| 12th August 2006 07:41 AM |
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| Ten Thousand Motels |
Head Coach
Bill Belichick
Pro Career: Bill Belichick is in his 31st season as an NFL coach and is the only head coach in league history to win three Super Bowl championships in a four-year span. Hired by Patriots owner Robert Kraft on Jan. 27, 2000, Belichick is in his sixth season as Patriots head coach and last season moved ahead of Vince Lombardi to claim the best postseason record in NFL history (10-1).
He is the winningest head coach in the league over the last four seasons, a period during which his teams have delivered three Super Bowl championships. He is the Patriots’ all-time leader in victories (62) and winning percentage (.697). Since 2001, Belichick has directed the Patriots to a 57-16 (.781) record—the most successful run in franchise history—including a perfect 9-0 postseason mark.
Since 1986, Belichick’s contributions as an assistant coach and as a head coach have led to five Super Bowl titles, six conference championships and eight division titles. Over the last two seasons, Belichick has directed the Patriots through the most prosperous two-year period in NFL history, netting back-to-back Super Bowl victories and consecutive 17-2 campaigns. The team’s 2003-04 total of 34 victories marked the highest two-year win total in the NFL’s 85-year history, and a record winning streak of 21 consecutive games spanned the two seasons.
The 2004 season saw the Patriots tie the best regular-season record by a defending Super Bowl champion (14-2), as Belichick joined Mike Ditka as the only head coaches in NFL history to enjoy back-to-back seasons of 14 or more regular-season wins. New England capped off the 2004 season with a victory over the Philadelphia Eagles in Super Bowl XXXIX.
In 2003, Belichick led the Patriots to a 17-2 mark that culminated in a victory over the Carolina Panthers in Super Bowl XXXVIII. In that season, the Patriots became the first team in 31 years and just the second club ever to win 15 consecutive games en route to the championship. Only the 1972 Miami Dolphins won more consecutive games in a single season.
By 2001, just his second season at the helm in New England, he had reversed the course of the team and returned it to NFL prominence. The Patriots closed out the 2001 season by winning nine consecutive games, including a victory in Super Bowl XXXVI against the St. Louis Rams to claim the first league championship in franchise history.
Now entering his 31st season as an NFL coach, Belichick has spent more seasons in the league than any other NFL head coach and is one of just two coaches in league history (George Seifert) to win multiple Super Bowls as a head coach and as an assistant coach.
He launched his career in 1975 as a special assistant with the Baltimore Colts, then became an assistant special teams coach with Detroit (1976-77) and Denver (1978). In 1979, he joined the New York Giants and contributed to Super Bowl championships with the team in 1986 and 1990 as the team’s defensive coordinator. Following Super Bowl XXV, Belichick was named head coach of the Cleveland Browns in 1991, becoming the youngest head coach in the NFL at age 37. By 1994, Belichick brought the Browns back to the playoffs, finishing 11-5 and advancing to the second round of the playoffs, while allowing a league-low 204 total points.
In 1996, Belichick joined New England and was a key contributor to the team’s rebound from a 6-10 season in 1995 to an 11-5 season and the team’s first division title in 10 years en route to Super Bowl XXXI against Green Bay. Belichick then spent three seasons with the New York Jets from 1997 to 1999, helping New York improve from a 1-15 season in 1996 to an appearance in the AFC Championship Game in 1998.
Career record: 99-72.
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| 12th August 2006 07:58 AM |
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| Nellcote |
Good thread.
I might add...
http://www.allthingsbillbelichick.com/superbowls.htm |
| 12th August 2006 08:01 AM |
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| Jumping Jack |
26-23 GO FALCONS!!! |
| 12th August 2006 08:30 AM |
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| lotsajizz |
I'm a Raider fan and a big Jon Gruden booster, but Belichik is hands down the greatest coach ever, not Madden, not Lombardi even....Belichik...think back ten years ago and this is pretty improbable!! |
| 12th August 2006 08:44 AM |
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| nankerphelge |
Gotta agree with that one. He is really quite amazing and a very decent guy too.
Wish the Giants had grabbed him years ago.
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| 12th August 2006 09:41 AM |
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| gimmekeef |
All because Brady falls to the Pats in the 6th round.If that didnt happen this thread would not exist.Remember the job he did in Cleveland?....hmmmmmmm...Now Bill Cower took teams to championship finals with Neil O'Donnell and Kordel Stewart as his QB's..... |
| 12th August 2006 10:17 AM |
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| Nellcote |
No doubt the Cleveland experience was a low point.
Consider the risk that was hiring him in Foxboro.
Several years of Pete Carroll, who had to inherit
the legacy of Parcells. While Pete left with a winning record, he never could connect here, with many of the same
players who went on to win Super Bowl 36 under Coach Bill.
Bill knew what it would take, as well as taking the chance with Tom Brady, when Drew went down. Further evidence would show that year that when Brady was knocked out of the AFC championship game, Bledsoe, to his credit, would lead the team to the Super Bowl. That Coach Bill has been able to employ many of the same hallmarks of that year several years, two championships later, not only speaks for the players he's coached, but his ability to master the game.
Watch Crennel in Cleveland, Mangini in NY, for more evidence of Belichik's reach, which of course should have credit to Parcells for this style of coaching. |
| 12th August 2006 10:27 AM |
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| gimmekeef |
quote:
Nellcote wrote:
No doubt the Cleveland experience was a low point.
Consider the risk that was hiring him in Foxboro.
Several years of Pete Carroll, who had to inherit
the legacy of Parcells. While Pete left with a winning record, he never could connect here, with many of the same
players who went on to win Super Bowl 36 under Coach Bill.
Bill knew what it would take, as well as taking the chance with Tom Brady, when Drew went down. Further evidence would show that year that when Brady was knocked out of the AFC championship game, Bledsoe, to his credit, would lead the team to the Super Bowl. That Coach Bill has been able to employ many of the same hallmarks of that year several years, two championships later, not only speaks for the players he's coached, but his ability to master the game.
Watch Crennel in Cleveland, Mangini in NY, for more evidence of Belichik's reach, which of course should have credit to Parcells for this style of coaching.
Nellie...I'm not disputing hes a great coach.Just dont think yet he's earned the title of greatest of alltime.Walsh/Noll/Lombardi/Landry/Shula...and.....? |
| 12th August 2006 10:43 AM |
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| Nellcote |
He's at greatness now:
He holds the all time winning playoff streak of 10 games, which was held by Lombardi
Only NFL coach to win three Super Bowls in a four year span
Has won more consecutive games than any other coach in NFL History at 21
More to come, as Picasso is still working....
http://youtube.com/watch?v=q-TaWAYMNL0 |
| 12th August 2006 11:01 AM |
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| Ten Thousand Motels |
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gimmekeef wrote:
.hmmmmmmm...Now Bill Cower took teams to championship finals.......
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Cowher...????....who the fuck is he?? I seem to recall reading about him some place. I just can't place him...what is he, a bus driver or something????
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| 12th August 2006 11:43 AM |
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| FrankiePeppers |
I'm not a Steeler fan, but Cowher is a really good coach. He isn't Belichick, but not many are. Cowher kept the Steelers in contention/playoffs most years when they would lose numerous quality players to free agency. He also has the longest tenure as a coach in the NFL and I believe all 4 major sports. That says something. |
| 12th August 2006 01:18 PM |
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| BILL PERKS |
quote:
FrankiePeppers wrote:
That says something.
WHAT DOES IT SAY? |
| 12th August 2006 01:39 PM |
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| pdog |
quote:
BILL PERKS wrote:
WHAT DOES IT SAY?
It rubs the lotion on its skin...
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| 12th August 2006 02:05 PM |
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| Ten Thousand Motels |
quote:
FrankiePeppers wrote:
I'm not a Steeler fan, but Cowher is a really good coach.
Oh...THAT Bill Cowher. Thanks for the reminder. He completely slipped my mind. I knew I'd heard that name somewhere before. And I'll give you that....he is a good coach. BUT he really has no place on this thread. And if you do have to refer to him how about "some coach from somewhere in Pennsylvania" or something along those lines.
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| 12th August 2006 02:13 PM |
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| RollingstonesUSA |
Bill is God! |
| 12th August 2006 02:14 PM |
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| chevysales |
quote:
Ten Thousand Motels wrote:
Head Coach
Bill Belichick
Pro Career: Bill Belichick is in his 31st season as an NFL coach and is the only head coach in league history to win three Super Bowl championships in a four-year span. Hired by Patriots owner Robert Kraft on Jan. 27, 2000, Belichick is in his sixth season as Patriots head coach and last season moved ahead of Vince Lombardi to claim the best postseason record in NFL history (10-1).
He is the winningest head coach in the league over the last four seasons, a period during which his teams have delivered three Super Bowl championships. He is the Patriots’ all-time leader in victories (62) and winning percentage (.697). Since 2001, Belichick has directed the Patriots to a 57-16 (.781) record—the most successful run in franchise history—including a perfect 9-0 postseason mark.
Since 1986, Belichick’s contributions as an assistant coach and as a head coach have led to five Super Bowl titles, six conference championships and eight division titles. Over the last two seasons, Belichick has directed the Patriots through the most prosperous two-year period in NFL history, netting back-to-back Super Bowl victories and consecutive 17-2 campaigns. The team’s 2003-04 total of 34 victories marked the highest two-year win total in the NFL’s 85-year history, and a record winning streak of 21 consecutive games spanned the two seasons.
The 2004 season saw the Patriots tie the best regular-season record by a defending Super Bowl champion (14-2), as Belichick joined Mike Ditka as the only head coaches in NFL history to enjoy back-to-back seasons of 14 or more regular-season wins. New England capped off the 2004 season with a victory over the Philadelphia Eagles in Super Bowl XXXIX.
In 2003, Belichick led the Patriots to a 17-2 mark that culminated in a victory over the Carolina Panthers in Super Bowl XXXVIII. In that season, the Patriots became the first team in 31 years and just the second club ever to win 15 consecutive games en route to the championship. Only the 1972 Miami Dolphins won more consecutive games in a single season.
By 2001, just his second season at the helm in New England, he had reversed the course of the team and returned it to NFL prominence. The Patriots closed out the 2001 season by winning nine consecutive games, including a victory in Super Bowl XXXVI against the St. Louis Rams to claim the first league championship in franchise history.
Now entering his 31st season as an NFL coach, Belichick has spent more seasons in the league than any other NFL head coach and is one of just two coaches in league history (George Seifert) to win multiple Super Bowls as a head coach and as an assistant coach.
He launched his career in 1975 as a special assistant with the Baltimore Colts, then became an assistant special teams coach with Detroit (1976-77) and Denver (1978). In 1979, he joined the New York Giants and contributed to Super Bowl championships with the team in 1986 and 1990 as the team’s defensive coordinator. Following Super Bowl XXV, Belichick was named head coach of the Cleveland Browns in 1991, becoming the youngest head coach in the NFL at age 37. By 1994, Belichick brought the Browns back to the playoffs, finishing 11-5 and advancing to the second round of the playoffs, while allowing a league-low 204 total points.
In 1996, Belichick joined New England and was a key contributor to the team’s rebound from a 6-10 season in 1995 to an 11-5 season and the team’s first division title in 10 years en route to Super Bowl XXXI against Green Bay. Belichick then spent three seasons with the New York Jets from 1997 to 1999, helping New York improve from a 1-15 season in 1996 to an appearance in the AFC Championship Game in 1998.
Career record: 99-72.
oh pleeze.............he gets all the credit when truth be told your former players are now talking about it. neiter would be anything without the other... all the coaching in the world means nada if you don't have decent players and the pats had some and they get no credit only king bill does... btw read about his divorce trhu roin brges article awhile back where he was showering a married women and secratary for ny gianst with gifts and limos to bon jovi etc... nasty bill got his laywers to get a gag order on it.
and if not for the tuck rule we wouldn't have this thread... he is a very very good coach but damn it give the players some credit as they got it done not bill.
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| 12th August 2006 02:53 PM |
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| Nellcote |
Chevy, Chevy.
If if's & buts were candy & nuts it would be Christmas every day!
BTW, Ron Borges is the biggest shill at the Boston Globe.
He despises Coach Bill, and is roundly disliked thru most of the Boston area. A smarmy, loathing loser of a writer.
He was no fan of most of the Pats coaches.
See you on 09/20 |
| 12th August 2006 05:36 PM |
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| gimmekeef |
quote:
Ten Thousand Motels wrote:
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Cowher...????....who the fuck is he?? I seem to recall reading about him some place. I just can't place him...what is he, a bus driver or something????
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No...Bettis was the bus.....Keep staring.....Looks good on ya.... |
| 12th August 2006 06:27 PM |
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| FrankiePeppers |
quote:
pdog wrote:
It rubs the lotion on its skin...
PUT THE fUCKIN' LOTION IN THE BASKET!! |
| 12th August 2006 06:30 PM |
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| FrankiePeppers |
quote:
BILL PERKS wrote:
WHAT DOES IT SAY?
It says the team values a coach for his consistency/long term plan rather than "you got three years to make it to the playoffs" mentality. The 'Fins had a coach like that a while back, but the name escapes me  |
| 12th August 2006 11:15 PM |
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| chevysales |
quote:
Nellcote wrote:
Chevy, Chevy.
If if's & buts were candy & nuts it would be Christmas every day!
BTW, Ron Borges is the biggest shill at the Boston Globe.
He despises Coach Bill, and is roundly disliked thru most of the Boston area. A smarmy, loathing loser of a writer.
He was no fan of most of the Pats coaches.
See you on 09/20
you will 
albeit wearing my ronnie brown jersey or daunte culppeper or my orange ricky williams jersey... screw it i will wear my marino jersey. |
| 13th August 2006 07:50 AM |
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| Ten Thousand Motels |
Patriots Coach Shows Patience
In the 2005 Super Bowl, head coach Bill Belichick led his New England Patriots to win their third Super Bowl in four years, a record that’s never been equaled by another coach. His record of postseason wins beats Vince Lombardi, the legendary coach after whom the Super Bowl trophy is named.
From 2001 to 2005 he’s been recognized for his coaching genius with award after award, including two honorary doctorates, Coach of the Year (Sports Illustrated), 100 Most Powerful & Influential People (Time Magazine), NFL Coach of the Year (Sports Illustrated, Associated Press, The Sporting News, NFL.com, Terry Bradshaw) AFC Coach of the Year (USA Today).
But notice, those awards were from 2001 to 2005. Before 2001, Belichick wasn’t looking so good. Were it not for Belichick’s patience, he might have quit years ago. You see, he wasn’t always a winning head coach. In his last job as head coach, the only other team he’d served as head coach, he led the Cleveland Browns to four, pitiful, losing seasons (more games lost than won) out of his five seasons with them. No wonder he was fired. And no wonder many Patriot fans couldn’t believe their ears when they heard that this recently fired coach had been hired as their head coach. His first year with the Patriots seemed to confirm their fears. They won 5 games and lost 11.
Here’s how one columnist described him at the time:
“While Belichick is a terrific defensive coordinator, he was a miserable head coach in Cleveland and is too unpredictable. Players want consistency from a coach and they aren't likely to get it from the man one former colleague calls "paranoid and schizophrenic." (Sept., 2000, Football Digest)
Imagine that you were Belichick in the year 2000. Imagine that your recent history was marked by such defeat as a head coach. Imagine you’d been thoroughly humbled in Cleveland by being fired, probably accompanied by a sigh of relief from many players and fans. Wouldn’t you have been tempted to quit?
Patriot fans are now glad he had the patience and fortitude to learn from his past mistakes and keep coaching, despite the criticism. Following his failures, his next seasons would make him a legend in football, and his team a dynasty. But coach Belichick couldn’t have succeeded without patience.
Has your "last season" or "last four seasons," consisted of failure after failure? Whether your failures have been in academics, sports, or relationships, don't give up too soon. If you give up, you might just miss out on your greatest season ever. This week, let’s work on our patience. It just might be a key to our success.
For Discussion
1) How did patience pay off for coach Belichick?
2) Why do you think he hung in there rather than quit?
3) How can patience help us? (Enduring friendships, hang in there during difficult classes, not get discouraged when we fail at a sport or vocation.)
4) What can we do to be more patient this week?
Other Life Lessons from Coach Belichick
1 – Find something you love. Belichick's fascination with football strategy started when, as a five-year-old, his coach/dad couldn't keep him from analyzing football films. As high schoolers, Belichick and fellow-student Ernie would create football plays and strategies. When you're interested in something, it's much easier to excel. Try different things to see what you enjoy. Take vocational inventories to home in on your interests and talents. Caution: Your interests may change and new talents may emerge over time; so be flexible!
2 – Never stop learning. Belichick has an extensive library of football books that he adds to as often as he can. It's said to be one of the largest personal collections of such books in existence. Besides learning from books, he also learns from his teammates, listening to their ideas.
“The best thing about Bill is if you have an idea, he's always willing to listen if you have some reason and fact behind it,” defensive-backs coach Eric Mangini says. “He is completely open-minded to your ideas.”
He learned personally from mentors, watching legendary coach Paul Brown conduct Summer training. Finally, he learns from his mistakes. Following his dismal time coaching the Browns, he made a lot of changes in the way he related to the team and his associates. Many can hardly believe he's the same man. If people in mid-life can change, so can you!
3 – Gather a team. In America, we too often hold up the "self-made man" as an ideal. Most, if not all successful people, gather sharp people around themselves. If you watch Belichick on the sidelines for long, you'll see someone occasionally walk up and whisper something in his ear. That would be Ernie Adams, the guy he made up plays with in high school. Ernie and Belichick's other staff can see things that Belichick misses. In fact, Belichick is known for deflecting the emphasis from himself and putting the spotlight on THE TEAM. He's known, not for recruiting superstars, but recruiting smart team players. Then, he listens to them.
4 - Give back to the Community. Wherever Coach Belichick and his wife live, they start a foundation to help others in the community. It's not enough to be successful in a career. Give back to others. It makes life so much more rewarding.
[Stories and principles written by Steve Miller, Copyright February, 2005. Sources: Getting to know the Real Bill Belichick By Richard Scott April, 02; Feb. 1, 2005, by Pete Prisco, SportsLine.com Senior Writer; Belichick Fulfilling his Destiny, by Tom Pedulla, USA TODAY; Belichick Solves NFL Puzzle with Analytical Approach, by Wright Thompson, The Kansas City Star, Coach Went to School: Belichick Versed in Ways of Brown, by Bob Ryan, Globe Columnist, January 29, 2005; Belichick Makes New Case for Old Staple: Teamwork, Chicago Sun-Times, Feb. 7, 2005, by Mike Mulligan, Staff Reporter; Formula for Success, by Glen Farley, Enterprise Staff Writer.]
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