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Come home Little Bill.
Come home Little Bill.
He does some innovative stuff. Lets see how it holds up to scrutiny by D coordinators.Can't find a link, but on his show this week, Colin Cowherd proclaimed that Kyle Shanahan has supplanted Bill Belichick as the #1 coach in the NFL.
He's been an O-coordinator/playcaller for like 10 years now IIRC. I don't think this is a McVey thing.He does some innovative stuff. Lets see how it holds up to scrutiny by D coordinators.
I think some of the stuff he is doing in his run game has been recent and innovative. Maybe I have just not paid attention.He's been an O-coordinator/playcaller for like 10 years now IIRC. I don't think this is a McVey thing.
this really had no bearing on the game.Faust said:
I'm still thinking Belichick was showing the league its own loophole back when used it up thirty against the Jets.this really had no bearing on the game.
Patriots were still set up to get the ball back with plenty of time to drive down and kick the game winning FG.
If anything, BB WANTED the clock to run .... so NE could kick the FG with very little time left on the clock.
I'm not sure how smart it was and it easily could've backfired but in the end it did help the Titans because Pats got ball back with 15 seconds left and would've had a lot more time.this really had no bearing on the game.
Patriots were still set up to get the ball back with plenty of time to drive down and kick the game winning FG.
If anything, BB WANTED the clock to run .... so NE could kick the FG with very little time left on the clock.
Could have backfired for Vrable indeed.I'm not sure how smart it was and it easily could've backfired but in the end it did help the Titans because Pats got ball back with 15 seconds left and would've had a lot more time.
Agreed. I also found his decision to go for 2 after the pick six strange. True that success would have made it a two score game but failure actually left them open to a loss upon a return for T.D. on the ensuing kick and a 2-pt conversion by them. I get that it is a philosophical decision. I also get that extra point kicks are not always successful, but I would have taken my more or less automatic 8 point lead and forced N.E. not only to return kick for T.D. but also to convert a 2-pt conversion just to obtain a tie. Seems to me the guaranteed tie if everything went bad and a likely win beats a guaranteed win if things go good but exposure to loss if they do not.Could have backfired for Vrable indeed.
Had Edleman not dropped that layup catch for a 1st down, would have been another 1st down or two away from ending the game with very little time for TEN to respond (assuming Pats don't miss the FG attempt)
Then the story would be how Vrable out-foxed himself with BB's rule book loophole.
Agreed, going up by 8 is huge.Agreed. I also found his decision to go for 2 after the pick six strange. True that success would have made it a two score game but failure actually left them open to a loss upon a return for T.D. on the ensuing kick and a 2-pt conversion by them. I get that it is a philosophical decision. I also get that extra point kicks are not always successful, but I would have taken my more or less automatic 8 point lead and forced N.E. not only to return kick for T.D. but also to convert a 2-pt conversion just to obtain a tie. Seems to me the guaranteed tie if everything went bad and a likely win beats a guaranteed win if things go good but exposure to loss if they do not.
Yeah his sideline antics while it was happening CLEARLY show this.this really had no bearing on the game.
Patriots were still set up to get the ball back with plenty of time to drive down and kick the game winning FG.
If anything, BB WANTED the clock to run .... so NE could kick the FG with very little time left on the clock.
As a colts supporter you are an expert so I shouldn’t point out how ridiculous it is.Tank for Trevor already in motion.
Karma is a bit..As a colts supporter you are an expert so I shouldn’t point out how ridiculous it is.
Agree to disagree, he has zero control over players opting out so I don't see the correlation u appear to b making. Why would they sign Newton? Everything I know about the man leads me to believe he would cut off an arm before he would plan to lose an entire season, particularly a season that could prove critical to the was it Brady or BB that mattered most legacy question.Tank for Trevor already in motion.
Agree to disagree, it's all about the rings but he cares.....Somehow I don't think Belichick really cares whether people think it's him or Brady. All he knows is all those rings he has.
Well duh. A Darth Vader mask filters out the virus.
So management lies to get what they want. Nothing new. Lots of people get fired or laid off while management is pretending the future is secure. It sucks but it is common. That he basically said he was more concerned about whether he was caught on video when assaulting a staff member reveals an important character flaw of his own.
The Future Of Belichick
Bill Belichick turned 69 in April. Twelve years ago, he said he wouldn’t be coaching in his seventies. Two years ago, he said on WEEI in Boston: “When I said it, maybe I didn’t know what 70 felt like.” So how much longer will he coach? Belichick’s not one to talk openly about his plans, or even privately about them. Maybe he doesn’t know. But I get four feelings about him:
• This probably won’t be his last year, and I doubt that 2022 will be. He’s a young 69, maybe not in the effervescent way of fellow 69er Pete Carroll (seven months older than Belichick).
• The way Belichick is, I doubt sincerely he’d leave the Patriots with a dim future. He’ll view as part of his legacy the shape he left the franchise. That’s why Mac Jones falling to New England at 15 this year was so important to New England’s long-term future—it allows Belichick to feel like there’s a good chance the team now has its quarterback for the post-Brady period.
• I don’t think he hangs on just to break Don Shula’s all-time record for coaching victories if he thinks it’s time to go after, say, 2023 or ’24. On the all-time coaching wins list (including playoffs), Shula is first with 347, George Halas second with 324, Belichick third with 311. It may take Belichick four years to get those 37 wins. Maybe three or five—who knows? It’s certainly within reach, but I don’t see it being Belichick’s end-game.
• I’m sure, as a dad, Belichick wanted to help his kids on career paths if they wanted the help. Amanda is a lacrosse coach at Holy Cross. Steve, 34, is a Patriots defensive assistant with rising importance. Brian is the team’s safeties coach. Steve’s married, Brian’s slated to get married this summer. The kids are on their way, with helpful assistance from their father.
What it all means: Belichick can walk away on his terms, when he wants. And if the team progresses the way he thinks it will, he can walk away feeling good about the future of what he leaves behind.
BB is a completely different cat on his weekly radio interviews in town. This came up last year again, and while he didn't give a timeline, he backpedaled from his comments from long ago about not wanting to coach into his 70's.
BB would have had the kicker kick a pop fly to inside the five yard line and forced KC to field the ball and cut the time on the clock in half. Then he would have rushed two guys and dropped 9 men in coverage and not allow anyone to catch a deep ball. Mahomes would have had to use all the remaining time to try to find an open receiver. They would have had one play on offense and the game would have ended (unless the Chiefs had a six lateral play that scored like in the Miami game a few years ago). They would have had to go 80 yards on one play for a TD. No way could they have had time to have been able to get 40 yards to try nearly a 60 yard FG.Wonder what Belichick would have done or thought of yesterday's Chiefs/Bills game.
That's how good a coach he is -- that one of my first thoughts in remembering and contextualizing the game is "What Would Belichick Think?"