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...Belichick was able to guide a Patriots team with mediocre talent and a huge question mark at quarterback to the Super Bowl in 2001—and win. Unlike his mentor Parcells, Belichick earned a title without the other coach’s help and managed to turn his choice of Tom Brady into a genius move...
After years of working together in the Giants, Patriots and Jets organizations, Bill Belichick and Bill Parcells will coach against each other for the first time since 1995. The two bitterly parted ways in a dramatic news conference in 2000, when Belichick resigned as coach of the Jets when he was to accept the position from Parcells. Instead Belichick, Parcell’s defensive coordinator, settled himself back in their old stomping grounds at New England as the head coach...
...your money on Belichick. Just look at what they have accomplished on their...
Belichick’s current stint with the Patriots is his second chance at coaching autonomy, having coached the Cleveland Browns after their second Giants Super Bowl in 1990. The first time around, Belichick was a young coach with a so-so team on his hands, going 36-44 in five seasons. Belichick’s maturation from that time is clear from the way he handled the Brady-Drew Bledsoe controversy as opposed to the Benny Kosar-Vinny Testaverde scandal with the Browns...
...flexibility has helped the Harvard coaching staff usher in a new cadre of defensive backs without losing much confidence in its defense. Harvard’s system is not unlike the one used by the New England Patriots, who frequently deploy three safeties in a package head coach Bill Belichick calls the “Big Nickel.” Sophomore Brian Niemczak, a safety in high school, will play the weak-side linebacker slot, while senior Xavier Goss takes over at free safety...