everywhere. I think all BB was trying to do was tell the team the season was a ****show for these reasons and it's time to move on and improve.

 

[Kontradiction]

I agree and disagree at the same time.

I'm pushing 50 so I grew up with the "Lombardi-isms". The "Do Your Job" stuff resonates.

Do the best you can. Trust the process. Your family is the most important thing. Focus on customers. Improve every day. Don't be a quitter. Honor your commitments, Etc.

I'm definitely not a self-help guru but when life is throwing a pile of **** my way, those kind of axioms at least for me helps bring clarity.

With that said the world isn't black and white. Nuances and complexity is everywhere. I think all BB was trying to do was tell the team the season was a ****show for these reasons and it's time to move on and improve.

Agree. But it needs to start with him. He’s the HC and the GM. The buck stops with Bill. It allows him to heap the deserved praise when things are going well, and he needs to accept the criticism when they aren’t. He, as both, has the biggest role in where we are right now as a team - lacking quality depth, lacking youth, a lot of holes on the roster, and no QB. Realistically, the guys we lost to Covid were not the difference between missing the playoffs and competing for the AFC.

The great thing about him is that he isn’t married to one way of doing things. When he sees mistakes he’s made along the way, he has shown that he can and will change his ways. That’s a characteristic of a good leader. He’s had a good start to the offseason in “losing” Caserio to Houston. He needs to build on that now by shirking the “I want to coach guys that I like” mantra he suddenly developed a few years ago and start looking for guys who can play football first, and who are likable (to him) second. If he can get both? Great. Good for him. That’s every leader’s dream. But it’s not realistic to have a team of those guys while still hoping to compete for a championship.

 

[patsfanincleveland]

Call it what you want. It is what it is. 2020 season is the COVID season. It benefitted the teams who did not have significant changes. These are facts. If people can't admit to these simple facts, they may harbor other agendas.

That's one hell of a summation.

We would have won in KC if Newton played.

 

[Tottie]

Bunch of spoiled pink hats. Go root for Tampa, this drivel bores me. If they are still 7-9 or worse in 2 years we can talk. 1 losing season in 20 years and you want to fire the head coach. Idiots.

I think most are coming down hard on the GM not the coach. Anyone asking for the coach to be fired is a out of his mind much like most of your ridiculous posts throughout other TB threads are dumb as ****.

 

[patsfanincleveland]

Agree, but I'm not saying the team sucked because of Bill's age. Did you not notice any difference in Bill this season? Something is up with him. Maybe even he's over the stupid "no days off" nonsense. Maybe Linda has softened that old bastard's heart a bit. I'd put a c-note down on him retiring before Brady does. Maybe he goes to a front office position. Being an NFL Coach has to be super stressful.

Of all the issues, COVID was the most disruptive. Here in Cleveland, Myles Garrett said COVID really kicked him bad.

People forget after Week 3, the Pats were 2-1 and Bill was "winning".....

Maybe he seemed different because because reality tempered expectations based on a confluence of many factors like the dead money...

........and the fact his plan on having his QB replacement was negated by a 2017 trade.

 

[Tony2046]

I agree and disagree at the same time.

I'm pushing 50 so I grew up with the "Lombardi-isms". The "Do Your Job" stuff resonates.

Do the best you can. Trust the process. Your family is the most important thing. Focus on customers. Improve every day. Don't be a quitter. Honor your commitments, Etc.

I'm definitely not a self-help guru but when life is throwing a pile of **** my way, those kind of axioms at least for me helps bring clarity.

With that said the world isn't black and white. Nuances and complexity is everywhere. I think all BB was trying to do was tell the team the season was a ****show for these reasons and it's time to move on and improve.

How about some Bob Ross-isms?

 

[50-yard-line]

The truth but that's not possible "we drafted poorly, managed our cap poorly, let go of Brady when we shouldn't have, and have shoe-horned a veteran QB in a system he cannot fully grasp with mediocre talent".

So how about "You guys tried hard and gave it your all. Really proud of you. Some closer games we could have pulled through. We'll come back stronger next year" blah blah. Not excuses..........

Part of the reason they drafted so poorly is because they managed their cap well enough to play in the AFCCG eight years in a row (which means a 29-32 pick each year). Oh my, they had a 7-9 year, which is worse than every other team in history.

 

[RobertWeathers]

How about some Bob Ross-isms?

“Wash the brush, just beat the devil out of it ”
― Bob Ross, The Joy of Painting with Bob Ross, Vol. 29

Bob Ross Quotes (Author of Happy Little Accidents)

41 quotes from Bob Ross: 'We don't make mistakes, just happy little accidents.', 'Talent is a pursued interest. Anything that you're willing to practice, you can do.', and 'There's nothing wrong with having a tree as a friend.'

www.goodreads.com

 

[PatsFanInVa]

Whatever part was played by each impact, I'll be interested to see whether BB's results change after TFB's departure or whether, as proclaimed by one faction on this board, he's a JAG coach, and anybody could win 6 SBs with TFB at QB (and 2 as a Parcells assistant because LT.) (And therefore every season is 7-9 or worse from here on in.)

Question: since, for example, Cam N. played badly, if BB's fortunes improve with a different QB next year, was it "because" of that guy? So let's see, that proves you right if you hate BB. But wait. If BB keeps Cam despite all evidence that he shouldn't, would the smart guys who must have BB's head think that proves anything good about BB? No, it wouldn't. You see how this goes? It's all a game of wait for the news, say BB sucks, rinse, repeat.

We have 1 data point: the Pats had a 7-9 2020 season (hardly the worst thing that happened in 2020.)

Nobody's calling that proof of the brilliant job he did despite whatever impacts you'd want to list. It's stupid to call it proof of the forever-dooming of New England so that our favorite ex-QB looks better.

argh I am out

 

[RobertWeathers]

Belichick is an azzhole for not publicly admitting that draft picks, many of which are still on the roster, suck and were mistakes? How exactly does that go well?

Please share quotes from other GMs who publicly admit missing on draft picks and FA signings.

 

[p8ryts]

Not sure I saw this before but Guy just repeated what Belichick told the team in the final meeting. Seems like a bunch of cliched excuses. Yawn. Maybe I was expecting something loftier / better.

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Belichick's speech
"You guys have to understand: This was a season that we didn’t predict. We had COVID hit. We had a lot of situations that occurred on our team. There was a lot of new people. We didn’t win games that we want to win. But that doesn’t mean that we just put our tails under our butts and just walk away. That means you strive to be better the following year."

Please stop!!! Stifle your yawn.