Belichick Voted Coach of the Year

[BallHawk]

bb took the best team, talent wise, and gave them an "us against the world" attitude (after getting busted) and went 16-0. he deserves it. MM went 13-3 and the 3 loses can arguably hung around HIS neck. he did a fine job this year. maybe next year with a little more experience he'll get it.

I think that, for the most part, is a fair analysis. I think MM has had some difficulty with play calling and game planning, but I think the loss always falls on the players and not the coach, unless it is an extreme situation.

I'm sure MM wishes he would of got the award, but hopefully he can make it to the Super Bowl and at least shows he belongs.

[sepporepi]

... and I hope Billecheat is standing on the right.

[Jerry Tagge]

Let's see, New England already had the best talent in the NFL, were picked by many to win the Super Bowl, get caught cheating, and their coach gets coach of the year.

Packers were picked by nobody outside the state of Wisconsin to win their division (and not many in Wisconsin picked them to win), have the youngest team, were picked by many to finish under .500, have an aging QB whose best days were supposedly behind him, yet finish 13-3 and get a first round bye and their coach doesn't win the award.

McCarthy got more out of less talent. Belichick cheated and gets rewarded.

It looks like the only ones of have less integrity than Belichick is the media.

[fan4life]

If you believe that winning is everything, then BB deserves it.

He had the year won when he realized he needed more talent and bent the rules to go after guys like Welker, Thomas and Moss. Belicheck didn't back down from the challenge of harnassing Moss' enormous talent and is reaping the rewards. I give him all the credit in the world for his part in making his team invincible.

Mike Tirico put it this way on his radio show, "The only one who could have stopped the Patriots this year was Ted Thompson, who blew the opportunity to sign Randy Moss for a 3rd or 4th round draft pick. He didn't have the guts to trust that his organization could handle the immensely talented but volative receiver and now no one can handle the Patriots' offense."

I just hate the fact that BB felt the need to cheat to win. It would have kept me from voting for him. Because, while winning is everything, a society that rewards cheating to achieve that end is degenerate.

[Scott Campbell]

"The only one who could have stopped the Patriots this year was Ted Thompson, who blew the opportunity to sign Randy Moss for a 3rd or 4th round draft pick."

The only one?

Yeah, like none of the other 30 teams had a 3rd or 4th to go get Moss.

[fan4life]

"The only one who could have stopped the Patriots this year was Ted Thompson, who blew the opportunity to sign Randy Moss for a 3rd or 4th round draft pick."

The only one?

Yeah, like none of the other 30 teams had a 3rd or 4th to go get Moss.

Moss held a significant card in the negotiations; he wouldn't have renegotiated his contract to catch balls from the likes of Cleo Lemon.

[Scott Campbell]

"The only one who could have stopped the Patriots this year was Ted Thompson, who blew the opportunity to sign Randy Moss for a 3rd or 4th round draft pick."

The only one?

Yeah, like none of the other 30 teams had a 3rd or 4th to go get Moss.

Moss held a significant card in the negotiations; he wouldn't have renegotiated his contract to catch balls from the likes of Cleo Lemon.

Maybe not. But I doubt he would have turned his nose up at Peyton Manning, or any number of other good to great quarterbacks. There were plenty of other teams that could have entered the bidding, but the conventional wisdom was that the extra baggage wasn't worth it.

Tirico saying that Ted was the only one that could have stopped the Patriots is borderline ridiculous.

And Moss' card wasn't all that significant, or he would have garnered way more than a 4th round pick.

[MJZiggy]

"The only one who could have stopped the Patriots this year was Ted Thompson, who blew the opportunity to sign Randy Moss for a 3rd or 4th round draft pick."

The only one?

Yeah, like none of the other 30 teams had a 3rd or 4th to go get Moss.

Moss held a significant card in the negotiations; he wouldn't have renegotiated his contract to catch balls from the likes of Cleo Lemon.

I thought I heard he wouldn't renegotiate to catch balls from anyone other than Brady...That was the discussion at the time--whether TT should pay out his contract since he wouldn't negotiate it...

[Zool]

"The only one who could have stopped the Patriots this year was Ted Thompson, who blew the opportunity to sign Randy Moss for a 3rd or 4th round draft pick."

The only one?

Yeah, like none of the other 30 teams had a 3rd or 4th to go get Moss.

Moss held a significant card in the negotiations; he wouldn't have renegotiated his contract to catch balls from the likes of Cleo Lemon.

I thought I heard he wouldn't renegotiate to catch balls from anyone other than Brady...That was the discussion at the time--whether TT should pay out his contract since he wouldn't negotiate it...

For some reason Zig, that never gets discussed in the Moss threads. Oh well. Water under the dam.

[Cheesehead Craig]

To the winners go the spoils.

We have a hell of a good coach and I'm happy with that.

[packinpatland]

To the winners go the spoils.

We have a hell of a good coach and I'm happy with that.

I can live with that.

[KYPack]

If you believe that winning is everything, then BB deserves it.

He had the year won when he realized he needed more talent and bent the rules to go after guys like Welker, Thomas and Moss. Belicheck didn't back down from the challenge of harnassing Moss' enormous talent and is reaping the rewards. I give him all the credit in the world for his part in making his team invincible.

Mike Tirico put it this way on his radio show, "The only one who could have stopped the Patriots this year was Ted Thompson, who blew the opportunity to sign Randy Moss for a 3rd or 4th round draft pick. He didn't have the guts to trust that his organization could handle the immensely talented but volative receiver and now no one can handle the Patriots' offense."

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I'm glad he won because it probably pisses him off. I'd love to be a pesky reporter at the press conference. I'd drive him nuts until they threw me out.

[Jimx29]

Belichick Voted Coach of the Year *

[fan4life]

For the record, TT admitted to Peter King (SI) that he miscalculated Randy's value and blew the negotiations for him - so let's not make this thread about the player. It isn't... I only mentioned Tirico's comment to back up my point that Belicheck knew what he needed to make his offense unstoppable.... and went about getting the best receivers available. In doing so, he took a risk that others shied away from. For that he deserves all the credit in the world.

Personally, I think what MM has done in building an offense around Favre and a group of talented young receivers is similarly remarkable. And I would love for GB to stick it to the Pats in the SuperBowl. Realistically (and sadly), though, I don't think that is going to happen. I've seen Randy Moss beat the Packers too many times.

[FritzDontBlitz]

Who actually votes for that shit anyway? Sportwriters, right? And where are most of them headquartered? East coast?

There is no east coast bias, children. Don't worry about how overhyped every team from that area is, it just isn't true.

Doesn't surprise me that Bellidick got the award. Tirico needs to tone down the cheapshots, though. We didn't get Randy Moss, now its TT'S fault 16 teams couldn't beat the Pats? Did TT call a timeout from the Ravens sideline at the same time his defense stopped Brady on 4th and 1? Did Teddy Bear get burned twice on consecutive plays by Randy Moss running the same deep sideline pattern with the game on the line? Did TT's brain seize up completely cuz a QB he never trusted anyway ruins a career night by throwing a pick late in the game and refuse to let that QB throw another pass - even though his running back was facing 9 man fronts as he was fighting off leg cramps the entire 4th quarter?

Wait, forget all that. Tirico's right. This is just the excuse we've been waiting for. Fire TT now.....