Not sure what being a season ticket holder has to do with it? I'm one too, then and now. The majority of what I posted was factual information so maybe your beef is with NFL statisticians.
The '96 and '97 Patriots seasons weren't that different. Won the division, lost in the postseason with a flurry of mistakes from Bledsoe. The offense got a little worse while the defense got a little better.
The Patriots defenses only got consistently good around 2003. From then until 2009 they only had one season where they weren't in the top 10 mix (2005). Some of the defenses from 2010 and beyond were bad but mostly inconsistent with a few exceptions (that 2014 defense in particular was probably better than the numbers showed).
However, from 1988 to 2002, the only Patriots defense to finish in the top10 in both scoring and yards was Carroll's '99 squad. That's just a fact. It's also true that in Carroll's last season the defense ranked 8th and in Belichick's first three seasons they ranked 20th, 24th & 23rd... those are all worse than 8th, correct?
Again, Carroll will not make the Mount Rushmore of NE head coaches, but he wasn't the worst either. He didn't fair well with his drafts for sure, although he did draft Kevin Faulk. I think people forget about all of the great Patriots drafted during the Parcells years: Curtis Martin, Troy Brown, Willie McGinest, Ted Johnson, Tedy Bruschi, Lawyer Milloy & Ty Law... all but Martin were significant contributors to the Patriots Dynasty 1.0.
Brady has 6 INTs and 3 FL in his 10 Super Bowl appearances but as opposed to simply looking that up you lie.
Brady has 421 pass attempts in the Super Bowl. Peyton Manning is second with 155. So that puts Brady 266 ahead of second. Despite that he's only t-4th for most INTs with 6. Elway has the most with 8 INTs. Brady's INT% in the SB is 1.4%, which is exceptional. Compared with HOFers Tarkenton (6.7%), Elway (5.3%), Staubach (4.1%), Kelly (4.8%), and Peyton Manning (3.2%). Right, Montana's INT% in the SB is 0.0, which is an outstanding accomplishment, but he also had 299 fewer pass attempts than Brady. I'll take the 1.4 INT% with the 3 additional rings.