Word: belichick
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Somehow that ratio doesn't do justice to the 68,756 patrons packing spiffy Gillette Stadium and the 5.5 million homes watching ESPN as quarterback Tom Brady leads the New England Patriots past the Buffalo Bills. Armed with a game plan designed by the league's best coach, Bill Belichick, Brady dismantles the Bills. No doubt Bills customers at home in western New York are disappointed. Two weeks earlier, it was the Pats turn to disappoint, courtesy of a whipping from the surging Pittsburgh Steelers. The real winner, as it is every Sunday, is the National Football League. "We compete...
That's particularly important on the field. "It truly is a marathon, and there are lots of ups and downs. You have to support the people you believe in, especially when things aren't going well," he says. In 2000 Kraft hired Belichick, the coach he had wanted to sign a year earlier. It cost him a first-round draft pick to pry Belichick loose from the Jets. Belichick promptly lost 13 of his first 18 games, but he eventually delivered two Super Bowl titles over the past three years...
...Belichick defines the 21st century NFL coach: tech savvy, detail oriented and passionate about personnel--a mini-CEO in his realm. New England spends inordinate amounts of time evaluating playersand not just assessing athletic talent. It looks for personalities that fit into New England's system, which is not star driven. A head coach today, Tagliabue explains, is "someone who is effectively an executive investing half a billion dollars in the next five years." That's the amount of money each coach will have to spend on players over that period, and the salary cap prevents any team from buying...
...England Patriots will win the next seven Super Bowls. Every year that the Pats are good, Belichick will astutely trade his expendable players for first and second-round draft picks...
...places far apart share the same tastes and passions. But this is an illusion. Few sports and fewer sporting events have a truly global reach. In the U.S., most people, if asked, would tell you that Porto is a drink and Formula 1 a hair-care product. Bill Belichick may have revolutionized American football, but he could walk through the streets of Seoul or São Paulo unrecognized. Baseball's appeal is limited to North America, some (but not all) of the Caribbean islands, the northern littoral of South America, Japan, South Korea and Taiwan. Cricket is played...