Great BB decisions / moments / sayings / signings

[Pat the Pats Fan]

Which is interesting, because he had a very strong start at CB iirc.

All pro as a rookie IIRC

 

[sb1]

Signing Antowain Smith.

Still our Super Bowl rushing leader I believe.

 

[Steve102]

Oh f*ck you, Mason.

 

[IllegalContact]

Yep that’s every spot on the podium.

Bill would be an afterthought today if he decided otherwise.

and Tom Brady would be nobody if the Browns drafted him instead of Spergon Wynn

 

[sb1]

and Tom Brady would be nobody if the Browns drafted him instead of Spergon Wynn

Not sure what that has to do with Bill deciding to stay on the Jets. His best decision by a mile was that resignation.

 

[sb1]

Taking the wind instead of the ball in OT vs Peyton Manning in that comeback game.

 

[203Pat]

and Tom Brady would be nobody if the Browns drafted him instead of Spergon Wynn

 

[sb1]

As Belichickian as this presser was I thought it was one of his best moments. There were questions about him resigning but instead this is when the narrative started to change to our favor.

 

[ctpatsfan77]

How about drafting Devin Mccourty at 23, when everyone was clamoring for Pats to take Dez Bryant

Brady would have frozen Bryant out by the bye.

 

[TheRainMaker]

There was no regression. That was in 2011 when they were super thin and young on D. He needed IQ on the back end after Meriweather and a guy like Sergio Brown not being good.

He actually wasn't that good at CB his rookie year. People were blinded by his INT's, but he was not a good cover corner overall. He was a lot like Malcolm Jenkins, who just wasn't good at CB, so they tried him at S. It showed in the 2010 AFCDG where he got owned by non other than Braylon Edwards of all people. McCourty was moved to FS in 2012 after Chung got injured (who Bill admitted he used incorrectly) and that's where he found his niche.

Signing Antowain Smith.

Still our Super Bowl rushing leader I believe.

Priest Holmes would've been a better signing who was available.

 

[Vindicate]

As Belichickian as this presser was I thought it was one of his best moments. There were questions about him resigning but instead this is when the narrative started to change to our favor.

"Any time someone complains about the quality of the balls.... Footballs..." LOL

 

[Biffins]

Carrying Brady as 4th QB on roster in 2000 instead of releasing him. 4 QBs was an is still very rare. A wasted roster spot by most accounts, but not in this case.

Brady had only one completed pass in his rookie season, to TE Rutledge for 6 yards. He was second on depth chart by end of rookie season.

 

[catent]

Taking the ball in overtime after winning the coin toss against the Chiefs in the 2018/19 AFCCG.

It was a bitter cold day with some wind if I remember correctly. Given the way the overtime rules are structured + the weather + the fact the defense (particularly the secondary) was playing well, Belichick could've decided to kick, hope for defensive stop, and then all the offense would have needed is a FG to win it.

Instead he took the ball and let Brady, Gronk, Edelman (and to a lesser extent, Rex & Sony) carry them home, knowing they needed a touchdown to seal it without the Chiefs seeing the ball. It was the correct decision.

That might be my favorite game-winning drive ever during the Brady-Belichick era in New England. The Seattle Super Bowl had some great drives, and the Atlanta Super Bowl game-winner was a doozy as well (that throw to Amendola, to the right, about 12-15 yards downfield, still absolutely blows my mind)

... BUT! I think that Kansas City drive was in a realm of its own. The weather, the build-up, the way that GW drive was executed, the 3rd down conversions, and especially the fact that it was done on the road, in a hostile environment; that made it special, IMO.

We've been so lucky.

 

[n1997y]

Well nobody ever said that, what we said is that Brady is a QB and Bill is a coach, and while you try and diminish everything Brady does, the coach you are praising kept him longer then any other player ever to be on this team. Without Brady, this team is a different team the last 20 years. No coach, can win without great players.

What all you Brady ball washers don’t understand is that praising Belichick’s coaching is not diminishing Brady’s play. Except in minds too small to encompass appreciation of two great performers at the same time.

 

[sb1]

OT kinda- I remember Bill called out Parcells for the distractions around the Packers Super Bowl.

If Bill is HC I think they win that game. They stick with Martin on the ground and don’t leave Lane 1 on 1 with White.

 

[Triumph]

Not calling a timeout at the end of the Seattle super bowl.

Developing relationships in the college ranks - Alabama, Rutgers, Florida.

The defensive game plan for super bowl 36.

Showing respect for NFL coaches out of a job by bringing them in to training camp - Gruden, Shanahan.

When BB played the Parcells Cowboys, NE wore silver forcing Dallas to wear a jersey color that they rarely won in.

 

[Pats1971]

What all you Brady ball washers don’t understand is that praising Belichick’s coaching is not diminishing Brady’s play. Except in minds too small to encompass appreciation of two great performers at the same time.

What you BB ball washers do not understand, is that I do not compare a coach and a player, but boy do you love to. I think the whole thing is stupid. To me players are more responsible for winning than coaches. Coaches are on the sideline, whatever they do or did for that game, all hinges on the player executing, if they dont or can't, you lose.

 

[Biffins]

OT kinda- I remember Bill called out Parcells for the distractions around the Packers Super Bowl.

If Bill is HC I think they win that game. They stick with Martin on the ground and don’t leave Lane 1 on 1 with White.

If Parcells was HC, he'd play Butler in SB 52.

 

[sb1]

If Parcells was HC, he'd play Butler in SB 52.

So would lots of coaches - except ours for some reason

 

[Patsgofor4]

What you BB ball washers do not understand, is that I do not compare a coach and a player, but boy do you love to. I think the whole thing is stupid. To me players are more responsible for winning than coaches. Coaches are on the sideline, whatever they do or did for that game, all hinges on the player executing, if they dont or can't, you lose.

Maybe you are thinking about one of the other major sports and posted in the wrong forum? If so, welcome Green Teamer!

Success in football is dictated more by coaching than any other the sport. Yes, it is, of course, important to have talented players but NFL history is littered with stacked teams on both sides of the ball who were doomed by bad coaching and talented individual players who flourished only after leaving a bad coaching situation.

No coach in history typifies the famous quote “He can take his’n and beat your’n, or take your’n and beat his’n” more than Belichick.