Bill Belichick to expand role on defense
by MaPatsFan on Feb 5, 2010 5:54 PM EST
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Admittedly, I did not see this coming. I figured if either linebackers coach Matt Patricia or defensive line coach Pepper Johnson were not anointed as the chosen one, Hoodie would go outside to find a candidate. That teaches me to forget he's a defensive genius. From his bio on patriots.com:
During his time as the Giants' defensive signal caller, his units were never ranked lower than 11th in the NFL and finished as high as second in the league three times, including the Super Bowl seasons of 1986 and 1990. His contributions with the Giants throughout the 1980s brought him national recognition as one of the best young assistant coaches in the NFL.
I never saw it coming, but it makes perfect sense. Why not give Belichick the reins, put him in charge of calling the defense? After hiring Corwin Brown as a defensive coach concentrating on defensive backs, he'll have more than enough help and can concentrate on the bigger picture, getting this defense back to its former glory.
This may also indicate a confidence in Bill O'Brien on the offensive side. Or, could Tom Brady be taking on a more active role in play calling? The plot thickens as it always does with Hoodie. At any rate, I think this is a stellar move and I can't wait to see what Bill will do with our defensive guys. Let's lay the hammer down, Bill, let's lay the hammer down.
Props to bbismyhero for this fanpost.
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Any ideas of whether this is a signal that he'll get an outside-the-organisation OC?
He surely can’t triple-dip – OC, DC and HC would kill a man.
Token southern hemisphere guy - 14,688km from Foxboro. That's 9128 miles, for you heathens.
Okaaaaay...
(gulp, gulp, gulp) Sorry… just swallowing the kool-aid here.
Here’s his quote from Patriots.com:
"Titles are fine, nothing wrong with them," Belichick explained, "but the most important thing is each person’s role, that we do everything we can to help the players succeed – everyone collectively getting the job done.
"Corwin Brown is one of the high-class people in football. He was a tough, smart leader who was great to coach and those are the traits he brings to our staff. He has stepped in well with Josh Boyer, Matt Patricia, Pepper Johnson, Pat Graham and myself, and as a group we are committed to putting a competitive defense on the field. This is the best course for us to move forward in 2010."
"Bill O’Brien has demonstrated excellent leadership and organizational skills in our offense," Belichick continued. "He is a sharp and passionate coach. It is a good mix on that side of the ball, with Bill working with some extremely experienced coaches in Dante Scarnecchia and Ivan Fears, who have been here my entire time in New England, and some more recent additions to the staff in Chad O’Shea and Brian Ferentz."
It is still only February, of course, and the Patriots offseason evaluation process is far from complete. After all, as Belichick has often indicated, it is a work in progress.
"That first step of the process is always very important," he added. "The teambuilding process for next year starts with evaluating ourselves on every level – plays, players, coaching, practice, how we run our meetings, basically everything we do from A to Z."
Keep the faith!
I'm looking at this as a one year gig.
More like “Hey Matt Patricia (or Pepper Johnson), stand over here and see how I like my defense run. Make sure you coach up a replacement, because this is what you’re going to be doing next year.”
Much better than pushing them into failure. This way all of the pressure is on him, and he doesn’t give a darn what anybody thinks.
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by SlotMachinePlayer on Feb 5, 2010 6:06 PM EST reply actions
Will also help them unlearn Dean Pees defense.
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by SlotMachinePlayer on Feb 5, 2010 6:07 PM EST up reply actions
There's a question...
was the messing around with AD’s role stemming from Pees or Belichick?
Token southern hemisphere guy - 14,688km from Foxboro. That's 9128 miles, for you heathens.
The answer to that will be found if AD shows up at training camp.
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by SlotMachinePlayer on Feb 6, 2010 7:42 AM EST up reply actions
True.
Although AD’s press suggested he blamed Belichick more than Pees – he wasn’t bitching about his coordinator, he was bitching about the organisation. Stupid.
Token southern hemisphere guy - 14,688km from Foxboro. That's 9128 miles, for you heathens.
absolutely
His shoulders are broad enough to absorb the critics – and there will be many.
Keep the faith!
He can handle it
I think as long as he isnt being spread too thin doing offense and special teams as well as defense. If he can coach up the defense w/o having to turn around and be the OC then I think we’ll be fine.
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"These players, a lot of other people didn't believe in them, but they believe in themselves. And that is all that matters." -Bill Belichick
Sounds like a great idea...
…if he is grooming others to take the reigns a year or two down the road. I’m expecting Patricia or Pepper to step into an assistant DC type of role, where they both learn the game of DC.
I hope Brady steps up on offense next year. He needs to.
i love it
as long as TB runs the offense along w. BOB.
wonder why a 10 year vet coach didn’t get the DC job
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Belichick is a DC at heart, and maybe 2009 convinced him he could be a HC and Coordinator at the same time?
Token southern hemisphere guy - 14,688km from Foxboro. That's 9128 miles, for you heathens.
I don't know about this.
It’s been a while since he actually took reins on the defensive side as well. I can hope that one of the defensive assistants is involved 50% of the time. Kinda nervous about this though.
Yay, thanks for the shout out ^_^
What I want to know is the success rate of HCs that don’t have a legit OC and DC…. in addition to being the GM. Has this ever been done before?
Belicheck Always Said
His biggest problem in Cleveland was that he tried to hard to micromanage everything. I feel like he’s been doing that more and more lately..
How is he supposed to handle the personnel side of the business
if he’s also managing the defense? Unless Kraft brings in a top notch personnel guy, I think that the Hoodie will be overwhelmed, especially as we get closer to training camp.
Hoodie chooses who he wants
and Caserio and Reese get it done. Considering Hoodie chooses the game-day 45, putting together the 53 was always going to have a lot of Belichick’s input, anyway.
Token southern hemisphere guy - 14,688km from Foxboro. That's 9128 miles, for you heathens.
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