OLD SI article about 15 years ago...

[mcsully]

http://vault.sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1138756/index.htm

How this entire organization was turned around.. Started with this man..

 

[Patriotic]

Re: OLD SSI article about 15 years ago..

Thanks, McSully. I'd forgotten how McBad we were.

Tommy Hodson McStunk.

 

[mcsully]

Re: OLD SSI article about 15 years ago..

Thanks, McSully. I'd forgotten how McBad we were.

Tommy Hodson McStunk.

It was a good read.. Plus its amazing how BB, Crennel and Mangini come from the same school and still use Parcells methods.. Players weight and size is important.. ANd how the coaches constantly mentally drill the players..

 

[RayClay]

http://vault.sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1138756/index.htm

How this entire organization was turned around.. Started with this man..

Thanks in advance, I'll read later. You're going to get a lot of crap, so don't let it get to you.

 

[Patjew]

Great article. It's amazing how the same approach can work through different coaches and different teams. Get the right players in place, get the most out of your players. MUCH easier said than done.

 

[blackglass3]

The craziest thing about this article is : he signed a five-year, $6 million contract

Man, if that doesn't prove times have changed, nothing does.

 

[Patjew]

The craziest thing about this article is : he signed a five-year, $6 million contract

Man, if that doesn't prove times have changed, nothing does.

I caught that too. I was wondering is that was real big money for coaches then. I assume it was.

 

[Bella*chick]

I remember reading this article in the actual magazine.

 

[Michigan Dave]

Is there any organization with a more uncertain future, with caretaker owner James Orthwein suggesting that he might move the team to St. Louis or sell it to someone who would move it to Hartford , even as various proposals are made to build a multipurpose dome in Boston ? This is the challenge of NFL challenges.

Multipurpose dome. YUCK.

Man, did we hit the jackpot.

 

[Sean Pa Patriot]

6yr 14 mill for bledsoe??? Wow did not realize that was cheap in the nfl fantasy world

 

[denverpatsfan]

It would have been nice if the b@stard had coached to win the SB instead of letting his ego get in the way. I appreciate what he did for the club, but the way he went out was unforgivable.

 

[Ochmed Jones]

The best football coach I have ever seen.

Years ago during my 3 days of torture in the Colts TC, my room mate was a former Giant and he literally worshipped the ground that Parcells walked on.

 

[signbabybrady]

What operation in all of professional sports has more troubles than the Patriots ? He is inheriting an outfit that finished 2-14 last season, next to last in the NFL in total offense, 19th in defense, 27th in that important category of takeaway-giveaway, dead last in yards penalized. He has left the pleasant confines of NBC to deal with this multihorned monster. Is there any team that has had a more convoluted recent history than the Pats, ranging from total ineptitude on the field to near bankruptcy off it? Is there any organization with a more uncertain future, with caretaker owner James Orthwein suggesting that he might move the team to St. Louis or sell it to someone who would move it to Hartford , even as various proposals are made to build a multipurpose dome in Boston ? This is the challenge of NFL challenges.

That tells the story right there.

I changed the paragraph to reflect the times.

What operation in all of professional sports has more success than the Patriots ? We have an outfit that finished 18-1 last season, first in the NFL in total offense, 4th in total defense, +20 in the important category of takeaway-giveaway, first in yards penalized. Is there any team that has had a more storied recent history than the Pats, ranging from total dominance on the field to model franchise off it. Is there any organization with a more certain future, with great owner Bob Kraft adding onto the state of the art open air stadium. This is the franchise of all NFL franchises.

 

[Urgent]

No.

Patriots fans know that it was Zeke Mowatt that turned around the Patriots.

http://www.barstoolsports.com/article/man_who_saved_patriots/629/

This is the defining article on the transformation of the Patriots.

 

[denverpatsfan]

No.

Patriots fans know that it was Zeke Mowatt that turned around the Patriots.

http://www.barstoolsports.com/article/man_who_saved_patriots/629/

This is the defining article on the transformation of the Patriots.

Flippin funniest line of the offseason!

"And when Zeke Mowatt touched himself, he touched us all."