Saturday, October 06, 2007
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Every once in a while, I have a vivid dream that I actually remember upon waking. Not headline news, I realize, but they're usually positive, if not logical. Today's however is a full-on nightmare. You see, I dreamed I was Bill Belichick's lovah. Fortunately there were no scenes of us fully "expressing our relationship", but we did say some lover-ly things to each other.
Don't get me wrong, other than the cheating stuff, I think he's a great coach. I do believe he cheated in the Jets game, I think it's possible he cheated in other games, but we'll never know the extent of it and now, the NFL has destroyed the evidence. He makes a lot out of seemingly average players, has developed loyalties with NFL players that are very strong (and this is not exactly a group known for small egos). How many other coaches could cut a good player and that guy wait around for the org to come back and re-sign him? How many other coaches are inspirational enough for a guy whose had a stroke to work hard to come back?
But at the end of the day, I'm a Miami fan. New England whips us regularly. Heck, the past few years, they've whipped everyone regularly. So while I can admire their style of play, the precision of execution, the willingness of the team to play like a TEAM (and not just a highly paid group of players), I don't like New England and I don't like Belichick. If suddenly The Boy is out of the picture and I have my choice of NFL coaches to live in leisure with, it's not going to be Belichick. Jack Del Rio tops that list.
Don't get me wrong, other than the cheating stuff, I think he's a great coach. I do believe he cheated in the Jets game, I think it's possible he cheated in other games, but we'll never know the extent of it and now, the NFL has destroyed the evidence. He makes a lot out of seemingly average players, has developed loyalties with NFL players that are very strong (and this is not exactly a group known for small egos). How many other coaches could cut a good player and that guy wait around for the org to come back and re-sign him? How many other coaches are inspirational enough for a guy whose had a stroke to work hard to come back?
But at the end of the day, I'm a Miami fan. New England whips us regularly. Heck, the past few years, they've whipped everyone regularly. So while I can admire their style of play, the precision of execution, the willingness of the team to play like a TEAM (and not just a highly paid group of players), I don't like New England and I don't like Belichick. If suddenly The Boy is out of the picture and I have my choice of NFL coaches to live in leisure with, it's not going to be Belichick. Jack Del Rio tops that list.
