Thoughts on Coach Belichick

United States
January 15, 2008 7:34pm CST
Some say he is the greatest coach the NFL has ever had while others say he is a jerk and a cheater and has way too bland of a personality to be considered a great NFL coach. What do you all think?
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@lightningMD (5931)
• United States
16 Jan 08
I think he is a great coach.Maybe but not the best coach ever but great. What I like is the fact that he does things his way. He doesn't care if people like him or the way he dresses. I think more people should just be themselves in this world. I'm hoping he gets another Super bowl ring this year.
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• United States
16 Jan 08
He is in between. He is One of the great coaches but he isn't the greatest.There have been too many great coaches before him and there will be more great coaches after him to call him the greatest. And to some he is a jerk.He isn't the warmest guy. And to others he will always be a cheater because of tape gate.so he is in between.
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@Kenorv (343)
• United States
16 Jan 08
The perception is that the Patriots are the only ones that have cheated that way. The reality is that other teams have done it as well. Not every team but there have been others. The Pats are just the only ones that got caught. I don't think that tape helped them at all. It was confiscated before halftime which means that there's no way the Patriots could have gotten any use out of it. And they were playing the Jets which they would have beaten any ways. They certainly weren't cheating in the other 15 games. They're going to go 19-0 and there shouldn't be any asterisk. As far as Belichick specifically. I think he's a great coach. I don't know how he continues to keep his players motivated but he obviously does it better than anyone else. The Patriots are always well coached and rarely makes mistakes. They are well disciplined and commit very few penalties. At least 28 other teams wish Belichick was their coach.
• United States
16 Jan 08
There is no denying that he is one of the greatest coaches around. He is a mastermind, the way he can control a game. His methods of turning these players (whether they are nobodies before he coaches them ie: Tom Brady or whether they are troubled but great players ie: Randy Moss) into a great team...its just astonishing. Whether you love or hate the Patriots you have to respect Bill Belichick. Now as far as his personality, yeah I think it's too bland and it seams disrespectful of him when he doesn't shake the other coaches hands after the game but there are just some coaches out there that want to maintain that cold approach. The thing that I don't like about him though is the whole "spygate" thing. I mean Belichick is a great coach and the fact that he would take part in cheating to get an edge when he clearly already had an edge...I think it puts a tarnish on his coaching career.
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