Belichick on Brady: ''It's a thriving relationship that never gets old.''

“In [basketball], it’s great because everybody plays offense, everybody plays defense,” Belichick said. “But in our sport, there’s a division between offense, defense, special teams, and a lot of times it’s hard to pull all those together. But, as a head coach, it’s important to be able to manage those critical situations with your quarterback, your offensive coordinator, your special teams coach, and your defense all together.

“I think Tom and I have spent a lot of time building that philosophy, understanding what we’re each thinking in certain situations, so when they come up, he can anticipate what I want to do [and] I can anticipate what he’d like to do. We try to get the best thing. I’d say we both work at it.”

The Patriots coach also praised Brady's preparation.

“There’s some things that he sees that I just don’t see, and I think the reverse is true,” Belichick said. “I love football. I love learning about football. I think Tom is the same. I think we’ve learned from each other, and we’ve been able to grow together. I think it’s a thriving relationship that never gets old.”

This will be Belichick and Brady's 20th season working together.

Bill Belichick expands on relationship with Tom Brady

Oh, hell. The media isn't going to like this one...

In all of the discussion about this historically great duo, I think their working relationship has been undervalued. There are different styles of successful coaches, and different styles of successful quarterbacks. These two have been a perfect match to bring out the best in each other.

Kargetina said:

“In [basketball], it’s great because everybody plays offense, everybody plays defense,” Belichick said. “But in our sport, there’s a division between offense, defense, special teams, and a lot of times it’s hard to pull all those together. But, as a head coach, it’s important to be able to manage those critical situations with your quarterback, your offensive coordinator, your special teams coach, and your defense all together.

“I think Tom and I have spent a lot of time building that philosophy, understanding what we’re each thinking in certain situations, so when they come up, he can anticipate what I want to do [and] I can anticipate what he’d like to do. We try to get the best thing. I’d say we both work at it.”

The Patriots coach also praised Brady's preparation.

“There’s some things that he sees that I just don’t see, and I think the reverse is true,” Belichick said. “I love football. I love learning about football. I think Tom is the same. I think we’ve learned from each other, and we’ve been able to grow together. I think it’s a thriving relationship that never gets old.”

This will be Belichick and Brady's 20th season working together.

Bill Belichick expands on relationship with Tom Brady

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He also said some really great things about Schiano. How did that end? Don’t just read what he’s telling us, but read what he isn’t!
*Boston media Monday morning.

Yep, reminds me of this moron out at the VA. He got into it with me about my hat before the KC game. I actually quoted Ray Lewis.

Brady is not going out to the club tonight. What he is doing right now is he’s clicking a clicker and watching you. Have fun at the club

Kargetina said:

“In [basketball], it’s great because everybody plays offense, everybody plays defense,” Belichick said. “But in our sport, there’s a division between offense, defense, special teams, and a lot of times it’s hard to pull all those together. But, as a head coach, it’s important to be able to manage those critical situations with your quarterback, your offensive coordinator, your special teams coach, and your defense all together.

“I think Tom and I have spent a lot of time building that philosophy, understanding what we’re each thinking in certain situations, so when they come up, he can anticipate what I want to do [and] I can anticipate what he’d like to do. We try to get the best thing. I’d say we both work at it.”

The Patriots coach also praised Brady's preparation.

“There’s some things that he sees that I just don’t see, and I think the reverse is true,” Belichick said. “I love football. I love learning about football. I think Tom is the same. I think we’ve learned from each other, and we’ve been able to grow together. I think it’s a thriving relationship that never gets old.”

This will be Belichick and Brady's 20th season working together.

Bill Belichick expands on relationship with Tom Brady

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I have always believed that Bledsoe was dead man walking when Belichick got to NE , because what Belichick wanted and needed was a QB who would look at every down/ situation and make exactly the decision he would make as it unfolded. Bledsoe was never going to be that guy, but he got lucky, that is exactly what Brady knew he wanted and then did it for the next 19 years. Brady is going to enter the final trimester of his career in 2020, hopefully Belichick can find the next one between now and 2029.

Ivan said:

I have always believed that Bledsoe was dead man walking when Belichick got to NE , because what Belichick wanted and needed was a QB who would look at every down/ situation and make exactly the decision he would make as it unfolded. Bledsoe was never going to be that guy, but he got lucky, that is exactly what Brady knew he wanted and then did it for the next 19 years. Brady is going to enter the final trimester of his career in 2020, hopefully Belichick can find the next one between now and 2029.

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I’d hope that as well. Seems to be a shortage of Brady’s tho

Maybe James Harrison had this one pegged....

Ivan said:

I have always believed that Bledsoe was dead man walking when Belichick got to NE , because what Belichick wanted and needed was a QB who would look at every down/ situation and make exactly the decision he would make as it unfolded. Bledsoe was never going to be that guy, but he got lucky, that is exactly what Brady knew he wanted and then did it for the next 19 years. Brady is going to enter the final trimester of his career in 2020, hopefully Belichick can find the next one between now and 2029.

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The fact that he had Tom, Friesz and Bishop behind Drew tells you all you need to know.

No one has 3 backup QBs unless they are concerned about the starters durability or they are casting a net for a replacement

Ivan said:

I have always believed that Bledsoe was dead man walking when Belichick got to NE , because what Belichick wanted and needed was a QB who would look at every down/ situation and make exactly the decision he would make as it unfolded. Bledsoe was never going to be that guy, but he got lucky, that is exactly what Brady knew he wanted and then did it for the next 19 years. Brady is going to enter the final trimester of his career in 2020, hopefully Belichick can find the next one between now and 2029.

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robertweathers said:

The fact that he had Tom, Friesz and Bishop behind Drew tells you all you need to know.

No one has 3 backup QBs unless they are concerned about the starters durability or they are casting a net for a replacement

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If you haven't read David Halberstam's excellent 'The Education of a Coach' you really should put it on your read list. He writes quite a bit more about Bledsoe than you might expect and comes to the conclusion that as an opposing coach Belichick found Bledsoe easy to game plan against and it put the Pats at a disadvantage. It was also why he had no problem trading him in division.

maust1013 said:

If you haven't read David Halberstam's excellent 'The Education of a Coach' you really should put it on your read list. He writes quite a bit more about Bledsoe than you might expect and comes to the conclusion that as an opposing coach Belichick found Bledsoe easy to game plan against and it put the Pats at a disadvantage. It was also why he had no problem trading him in division.

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I did read it but it's been a long time .....

robertweathers said:

I did read it but it's been a long time .....

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I've pretty much re-read it before most every season. Got my sons their own copies of it, there are some good life lessons and some great leadership examples in it.

patchick said:

In all of the discussion about this historically great duo, I think their working relationship has been undervalued. There are different styles of successful coaches, and different styles of successful quarterbacks. These two have been a perfect match to bring out the best in each other.

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Name another HOF QB that was a coach on the field like Brady... Sure, plenty of cerebral guys, but any of them smart enough to teach their HOF coach?

Truly one of a kind...

But but but, the media said they hate each other and there is about to be an epic fallout.

Even as a Jags fan I didn’t really buy that, and you know what? Who cares? Every great QB-HC relationship has always carried a little edge. I think it’s “healthy”. Unitas once came off the field to tell his coaches off for calling a play into his huddle. Noll threw Bradshaw under the bus quite a bit but he knew it would motivate Terry that much harder. It’s a tough game for tough guys. No cryin here

miloofcroton said:

Name another HOF QB that was a coach on the field like Brady... Sure, plenty of cerebral guys, but any of them smart enough to teach their HOF coach?

Truly one of a kind...

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I'm as big a TB12 fan as you'll find but off the top of my head Starr, Staubach and Jim Kelly undoubtedly fit that profile. Not that any of them are Brady but they were all definitely their own men and HoF QBs with plenty of input on their respective offenses to their HoF coaches.

maust1013 said:

I'm as big a TB12 fan as you'll find but off the top of my head Starr, Staubach and Jim Kelly undoubtedly fit that profile. Not that any of them are Brady but they were all definitely their own men and HoF QBs with plenty of input on their respective offenses to their HoF coaches.

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I'll have to do my homework then, thanks!

miloofcroton said:

Name another HOF QB that was a coach on the field like Brady... Sure, plenty of cerebral guys, but any of them smart enough to teach their HOF coach?

Truly one of a kind...

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Plenty of them throughout league history. Peyton was one, for an obvious, and very recent, example.

maust1013 said:

I'm as big a TB12 fan as you'll find but off the top of my head Starr, Staubach and Jim Kelly undoubtedly fit that profile. Not that any of them are Brady but they were all definitely their own men and HoF QBs with plenty of input on their respective offenses to their HoF coaches.

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Belichicks HOF SB gameplay revolved around Kelly getting impatient and forcing himself into the wrong play.

AndyJohnson said:

Belichicks HOF SB gameplay revolved around Kelly getting impatient and forcing himself into the wrong play.

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Which, in addition to being incorrect, has zero to do with my post. BTW that game plan was built around letting Thomas run to keep Kelly from winging it.

'Belichick said. “Thurman Thomas is a great back. We knew he was going to get some yards. But I didn't feel like we wanted to get into a game where they threw the ball 45 times. I knew if they had some success running the ball, they would stay with it. And I always felt when we needed to stop the run, we could stop it. And the more times they ran it, it was just one less time they could get it to Reed or get it to Lofton, or throw it to Thomas, who I thought was more dangerous as a receiver, because there's more space than there was when he was a runner.”'

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