Cole: Why are there so many bad teams around the league this year?
Belichick: Here’s the only thing I’ll say: I think to have a really good team in this league, you have to make a lot, a lot of good decisions. You have to have a lot of good people, players, coaches, whatever. You need a lot of those. Conversely, to not be competitive, you would have to have a lot of bad decisions. One bad decision is not going to do it, one bad player is not going to do it, one bad coach is not going to do it. You’re going to have to collectively, over a cumulative period of time, make a long series of bad decisions and accumulate a lot of players who are substandard for their position. There have to be a multitude of things that go wrong.
Cole: Because you can keep yourself average for a long time?
Belichick: That’s the system. If you don’t have good players, you have money to spend on players. If you have a bunch of good players, you eventually run out of money and you can’t keep them all and somebody else gets them. That’s the system, it keeps everybody average. We’ve seen teams be really good just on coaching. We’ve seen teams be competitive with just a few good players.
Q&A with the Hoodie. An excellent interview with Yahoo!'s Jason Cole, the kind of peek under the hoodie that makes you hope he writes it all down at some point.
The media are going to focus on the juice, things in here like "everybody is available at the right price." But even the context of that quote reveals the complexity of managing a roster. Comedic.sans had some excellent points about this in comments the other day, and they were borne out perfectly in the quote above.
There's more -- what makes a quarterback, what makes a team, competition, priorities. It's a jam-packed quick-shot -- go forth and read it.
Mad props to bforce3, whose fanshot scooped this and I failed to see it. Well done, Pulpiteer.
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For the record
bforce3 found this first in his fanshot
Credit where it’s due and all that.
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by SlotMachinePlayer on Nov 6, 2009 3:35 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Sounds like Bill's saying you can't just shoot yourself in the foot and be bad.
It takes multiple wounds (or leeches) to kill a franchise.
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by SlotMachinePlayer on Nov 6, 2009 3:38 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
thanks for the credit. i was surprised yahoo would cover the pats/bill in such a positive way.
lets hope bill doesnt get any crazy ideas about surviving with out wes HAHA
by bforce3 on Nov 6, 2009 4:25 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Lalalalalalalalalaalalala, not listening, lalalalalalalalalalalalalala !!!!!!!
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by SlotMachinePlayer on Nov 6, 2009 4:28 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
haha exactly i got his jersey currently in my view from this very laptop im using. id b devistated
by bforce3 on Nov 6, 2009 4:37 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Edelman vs. Wes?
Could happen, sooner or later, I suppose. Much, much later. When Wes is 40-something.
Token southern hemisphere guy - 14,688km from Foxboro. That's 9128 miles, for you heathens.
by Comedic.Sans on Nov 6, 2009 5:06 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
lol
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by Patssuck456 on Nov 6, 2009 6:48 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Loved his thoughts on QBs
That was a great read and I agreed 100%. I love what Belichick said about QBs, decision making and accuracy. How many times to you hear pundits go on about some QBs great arm strength only to see them make poor decision after poor decision cough Jay Cutler endcough.
BB is absolutely right about the decision making and accuracy which is why I think he was quick to get rid of Bledsoe much to my shock back then (not gonna lie, I was a Bledsoe fan). Yeah Bledsoe had a great arm and put up good stats but he also threw a lot of picks which I’m sure BB hated. Sure the QB play wasn’t as exiting with dink and dunk Tom Brady initially but he was accurate and didn’t turn the ball over which led to that 2001 SB.
Tom Brady has never thrown more than 14 INTs in a season. That is pretty darn amazing for a QB of his caliber (for comparison, Peyton has thrown more than 14 INTs 5 different seasons).
by bbismyhero on Nov 6, 2009 4:51 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Ooh, I like that last stat
Someone should keep that the next time an inevitable Manning-versus-Brady debate crops up.
Token southern hemisphere guy - 14,688km from Foxboro. That's 9128 miles, for you heathens.
by Comedic.Sans on Nov 6, 2009 5:12 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
i thought the same thing only i didnt wanna mention it cuz i didnt wanna seem like the only person to just find this out
by bforce3 on Nov 6, 2009 5:54 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Don't worry about thinking you'll look the fool
We’re all idiots here.
As Mr. Sloan always says, there is no "I" in team, but there is an "I" in pie. And there's an "I" in meat pie. Anagram of meat is team... I don't know what he's talking about. --Shaun of the Dead
by JohnHannahRules on Nov 6, 2009 6:38 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I just realised I got a mention in the blurb
and it was because Hoodie agreed with me. I shall preen now, heh.
Token southern hemisphere guy - 14,688km from Foxboro. That's 9128 miles, for you heathens.
by Comedic.Sans on Nov 7, 2009 5:54 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
I'll try not to
the Cleveland Browns might figure out that I pre-empted Hoodie and try to hire me as Head Coach. That’d be painful indeed.
Token southern hemisphere guy - 14,688km from Foxboro. That's 9128 miles, for you heathens.
by Comedic.Sans on Nov 7, 2009 6:06 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Meh. You should be so lucky.
As Mr. Sloan always says, there is no "I" in team, but there is an "I" in pie. And there's an "I" in meat pie. Anagram of meat is team... I don't know what he's talking about. --Shaun of the Dead
by JohnHannahRules on Nov 7, 2009 6:39 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
It'd be okay as long as you could purge anything Mangini-ish from any surfaces.
It’s a shame what’s happened there. And having Josh Cribbs as a returner would at least be fun to watch.
Token southern hemisphere guy - 14,688km from Foxboro. That's 9128 miles, for you heathens.
by Comedic.Sans on Nov 7, 2009 8:18 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
You said it
Once proud franchise and all that…
As Mr. Sloan always says, there is no "I" in team, but there is an "I" in pie. And there's an "I" in meat pie. Anagram of meat is team... I don't know what he's talking about. --Shaun of the Dead
by JohnHannahRules on Nov 8, 2009 12:55 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
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