Belichick: Is all the hate part of his master plan?

[Jercules]

Seriously, sometimes I think he asks for it--being arrogant to other teams, being a jerk to the media, pushing the limits of the rules--just so that when the inevitable blowback comes, he has the bulletin board material to galvanize and focus a group of guys who might otherwise not have much of an edge.

I think of 2007: To get that team of veterans and 3-Super Bowl-winning players so motivated as to destroy the league the way they did, Belichick basically needed 'spygate' to happen.

Am I saying he's so Machiavellian that he's orchestrated things like 'spygate' and 'deflate-gate'? No.

I'm just saying he's realized what a great benefit it is to be the 'villain' of the league, to where nobody gives you the proper respect and everybody tries their hardest against you, because it forces your guys to have an edge and want success (and of course, it gets all of us fans pretty charged too!) So he actively tries to be 'the villain', is my point, so he can build that bunker mentality within the organization (remember, not just the players) and the fanbase.

Just a thought, I'd love to get some opinions on it. Go Pats!

 

[Bruins29]

I would agree that he probably takes advantage of any opportunity to motivate the team and of course galvanize it. He wants a close team and wants the players to respect and trust the guy next to him.

 

[Tunescribe]

Seriously, sometimes I think he asks for it--being arrogant to other teams, being a jerk to the media, pushing the limits of the rules--just so that when the inevitable blowback comes, he has the bulletin board material to galvanize and focus a group of guys who might otherwise not have much of an edge.

I think of 2007: To get that team of veterans and 3-Super Bowl-winning players so motivated as to destroy the league the way they did, Belichick basically needed 'spygate' to happen.

Am I saying he's so Machiavellian that he's orchestrated things like 'spygate' and 'deflate-gate'? No.

I'm just saying he's realized what a great benefit it is to be the 'villain' of the league, to where nobody gives you the proper respect and everybody tries their hardest against you, because it forces your guys to have an edge and want success (and of course, it gets all of us fans pretty charged too!) So he actively tries to be 'the villain', is my point, so he can build that bunker mentality within the organization (remember, not just the players) and the fanbase.

Just a thought, I'd love to get some opinions on it. Go Pats!

No. All of what you're talking about is incidental, most of it is misunderstood/misinterpreted, and none of it is contrived or intentional.

 

[Patstopia]

Pushing the limits of the rules? Being a jerk to the media? Being a villian? Come on are you a Jets fan?

 

[PATS16N0]

He stonewalls the media because he understands they're just professional trolls and it isn't his job to make them money. His experiences in Cleveland with Art and the move to Baltimore showed him how narratives and story lines and `noise` can torpedo a season.

He gains nothing by being friendly with a bunch of people who smile with a microphone in one hand, and a knife concealed behind their back in the other.

Just look at what these rodents did with footballs .2 PSI low on air.

This is why I don't understand people who criticize Marshawn Lynch. Screw those people. Journalists are scum.

 

[Joker]

BB is just a man...he's not Lord Satan....geez......

 

[Jercules]

I just couldn't help but notice on nfl.com the Monday after the game, one of the top stories was Rex Ryan and his stupid tattoo.

If Belichick were even half that friendly with the media, the treatment of this team would be a lot different and the 'us-against-the-world' theme probably wouldn't work so well.

I'm from Winnipeg, MB, so I admit I'm a Jets fans, but I'm a bigger Pats fan and an even bigger Belichick fan, honest!

 

[Joker]

Man o manitoba, I went out with a chick with a peg leg named Winni...dropped her for her sister with a glass eye, Crystal....honest!

 

[Tunescribe]

I admit I'm a Jets fans, but I'm a bigger Pats fan

What you are is schizophrenic and not to be trusted.

 

[DarrylS]

Fans often forget the method if his "madness", by absorbing all of the disdain of the press he takes the pressure off of the team("On to Cincinnati") .. away from the camera's he is a completely different guy.. we hear stories all of the time about stuff he does when he is away from the bright lights..

The other part of this is he is mandated to do these pressers, none of this is voluntary.. if BB had a choice he would only do them a couple of times a year.. but the NFL mandates weekly pressers and weekly conference calls. If you listen to him on Dale and Holley he is completely different person.

None of this is about hate, it is calculated, one time I was at a presentation by Jim Brown and BB was there right after he was hired at HC of the NEP's... and Brown said, "If Michael Jordan did as much for the community as BB did, the world would be a much different place." ... what you see is not always what you get.

 

[RelocatedPatFan]

so I admit I'm a Jets fans, but I'm a bigger Pats fan and an even bigger Belichick fan, honest!

The only way for you to be a fan of those 2 teams is to not be a fan of football. Which sounds odd, just thinking about it, but you can be a casual fan -- I can't see how someone who isn't a fan of football posting to a fan site.

That's like saying I love baseball and the Red Sox and Yankees are my 2 favorite teams.
Which sounds similar to what happens when matter an anti matter collide.

 

[lurker1965]

While I sorta agree with the idea that BB has taken lemons and made lemonade I disagree that he was "asking for it."

We can debate how a woman in a short skirt was "asking to be raped" until the police come home, but being mean to the media? Pete Caroll and Rex Ryan were nice to the media - I rest my case there in hopes no one is blind as to what that got them.

"Pushing the rules" in so far as every coach, excuse me, every successful coach does (Former head coach Cowher: Steelers tried stealing signals, too | TribLIVE, among many) is correct. However, the Japanese saying that the nail higher than the rest gets beaten down is more at play here.

 

[Jackson 2]

You MUST mean that you're a Winnipeg Jets hockey fan. It is not possible to be a fan of both the football Jets and Patriots. If that were true, you'd be watching games from an asylum and you'd be precisely where you belong.

 

[Froob]

He stonewalls the media because he understands they're just professional trolls and it isn't his job to make them money. His experiences in Cleveland with Art and the move to Baltimore showed him how narratives and story lines and `noise` can torpedo a season.

He gains nothing by being friendly with a bunch of people who smile with a microphone in one hand, and a knife concealed behind their back in the other.

Just look at what these rodents did with footballs .2 PSI low on air.

This is why I don't understand people who criticize Marshawn Lynch. Screw those people. Journalists are scum.

I love Marshawn Lynch, he'd be best buddies with BB here. Lynch is a hero.