203Pat
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The anti Brady posters are just sad at this point. Anyone who claims that one carried the other is obviously a fool and there is no way either wins 6 rings without the other but if someone said in an alternate universe which person wings more rings without the other I would say Brady. Bill was on his second stint as a head coach after the wheels fell off in Cleveland and was 5-11 in his first year in New England. In 2001 the team started 0-2 and had Mo Lewis not decleated Bledsoe one could make a reasonable argument that the team wouldn't have fared much better than 5-11 without a major spark. Two losing seasons after a failed stint in Cleveland may have sealed the deal for his head coaching career and he very well could have ended up as a career DC. Brady, on the other hand, improved tremendously by all accounts from year one to year two and could have ended up starting somewhere with some strong showings in preseason games. In other words Brady would be on the cusp of getting his shot to play while Bill would have been on his way out as a HC.
The nonsense about Bill inheriting this awful roster is equally as foolish. Some of the most important pieces of the early dynasty were guys Bill inherited. Ty Law, Tedy Bruschi, Willie McGinest, Troy Brown, Adam Vinatieri, Kevin Faulk were all extremely important pieces from prior regimes that Bill was able to start to build a powerhouse roster with.
Bill is a tremendous coach and in my opinion the greatest coach of all time but the revisionist history to try and skew the credit for the two decade run away from Brady is pathetic. I can think of more coaching/GM blunders that cost us potential rings than Brady meltdowns in big games but in the end of the day there is no way either one would have the success they did without the other.
The nonsense about Bill inheriting this awful roster is equally as foolish. Some of the most important pieces of the early dynasty were guys Bill inherited. Ty Law, Tedy Bruschi, Willie McGinest, Troy Brown, Adam Vinatieri, Kevin Faulk were all extremely important pieces from prior regimes that Bill was able to start to build a powerhouse roster with.
Bill is a tremendous coach and in my opinion the greatest coach of all time but the revisionist history to try and skew the credit for the two decade run away from Brady is pathetic. I can think of more coaching/GM blunders that cost us potential rings than Brady meltdowns in big games but in the end of the day there is no way either one would have the success they did without the other.