Belichick

There was a cool article on grantland today (btw, hard not to love a site where two of my faves - Simmons and Klosterman - write). The article talks about how we should embrace Belichick because he isn't part of the boring, uncreative No Fun League, at least as far as coaching is involved. I agree, almost wholeheartedly. I've always felt that a coach's first job is to make the people around him (or her) better at their jobs. Make coaches better coaches. Make players better players. Secondary to that, they should make the people around them better people. I don't think Belichick is a natural at the second part, but I haven't met the man or even spoken directly to anyone who worked or played for him. He strikes me as being too bitter or self-insulated or something to truly help people. I could be wrong. I'm okay with that.

However, anyone who doubts that he makes the people around them better at their jobs is mistaken. I'm not wrong on this. He understands football in such a way, and is so dedicated to it that anyone in the Patriots organization has to benefit.

Please don't twist the two.

I may go back to this and mention other coaches in relation to this post, but wanted to post this short thought today.