dabruinz, you see into future
DaBruinz said:
My guess is that BB will retire when he feels he no longer has the edge to coach the team anymore. I do feel, though, that he could stay on as a consultant, much the way Ernie Adams is a consultant. I think that BB knows he struck a goldmine here in New England.
The Pats, truly, have the braintrust in place to accomplish things that have not ever been accomplished before. And I mean beyond what they are trying to accomplish this year.
(please note that the vagueness is intentional as I don't wish to jinx the Patriots or BB).
IMHO they have the braintrust and they also have a proven model to follow. it's just that the model had not been applied to football teams before.
that desire to boldly go where no franchise has gone before is a powerful motivator for many folks.
one great challenge in the nfl is to do this again, with a new generation of players. that means doing it again with a new core: no brady, seymour, vinatieri, bruschi, vrabel, mcginest , troy brown (altho troy & billy lee are parcells-era guys), or a number of veteran role players like don davis, larry izzo, O-T-I-S, etc.
past that, BB could be 60 with nothing left to do. IMO kraft wants to get up into the wellington mara-dan rooney-lamar hunt level of "respect". he's gotta stick around for agood 10 more years for that.
BB and others in the brain trust, they're relatively young men. early retirement is not an option for guys iwth their kind of drive. JFK was giving serious thought to buying the boston redsox. clinton doesn't know what to do with himself. somebody suggested belichick going to navy and doing 5-10 years there, which i think would be marvelous.