Oso planning to go pro
He's the GOAT.No coach, no matter how good, regularly contends in the current iteration of the NFL without good-to great QB play. And what Belichick has had the past three years hasn't been that.But he has made the playoffs with rookie Mac Jones and washed up Vinny Testaverde. And posted an 11-win season with Matt Cassel.
Is Bill Belichick still relevant? And by that I mean does he still matter anymore or is he in the latter years Chuck Noll/Tom Landry mode.It hard to argue with the numbers when assessing the GOAT of NFL coaching. But he is getting near 10 years coaching sans Tom Brady in the NFL and has never been a SB contender in that situation.Was he a by product of Brady's greatness?Where do you think he currently stands.
People also forget those teams also had HOF talent all over the defense. One of the 2-3 best TEs of all time. Reliable WRs who, while not HOF caliber, were WAY beyond who Jones and Newton were throwing to.Brady doesn't get credit for assembling those rosters, Belichik does. Just like he also deserves some blame for the rosters as they are constructed the last few years and their drop in production. I think he could still be a great coach, but he's probably a bit too old to be pulling double duty as coach/GM.I can't stand the dude but he's the best to ever do it. And if you took me back to 2001 and asked me to choose between Brady or BB for the next decade or two, I'm choosing BB every time.
Career NFL record without Tom Brady at quarterback: 74-82. Also wants to know if you have a dollar.
Id throw Chuck Noll in the mix. Bradshaw was not that good of a QB
I’d probably have Parcells, Walsh, and Belichick as my top 3 I some order. Several others come real close.
He is the one who makes the final personnel calls for the Patriots. If his team now doesn't have enough talent, that's on him. It's like saying of a college coach, "He's a great coach but not that great a recruiter. He'd win more if he had better talent." But it's his job to recruit the talent. And it's Belichick's job to recruit the talent for the Patriots.
Back to Belichick ...He is the one who makes the final personnel calls for the Patriots. If his team now doesn't have enough talent, that's on him. It's like saying of a college coach, "He's a great coach but not that great a recruiter. He'd win more if he had better talent." But it's his job to recruit the talent. And it's Belichick's job to recruit the talent for the Patriots.
This may be true, but in a coaching discussion, you can't judge Belichick by personnel decisions. The college coach analogy doesn't hold up. Recruiting is a part of the job description for every single college football coach. Drafting and free agency are not a standard part of an NFL coach's job description, and only a few NFL coaches have much influence over personnel decisions. And none of them have as much power as Belichick.