The patriots success was never because of Belichick. It was all due to Tom Brady. Before Brady, Belichick never did anything significant as a head coach. Since Belichick wasn’t that good it stands to reason his assists weren’t much to speak of as well.
NFL
A place for NFL news, game highlights and everything that excites you about American Football.
Because none of them can recreate his defense. The closest you have to it is Vrabel which makes sense because as a former linebacker he should be familiar with most of the defensive schemes.
I feel like Bill Belichick made a system that can't change. The cogs are not conducive to replacement and the system itself to any form of modification. Like Josh McDaniel is a garbage HC and there's kind of room to suggest a bad person, but I wonder if it's a coincidence that Mac Jones only even slightly good year (and the last year the offense was good in general) was when he was OC.
Because McDaniels is a loser down to his soul.
Because it’s the Bill Belichik won with Brady coaching tree. They don’t have Brady.
Because he cheats…
cause Brady was the actual OC.
Tom fuckin Brady made a lot of coaches a lot of money that they didn’t earn.
No Tom Brady this is the reason.
Because it wasn't Tom Brady's job to coach them.
Tom Brady wasn’t cloned as part of the package
Could it be that winning in the NFL requires a combination of talent AND coaching?
It's kind of hard to be successful without cheating.
Because he's just not that good of a coach, he's a phony
The Patriots success wasn’t Bill Belichick, it was Tom Brady. Look at Bill without Tom both pre and post. Trash. Look at Tom without Bill. A Super Bowl in his first season on a new team without a pre-season during Covid. What’s wrong with the coaching tree, they don’t have Tom Brady on their new teams either.
Because none of the Tree ARE Belichik.
Because they were all products of Brady's success and not actually good coaches (they are mediocre coaches that also got elevated by Brady's play).
Because much like Bill Belichick now, they don't have Tom Brady.
cuz they don't have Brady
I think BB has a unique adaptation technique/style that's hard to teach. This is coming from a Falcons fan, we shall never forget that day.
Because he’s nothing special - just a cheat.
Bellichek himself is an all time fraud. Brady carried this guys legacy
Tom Brady
Cuz Flores is an arrogant know it all prick......alledgedly
Because it was always Brady.
Take out Bill's record with Brady, and he's basically Matt Patricia.
What goes up must come back down
Because nobody else had TB12 making them look better than they were?
Because most tried to replicate the “Patriots Way” without Tom Brady. It didn’t work for them, like it doesn’t work for BB.
Playing not to lose/conservative, trying to add as many JAGs as possible that are your type of player, and trying to be an emotionless spartan douche only works when the whole undertaking is supported by the players.
Having an unbelievable QB that will cover up pretty much all your mistakes on offense, give time to your defense, and take all your BS and belittling to set the tone is rare.
All all the things Brady did for BB, at the end, BB didn’t even want to give him just a two-year guaranteed contract. And the last few years, every contract was incentive-based.
All the BB apologists can’t be mad if Kraft finally treats BB the same way he treated most Patriots legends, including the greatest football player of all time:
- Teddy
- Law
- Wilfork
- Mankins
- Gronk
- Wes
- Moss
- Brady
Not to me ruin players like: Ninko, Jamie Collins, etc.
Hell, we almost lost Hightower and DMac because of his BS…
Short answer: McDaniels was OC to the GOAT and Patricia was DC to a defensive coach
They were both fraudulent assholes
Because Tom Brady
He doesn't let them know the secret of his success.
Because Bill took his defense and team culture very serious and Brady took the offense and culture very serious. When you have the QB and HC on same page and both produce, people fall in line or fall by the wayside. And a lot of the guys he made who weren’t successful in other places knew if they followed, that was there chance.
McDaniels and Patricia never had that, PLUS, McDaniels just tried to be Bill but everyone sees through his veil
The limbs on this tree don’t have Tom Brady.
Because they can’t take Tom Brady with them
Sometimes former players just don't pan out as decent coaches...
I'm guessing because just like his players, he finds the best scheme fits and knows how to get the most out of his players and coaches in the past. Having josh McDaniels for almost all of those Brady years meant that he wasn't constantly losing OCs to HC jobs. Coaching is all about finding the right ppl to mesh with the right players you wanna have around your program. I think he finds good coordinators, but when they try to make the jump to HC it never works. Everyone knows about the Brian Flores Miami situation, but he's now gone to the Vikings as a DC and has turned around their defense. I think Bill creates a lot of positive bias towards people that work for him, And like a lot of players, he does a good job at playing to strengths and hiding weaknesses
Reminds me of the Brian Billick coaching tree. I guess slightly more successful since Marvin Lewis lasted forever in Cincinnati.
How many coaching trees have really been all that great?
The only coaching tree that really worked was Bill Walsh.
Because he was completely protected by Tom Brady for 20 years. Outside of him, he’s a below average coach. Facts is facts.
Because there is only one Tom Brady
He’s extremely smart and also an asshole. His assistants are not particularly smart so the only part they can replicate is being an asshole.
It’s very much a rarity for a guy to be cut out to be a head coach. I don’t wanna debate the talent level of these coaching trees but bottom line is being a head coach is a totally different beast than being a coordinator or positions coach. We take the good/great ones for granted.
Also situations/rosters matter a ton in football.
Because none of them chumps had Brady ☠️
Coaching trees are dumb af IMO
It was never bill. It was Tom. It's beyond clear now.
No Tom Brady
Because he doesn't teach his coaches anything. It's the Patriot Way: you show up and do your job. He expects everyone to already know what they're doing. Coaches like Andy though, he coaches his staff just as much as his players throughout the season.
The people who leave don’t get Tom Brady