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HC Bill Belichick, (3 Viewers)

Best coach ever. People hate him because of that.
He probably is the best coach ever but if you read the article, it makes him out to be the best GM ever. He still can't draft a wide receiver to save his life.
cuz he had a couple busts?

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2014 7 29 244 Jeremy Gallon Michigan 2013 2 27 59 Aaron Dobson Marshall 2013 4 5 102 Josh Boyce Texas Christian 2012 7 28 235 Jeremy Ebert Northwestern 2010 3 26 90 Taylor Price Ohio 2009 3 19 83 Brandon Tate North Carolina 2008 5 18 153 Matt Slater UCLA 2006 2 4 36 Chad Jackson Florida 2004 5 32 164 P.K. Sam Florida State 2003 2 13 45 Bethel Johnson Texas A&M
 
Best coach ever. People hate him because of that.
He probably is the best coach ever but if you read the article, it makes him out to be the best GM ever. He still can't draft a wide receiver to save his life.
cuz he had a couple busts?

ok
2014 7 29 244 Jeremy Gallon Michigan 2013 2 27 59 Aaron Dobson Marshall 2013 4 5 102 Josh Boyce Texas Christian 2012 7 28 235 Jeremy Ebert Northwestern 2010 3 26 90 Taylor Price Ohio 2009 3 19 83 Brandon Tate North Carolina 2008 5 18 153 Matt Slater UCLA 2006 2 4 36 Chad Jackson Florida 2004 5 32 164 P.K. Sam Florida State 2003 2 13 45 Bethel Johnson Texas A&M
omg he wasted pick 244

and fyi matt slater is a pro bowler

 
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What's his record without Brady? Give any coach the best QB of all time and sure he will be great. He's a good coach that's about it

 
What's his record without Brady? Give any coach the best QB of all time and sure he will be great. He's a good coach that's about it
So does that mean that all multi time SB winning coaches were nothing without their HOF QBs? I guess the coaches of the 49ers, Cowboys, Steelers, and the like we're only "good coaches" because they all had HOF QBs.

 
Ghost Rider said:
LBH said:
What's his record without Brady? Give any coach the best QB of all time and sure he will be great. He's a good coach that's about it
Going 11-5 with Matt Cassel is pretty GOAT-worthy.
No question BB is worthy of GOAT consideration; didn't realize Todd Haley was as well :)

 
Donnybrook said:
12punch said:
Donnybrook said:
beef said:
Best coach ever. People hate him because of that.
He probably is the best coach ever but if you read the article, it makes him out to be the best GM ever. He still can't draft a wide receiver to save his life.
cuz he had a couple busts?

ok
2014 7 29 244 Jeremy Gallon Michigan 2013 2 27 59 Aaron Dobson Marshall 2013 4 5 102 Josh Boyce Texas Christian 2012 7 28 235 Jeremy Ebert Northwestern 2010 3 26 90 Taylor Price Ohio 2009 3 19 83 Brandon Tate North Carolina 2008 5 18 153 Matt Slater UCLA 2006 2 4 36 Chad Jackson Florida 2004 5 32 164 P.K. Sam Florida State 2003 2 13 45 Bethel Johnson Texas A&M
All of which pales in comparison to identifying the greatest QB of all time and not only getting him, but having the patience to maximize value by waiting until the 6th round to choose him. :thumbup:

 
Donnybrook said:
12punch said:
Donnybrook said:
beef said:
Best coach ever. People hate him because of that.
He probably is the best coach ever but if you read the article, it makes him out to be the best GM ever. He still can't draft a wide receiver to save his life.
cuz he had a couple busts?

ok
2014 7 29 244 Jeremy Gallon Michigan 2013 2 27 59 Aaron Dobson Marshall 2013 4 5 102 Josh Boyce Texas Christian 2012 7 28 235 Jeremy Ebert Northwestern 2010 3 26 90 Taylor Price Ohio 2009 3 19 83 Brandon Tate North Carolina 2008 5 18 153 Matt Slater UCLA 2006 2 4 36 Chad Jackson Florida 2004 5 32 164 P.K. Sam Florida State 2003 2 13 45 Bethel Johnson Texas A&M
All of which pales in comparison to identifying the greatest QB of all time and not only getting him, but having the patience to maximize value by waiting until the 6th round to choose him. :thumbup:
Nuts, blind squirrels, and such.

 
My feeling is that Belichick has decided in at least a couple of areas, that things are way more random than the consensus says. I think it's the statistics classes he took going for his econ degree.

He believes that injury history is not an indicator of future injury probability, and that the draft, at least where successful teams end up picking, is a crap shoot. He may be right; he may be wrong, but I think that's what he's decided.

 
Ghost Rider said:
LBH said:
What's his record without Brady? Give any coach the best QB of all time and sure he will be great. He's a good coach that's about it
Going 11-5 with Matt Cassel is pretty GOAT-worthy.
Take a look at those teams they faced that year. They were terrible
 
Donnybrook said:
12punch said:
Donnybrook said:
beef said:
Best coach ever. People hate him because of that.
He probably is the best coach ever but if you read the article, it makes him out to be the best GM ever. He still can't draft a wide receiver to save his life.
cuz he had a couple busts?

ok
2014 7 29 244 Jeremy Gallon Michigan 2013 2 27 59 Aaron Dobson Marshall 2013 4 5 102 Josh Boyce Texas Christian 2012 7 28 235 Jeremy Ebert Northwestern 2010 3 26 90 Taylor Price Ohio 2009 3 19 83 Brandon Tate North Carolina 2008 5 18 153 Matt Slater UCLA 2006 2 4 36 Chad Jackson Florida 2004 5 32 164 P.K. Sam Florida State 2003 2 13 45 Bethel Johnson Texas A&M
All of which pales in comparison to identifying the greatest QB of all time and not only getting him, but having the patience to maximize value by waiting until the 6th round to choose him. :thumbup:
Bill Bellichick wasn't in charge of player personnel that year. Probably Bobby Grier, Larry Cook and the QB coach who scouted Brady's pro day had much more to do with the input that went into that lucky choice
 
Anarchy99 said:
LBH said:
What's his record without Brady? Give any coach the best QB of all time and sure he will be great. He's a good coach that's about it
So does that mean that all multi time SB winning coaches were nothing without their HOF QBs? I guess the coaches of the 49ers, Cowboys, Steelers, and the like we're only "good coaches" because they all had HOF QBs.
I would have to see what they did without their HOF QBs. Never said BB was "nothing" I said he was a good coach. I just think he gets way too much credit

 
Anarchy99 said:
LBH said:
What's his record without Brady? Give any coach the best QB of all time and sure he will be great. He's a good coach that's about it
So does that mean that all multi time SB winning coaches were nothing without their HOF QBs? I guess the coaches of the 49ers, Cowboys, Steelers, and the like we're only "good coaches" because they all had HOF QBs.
I would have to see what they did without their HOF QBs. Never said BB was "nothing" I said he was a good coach. I just think he gets way too much credit
Since you asked . . .

Multi-time SB winning coaches with and without HOF QBs (regular season records).

Belichick with Brady: 160-47-0 (.773)

Belichick without Brady: 51-62-0 (.451)

Noll with Bradshaw: 107-51-0 (.677)

Noll without Bradshaw: 86-91-1 (.470)

Walsh with Montana: 75-36-0 (.677)

Walsh without Montana: 17-23-1 (.427)

Shula with Unitas, Griese, or Marino: 269-127-5 (.677)

Shula without Unitas, Griese, or Marino: 59-29-1 (.669)

Landry with Staubach: 85-29-0 (.746)

Landry without Staubach: 165-133-6 (.554)

Shanahan with Elway: 43-16-0 (729)

Shanahan without Elway: 127-122-0 (.510)

Seifert with Montana or Young: 87-26-0 (770)

Seifert withour Montana or Young: 27-36-0 (429)

Lombardi with Starr: 77-23-4 (.760)

Lombardi without Starr: 19-11-2 (.625)

Jimmy Johnson with Aikman: 38-30-0 (.559)

Jimmy Johnson without Aikman: 42-34-0 (.553)

And if you think Eli is HOF worthy . . .

Coughlin with Eli: 91-76-0 (.545)

Coughlin without Eli: 73-64-0 (.533)

 
Best coach ever. People hate him because of that.
He probably is the best coach ever but if you read the article, it makes him out to be the best GM ever. He still can't draft a wide receiver to save his life.
cuz he had a couple busts?

ok
2014 7 29 244 Jeremy Gallon Michigan 2013 2 27 59 Aaron Dobson Marshall 2013 4 5 102 Josh Boyce Texas Christian 2012 7 28 235 Jeremy Ebert Northwestern 2010 3 26 90 Taylor Price Ohio 2009 3 19 83 Brandon Tate North Carolina 2008 5 18 153 Matt Slater UCLA 2006 2 4 36 Chad Jackson Florida 2004 5 32 164 P.K. Sam Florida State 2003 2 13 45 Bethel Johnson Texas A&M
omg he wasted pick 244

and fyi matt slater is a pro bowler
Don't be so daft. One special teams stand-out from 10 WRs chosen does not a good track record make. Despite all his success, admit that Bill hasn't been good at this position. The truth isn't that difficult,

 
Best coach ever. People hate him because of that.
He probably is the best coach ever but if you read the article, it makes him out to be the best GM ever. He still can't draft a wide receiver to save his life.
cuz he had a couple busts?

ok
2014 7 29 244 Jeremy Gallon Michigan 2013 2 27 59 Aaron Dobson Marshall 2013 4 5 102 Josh Boyce Texas Christian 2012 7 28 235 Jeremy Ebert Northwestern 2010 3 26 90 Taylor Price Ohio 2009 3 19 83 Brandon Tate North Carolina 2008 5 18 153 Matt Slater UCLA 2006 2 4 36 Chad Jackson Florida 2004 5 32 164 P.K. Sam Florida State 2003 2 13 45 Bethel Johnson Texas A&M
omg he wasted pick 244

and fyi matt slater is a pro bowler
Don't be so daft. One special teams stand-out from 10 WRs chosen does not a good track record make. Despite all his success, admit that Bill hasn't been good at this position. The truth isn't that difficult,
How many of those guys were taken before pick 50?

 
Best coach ever. People hate him because of that.
He probably is the best coach ever but if you read the article, it makes him out to be the best GM ever. He still can't draft a wide receiver to save his life.
cuz he had a couple busts?

ok
2014 7 29 244 Jeremy Gallon Michigan 2013 2 27 59 Aaron Dobson Marshall 2013 4 5 102 Josh Boyce Texas Christian 2012 7 28 235 Jeremy Ebert Northwestern 2010 3 26 90 Taylor Price Ohio 2009 3 19 83 Brandon Tate North Carolina 2008 5 18 153 Matt Slater UCLA 2006 2 4 36 Chad Jackson Florida 2004 5 32 164 P.K. Sam Florida State 2003 2 13 45 Bethel Johnson Texas A&M
omg he wasted pick 244

and fyi matt slater is a pro bowler
Don't be so daft. One special teams stand-out from 10 WRs chosen does not a good track record make. Despite all his success, admit that Bill hasn't been good at this position. The truth isn't that difficult,
How many of those guys were taken before pick 50?
I remember Chad Jackson being a high pick. And I was high myself on Josh Boyce - thought he could excel in that offense. Dobson was a second rounder - not sure about the rest. Overall the track record is what it is - they don't seem to value the position that highly. It has worked for them - how strong would the Gronk/Hernandez tandem be if AH didn't start killing every other person in Mass? The lack of WR depth has hurt them - specifically in playoff losses after Welker and/or Gronk were hurt. There were times they clearly lacked a play-maker. Tough to critique BB on almost any level, just thing he's swung and missed too many times at WR.

 
Since the arrival of BB in 2000, here is the track record for all 32 teams with regard to their drafting of WRs in Rounds 2-7. NE has not selected a WR in the first round in that time, so to criticize BB for not hitting on (m)any WR in the draft without investing much at the position seems a bit unfair.

Team, # of WR drafted in rounds 2-7, # of WR with a 1,000 yards receiving in a season, total number of 1,000 yard receiving seasons

DEN 15 2 9CIN 20 2 9CAR 11 1 8ARI 12 2 8SDC 9 2 7GBP 20 3 7NOS 11 1 6PIT 16 3 6PHI 12 1 4NYJ 13 2 4SEA 14 2 4IND 6 2 3MIA 12 2 3BUF 14 1 3DAL 10 1 2MIN 12 2 2CHI 16 1 2ATL 11 1 1NEP 13 1 1CLE 14 1 1NYG 14 1 1BAL 15 1 1SFO 15 1 1STL 17 1 1DET 10 0 0HOU 10 0 0TBB 12 0 0WAS 12 0 0KCC 13 0 0JAX 15 0 0TEN 17 0 0OAK 18 0 0Also of note is the 10 players the Lions drafted, not one of them has had 1,000 yards receiving in their career.

Bottom line, it's tough finding decent WR production from non-first round picks. I don't think the Pats have had a ton of success drafting WRs, but other teams have also struggled.

 
If I'm not mistaken the only WR they've taken in the first 50 was Jackson.

I admit Bill seems to have a bad eye for predicting scheme fits at WR, but they aren't taking traditionally talented guys.

I don't think they take a WR with their first this year, but I would be perfectly okay with it. Bradys gonna need a guy to ride out his career with, and Jimmy is gonna need a legit WR.

 
Since the arrival of BB in 2000, here is the track record for all 32 teams with regard to their drafting of WRs in Rounds 2-7. NE has not selected a WR in the first round in that time, so to criticize BB for not hitting on (m)any WR in the draft without investing much at the position seems a bit unfair.

Team, # of WR drafted in rounds 2-7, # of WR with a 1,000 yards receiving in a season, total number of 1,000 yard receiving seasons

DEN 15 2 9CIN 20 2 9CAR 11 1 8ARI 12 2 8SDC 9 2 7GBP 20 3 7NOS 11 1 6PIT 16 3 6PHI 12 1 4NYJ 13 2 4SEA 14 2 4IND 6 2 3MIA 12 2 3BUF 14 1 3DAL 10 1 2MIN 12 2 2CHI 16 1 2ATL 11 1 1NEP 13 1 1CLE 14 1 1NYG 14 1 1BAL 15 1 1SFO 15 1 1STL 17 1 1DET 10 0 0HOU 10 0 0TBB 12 0 0WAS 12 0 0KCC 13 0 0JAX 15 0 0TEN 17 0 0OAK 18 0 0Also of note is the 10 players the Lions drafted, not one of them has had 1,000 yards receiving in their career.

Bottom line, it's tough finding decent WR production from non-first round picks. I don't think the Pats have had a ton of success drafting WRs, but other teams have also struggled.
thank yoooooouuuuuu............

 
I said when the Pats traded me that they'll never win another championship. Say what you want about me, I was there 3yrs & left with 2 rings

— Bethel 4.0 Johnson (@2swiftjohnson) January 19, 2014
btw, when bethel johnson made his exit after those 3 yrs he was traded for the player who was taken 6th overall in that same draft (when johnson was drafted)

 
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yudkin's list notes 1 wr with a 1000 yd season, which I had just kind of mentally penciled in deion branch there, as he was probably our best drafted wr.

it was actually edelman --- taken in the 7th round

branch fell 2 yards short with 998 the year before they traded him for a first rounder

 
That first article is just so stupid... the guy begins by immediately saying he's in no position to question Bill Belichick about anything football related, then, of course, he does just that.

Does he have any statistics? Any compelling evidence to back up his arguments? The guy is being paid to write articles like this, he can't be bothered to get a quick stat on OT win percentages when kicking vs. receiving since the OT rules were changed? No, he just gives a few short declarative sentences that read nice enough, and repeats the phrase "you have Tom Brady" over and over as if Tom had been lighting it up out there today.

Then he takes two "controversial" BB decisions, says one was stupid even though it worked (kicking in OT v. Denver), then says the other was stupid BECAUSE it didn't work (4th and 2 vs. Indy).

What an awful excuse to bump this thread, I'm sorry.

(And not only was this not some colossal blunder by Belichick, it was actually a correct decision! Were it not for a fluky 40 yard gain where two defenders ran into each other, things might have been fine.)

 

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