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Originally Posted by HOOT
Also regarding Bill I wonder what he is like away from football, this could just be his football coach poker face. But probably not...
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I imagine most football coaches aren't exactly the rosiest personalities off the field. It's a demanding and time consuming job, and football being the game it is sort of demands that you be a bit of a pr|ck to be successfull. Certainly there are those who do it with class, but thats a select few, and most coaches need that edge to get the intensity going.
I rag on Bellichik as much as anyone (I still think intentionally looking like a hobo is a bad choice) but he really is a tremendous coach. You can tell that his players really respect him and what he does as that team has been a machine for about 6 years now. Football is a take no prisoners sport and the objective of the game is to beat the tar out of your opponent. The Pats didn't have a blowout in about the last 5 weeks of the season save Miami last week and a lot of that was because the other teams figured out you better play hard for 4 quarters against these guys or they will embarrass you. Once teams figured it out, the Pats didn't run up any scores. So as much as myself or anyone ragged on them....it was probably as much or more to do with opposing teams having their will broke and mailing in the last half of the game. Which is something the Pats never did.