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Tough to get pissed no matter which of them wins.
Tampa Bay was eliminated 24 hours ago so they're not going to the NFCCG.It depends on when this COTY is announced
If it is RIGHT NOW,Its probably Belichick but even more impressive would be if the Bucs make it to the NFCCG and in that regards to MUST give it to Morris...that whole team is so young its like they are all virtually just out of college
I think it could very well be Morris, who almost made the playoffs in a very tough division with (I believe) no pro-bowlers, and low-overall payroll.
EDIT: Haley and Lovie will get some nods as well, deserved or not.
In COTY, there is this stupid tradition of giving it not to the best coach, but the coach on the team that has exceeded expectations the most.
Even though that is still CLEARLY the New England Patriots, Belichick's prior success and recent winning of the prize will probably knock him out of contention.
It's a silly system.
Morris deserves credit, I don't doubt that. And I agree with those who say COTY is often given to the coach who takes his team from obscurity into the playoff hunt. That is exactly what Morris did. So maybe Morris does get it using that narrow definition. But the "tough division" comment paints the incorrect picture. Tampa was a HUGE beneficiary of a soft schedule. Their 10 wins were 2 Carolina, Sea, Wash, SF, AZ, Cincy, Cleveland, Wash, and a win against NO where NO was resting starters for the playoffs. Tampa lost every game they played against quality teams. They lost to Balt, Pitt, ATL 2, NO, Det (Det, believe it or not, looks better than any of the teams they beat except NO).
With that said, BB just won 14 games with rookies/young guys starting and/or playing significant time at many positions, "officially" doing the DC job.....and beating most of the best teams out there. The guy is COTY and it ain't even close. But it is a sports media voting function.....these would be some of the same guys who think spygate was conducted using former KGB and Red Army operatives.
There are two types of Coach of the Year candidates:
1. Guys who had really great seasons.
2. Guys who had good seasons with teams that "should" have been terrible.
Category #2 seems to have a lot of contenders, who therefore might split the vote. Category #1 -- the one BB is in -- has fewer contenders.
So BB would seem to have an edge for that reason.
Mike Greenberg is going on and on about how BB should be the runaway choice for coach of the year.
Of course, he's qualifying it by noting how lousy the Pats roster is ...
Mike Greenberg is going on and on about how BB should be the runaway choice for coach of the year.
Of course, he's qualifying it by noting how lousy the Pats roster is ...
Belichick
M. Smith
Haley
Morris
Spagnuolo
Tough to get pissed no matter which of them wins. Some have even argued that Tomlin has a case, given the Roethlisberger suspension at the start of the year.