@Basebal21 said:
The military style only works if you have a dynasty and people are willing to overlook it and put up with it to win. Top players now are millionaires already if not miltimillionaires when they reach the NFL. Players dont want to play for Bill and it shows. He basically didnt talk to Mac Jones all year and didnt even have the professionalism to tell him he was benched, Jones found out when he checked the roster. Jones had agents and trainers telling him he should demand a trade after his rookie season. Being so petty you cant even bother to tell your starting QB youre benching him does not go well with grown men, that wouldnt even go well in college.
There are agents out there that were actively trying to steer their players away from Bill whether they are free agents or the draft. His attitude was only tolerated because of winning and people wanting to play with Brady. The more Bill won the worse his attitude got. Even Saban knew when to turn it on and off and he was one of the more intense college coaches that had the respect of players
Another reason Agents probably steered their clients away from Camp Belichick was because the fine line that existed, one game you have a career game then you could be benched the following Sunday
Bill ruined a few players careers and cost a few games because of his hard attitude
exactly. Remember Jonas Gray? BB ran him out of town because his cell phone battery died and he missed a team meeting because he overslept.
@bronco2078 said:
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whats the cliff notes version?
that Bill runs a military-like system and has terrible interpersonal skills that do not relate to modern-day players.
It's interesting that Kraft seems to have hired a guy for head coach who is sort of the exact opposite of Belichick. A guy who seems like he will comfort his players like a compassionate psychiatrist. We shall see how that works out.
Frankly, I don't think that Belichick's "military-like system" had anything to do with his losing record of the past few years. I believe it was his cognitive decline because of old age, perhaps not doing the hard work and smart work that he used to do in analyzing players for the draft, and developing superior game plans, etc, that led to his firing.
I say it all has to do with his devaluing players, and would rather have a full roster of $2 players as opposed to a few $100, $50, and a bunch of $10 players.
His mentality is that his scheming and coaching is far more important than having star players that are actually very good.
Kraft being cheap adds to it immensely
Mayo has a lot of work to do, let's see how the draft goes, I have more faith in Mayo than I would have with Bill but either way I don't have a warm and fuzzy feeling about the positive outlook of this team anytime soon
this. it was more important for BB that everyone thought he could film watch and scheme players up and still win. Its why he sat Butler in the 2nd Philly SB. It is why he constantly traded down in every draft for quantity over quality and the overall athleticism of our team gradually decreased over time. the Patriots have been a slow team for a long time now. I remember in bradys last year, 19, the receiving corp was just terrible. zero seperation. at all. it has been really frustrating. BB drafting N'Keal Harry over Metcalf that season was insane, but just one example of his priorities.
No matter how well ya train a mule, it's not going to win the Kentucky Derby.
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exactly. Remember Jonas Gray? BB ran him out of town because his cell phone battery died and he missed a team meeting because he overslept.
George Brett, Roger Clemens and Tommy Brady.
No matter how well ya train a mule, it's not going to win the Kentucky Derby.