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...Belichick Beats the System...
Outside of New England, fans are howling about Belichick and his team. For a healthy dose of anti-Pats vitriol, just visit the I Hate New England Patriots and Evil Patriots blogs on the Web. Belichick is asked if this venom gets under his shredded collar. He cites The Best and the Brightest, the late David Halberstam's classic analysis of Vietnam-era leaders who were more obsessed with winning the public-relations battle than the actual fight on the ground. "I think David's book is a good example of how not to do it," Belichick tells TIME...
...following Saturday's determined 38-35 comeback win against the New York Giants, New England has sewn up an astounding achievement. (The Pats are the first squad to finish a 16-game season undefeated.) It's even sweeter for the team because prior to this year, many experts thought Belichick was losing his touch. He revamped a team that was just one win away from the Super Bowl by trading for All-Pro malcontent Randy Moss. But Moss has behaved, and he and quarterback Tom Brady had record-breaking seasons. The result is that the Pats are odds...
Maybe an evil genius. Because starting last season, our relationship with Belichick frayed. Evil Bill barely acknowledged the existence of Eric Mangini, a formerly loyal aide who had the audacity to take a job as head coach of the division-rival New York Jets. Belichick looked petty in the process. Then he shoved a cameraman at a traditional postgame handshake. Off the field, he was dragged through the front pages of tabloids as the alleged other man in a divorce case...
Then came the unholiest offense of all. During the first game of this season, against the hated Jets, the Pats were caught illegally videotaping New York's defensive signals. Spygate cost Belichick a $500,000 fine and the Pats a first-round draft pick this year. Belichick wasn't exactly contrite about it, issuing a statement of apology and then refusing to answer questions. "I've said everything I'm going to say," Belichick responded when TIME recently asked him about Spygate...