Just look at your statement here... I'm summarize: Belichick isn't trying to win a Lombardi this season but Parcells would be doing just that. Well, sign me up for the latter, because going for a Lombardi seems like a better idea to me.
So how many games is Belichick trying to win this season? Clearly not 14 as you say. So how many?... 10? 8? 6? What's the goal for 2023? Possibly compete for the 7th seed? LFG??
I remember a time, in fact an era, when the Patriots were trying to win as many games as possible every single season, with a specific eye on winning it all each season. Was there one season Brady started in a Patriots uniform where you said the team wasn't trying to win a Lombardi? After all, isn't the point?
Brady leaves and suddenly the team's in a 3-year rebuild mode. Problem is the 3-year timeframe keeps getting reset. 2020 "didn't count" with Cam. 2021 seemed like an obvious full steam ahead on the rebuild with the enormous amount of money spent and the 1st round quarterback. Then 2022 came with Patricia which apparently has put the team back to square one for 2023. So here we are I guess starting over AGAIN. I wonder what the excuses will be after another 8-win season.
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...because this part is hardly a given. We can get into the details if you want but Parcells did not leave his teams in tatters... none of the 4 teams he left had a losing record the season after he left, 2 had a better record, and 2 won their division. Parcells was a brilliant head coach and team builder.
Complete straw man argument. Every team is trying to win as many games as possible, and if possible a Lombardi, but there is an obvious difference between to franchises that go all in to try and win a Lombardi that season (e.g. the Rams in 2021) and those that try to build systematically to contend for the long run( e.g..Pittsburgh). You know this, but are clearly trying to pretend otherwise. If Belichick was going for one moreLombardi and the wins record he could have traded away future high picks, and emptied their cap for the coming seasons to bring in the players that would have made them a serious contender this year and next. He didn’t do that, instead they have a ton of cap room going forward, and all their picks in coming drafts.
As far as Parcells teams go he built them to win now, so it’s no surprise they were still good the year after he left, but none of them won anything for years after he left. He was a great coach, but everyone knows how he operated, which wasn’t for the long run, and Belichick is the opposite of that, which is why the just had the only Dynasty’s of the salary cap era, and won 6 Lombardi’s.
As for this discussion with you, I’m done with it. There are many poster’s here who are critical of Belichick and the team that I’m fine with, Sam Bam is an example of this, he’s critical but still rational, so it’s possible to have a discussion with him. U fortunately you are in the category with Triumph, Captain Stone, 1960 Pats Fan, and some others whose only contributions here are endless negativity, whining, and misery, and I have little patience or tolerance for people who are completely miserable all the time. You obviously have the right to be just as miserable as you want, as do the others, but I’m not interested in discussing anything with people like that. So Adios.