Posted on 02/28/2021 7:26:51 AM PST by Onthebrink
The Brady v. Belichick controversy, then, could besmirch the Patriots’ image as a winner along with Belichick’s reputation as a coaching whiz. In turn, the team’s ability to recruit elite players would suffer. And without elite players, it’s an open question whether even a virtuoso coach can execute his game plans. Perversely, then, the team could stagnate on the field if an abstract debate among sports fans and experts goes against Belichick. Bottom line, subjective impressions of power and weakness—whether fair and accurate or not—have direct implications for a competitor’s future success. Reputation is everything.
This is true in the NFL; it’s also true in power politics.
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Interesting. Bill Bellichek Actually has ties to West Point. I beleive it was Dad that coached the Football team.
They Pats won the SB in the following year but the crack in the wall was there..it became a full-on rupture in 2021.
I'm not fully sold on the aura over substance argument. But this article is worth pondering.
You weren’t eating horse poop and jumping on the Ritz awning, we’re you?..:
:)
The Pats actually had a worthy successor to Brady, Jimmy Garoppolo. But they dished him off to the 49'ers where he promptly pulled off a 13-3 season as a starter (2019).
I think it has an even greater lesson for government schools: the star player (student) matters the most.
If the truth be told, Newton has not been interested in whether he won or not, or any team goals, for quite a while. He is only interested in collecting a paycheck and does not/will not give any extra effort. I think that's why The Panthers let him go.
Football is a game.
Start arming the players and see how many still want to play.
Iggles can here too. Dittoes
SUPER BOEL 18 was all time ALL TIME FREATEST FOOTBALL GANE
WATCHING The parade in Philly the next week was one of the most incredible things I’ve ever seen in my life
All those years since 1950 it was like demons had been exposed sized out of the soul of Philadelphia and everybody was rejoicing it was a thing to be old
Hundreds and hundreds of people took their grandfathers and their father’s ashes and spread them on the parade route and celebration that they never got to see
That is the transformative thing about sports and why cheaters never prosper
That sir was a. VICTORY. and FOLES IS ALL TIME PHIILY HERO
UP TGERE WITH TUG MCGRAW
Cmon man....didn’t everyone?
I believe it. Having a clear mental state of mind is vital. My poor Eagles QB situation is a case in point. Franchise QB gets a torn ACL and the backup becomes the Super Bowl MVP. Franchise QB returns next year and plays awful...a fortuitous (!) injury results in backup becoming the star AGAIN. Backup finally leaves (though his statue is in front of the building) and Franchise QB finally makes it to the playoffs and gets knocked out with a concussion. Team tells Franchise QB "we believe in you" and drafts a QB in the first round when they need weapons and offensive linemen...WTF? Franchise QB stinks on ice and gets benched for first round draft pick.
I wish Wentz the best, because while he caused problems, the Eagles colossally screwed with his head. We deserve to suck for a few years.
Close.
I believe it’s the US Naval Acadamy he has ties to. That’s where his Dad coached.
CA....
I read a management book years ago that rejected the common notion that a "good manager" works closely with the poor performers and tried to turn them into good performers. The author expressed the view that poor performers generally would always be poor performers: give up on them. Instead, focus on high achievers and do everything you can to help them achieve more. They carry the team.
Whether that advice is appealing or not, clearly our society does not do that. We seem to spit on high achievers and mostly glorify the poor performers at the bottom, telling ourselves how great they are.
Sport is a substitute for war.
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