Is the righteous pleasure you get out of pummeling this dead horse really worth it? No, there's a big difference between a mistake becoming obvious in hindsight and "spectacularly stupid imbecility." At the time it happened, Belichick, Kraft and a lot of other people felt it was a proper move under the circumstances and certain factors supported that. I've always felt Brady should have ended his career a Patriot. They didn't do right by him, but the fact remains he WAS complicit, albeit to a minor degree, in what happened. It worked out well for Tom, so perhaps you can feel good about that that vs. bashing the coach he credits with making him the player he was.