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Bill Belichick on Pat McAfee's draft show was like getting to listen in on
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Apr 26, 2024, 7:58 AM
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Churchill and Eisenhower discussing D-Day plans. You don't often get the hear the mindset of someone who has done draft evaluation, and picking, as long and successfully as Belichick did it, on the air. When he did his film study of the various players, unlike the others you saw, he had the good AND bad on display for the various players. He showed that they ALL are going to have some major adjustments to make to have success in the league. Kudos to McAfee for having him on.
And seeing Nick Saban on Gameday was a treat, too. You could tell there was a lot more he wanted to say than what he actually said. But, curiously, the players he was very high on, were the same ones Belichick was very high on. Old defensive coaches think alike, apparently.
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I think I saw a picture last year where Saban and Bellichick were assistant
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Apr 26, 2024, 8:00 AM
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coaches standing beside each other on the Chiefs sideline.....Pretty good pair of assistants....
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Re: I think I saw a picture last year where Saban and Bellichick were assistant
Apr 26, 2024, 8:45 AM
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There is a youtube video that is about the Cleveland Browns coaching staff back in the day. It was loaded with assistants who would go on to become Hall of Fame coaches. It is well worth the time to watch. Saban wore huge, thick glasses back then and looked like a nerd. When we lived in Houston, Saban was the backfield coach for the Oilers and looked nothing like the dapper dude he has become in his old age.
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Re: Bill Belichick on Pat McAfee's draft show was like getting to listen in on
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Apr 26, 2024, 8:03 AM
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Cleveland Bill versus NE Bill. Same coach very different results. I think Nick was his assistant at Cle.
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Re: Bill Belichick on Pat McAfee's draft show was like getting to listen in on
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Apr 26, 2024, 8:05 AM
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To Saban's credit, it didn't take him long to figure out the NFL was not for him. Many of the same factors that finally drove him out of college football were in play.
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Re: Bill Belichick on Pat McAfee's draft show was like getting to listen in on
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Apr 26, 2024, 8:14 AM
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Hard to believe there were things Saban held back from saying. He was talking the entire time and the rest of the panel gawked like he was a deity.
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Hmmm, are you an Awbarn fan? Sounds like a lot of Saban hate coming from
Apr 26, 2024, 8:32 AM
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somewhere. He pretty much IS as close to a deity as you will get coming out of the coaching ranks of college football. And, being as ESPN is paying him to talk instead of coach, him talking a lot should not surprise anyone?
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Re: Bill Belichick on Pat McAfee's draft show was like getting to listen in on
Apr 26, 2024, 8:36 AM
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I question Belichick a lot now. Dude was a HORRIBLE coach every year he didn't have Brady (and he had some very good QBs in those years). I now suspect Belichick wasn't as good at finding those diamonds in the rough as we once thought, and it was more that Brady could just bring out the talent of anyone he played with. And Saban was a very dominant college coach when he was paying players under the table and no one had as much money to work with as him. He didn't pluck players from nothing and turn them into stars (You could argue Dabo and his staff did). He took a billion 5 Stars, and then processed them if they didn't immediately play like 5 Stars. He crashed and burned in the NFL, so we know he couldn't make it in a League where competitive balance is so close.
So yeah, I think the Churchill/Eisenhower comparison is silly. Though D-Day is also widely considered a strategic failure so maybe you're onto something.
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You and Intrepid Will definitely need to get together, sounds almost like the
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Apr 26, 2024, 8:49 AM
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Judge Keller Scok Army in this post. And, D-Day a failure? That is truly laughable. Ask France if they think D-Day was a failure. Better yet, never mind. 77% pulse tells me all I already needed to know.
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Re: You and Intrepid Will definitely need to get together, sounds almost like the
Apr 26, 2024, 11:36 AM
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As far as the actual plan goes, yeah it was a "failure" if you want to call it that. Misdrops, mislandings, objectives not secured, etc. But the NCOs and the young men they lead. were able to lead the men up the bluffs and through the flooded fields and get the job done. In that sense it definitely wasn't a failure.
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Re: Bill Belichick on Pat McAfee's draft show was like getting to listen in on
Apr 26, 2024, 11:08 AM
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I wasn't going to sign in today but this deserved a response,
"Though D-Day is also widely considered a strategic failure"
It could have been a disaster, but it turned out to be brilliant. Churchill's plan to secure the Aegean Islands, attack Norway, and the Balkans would have lead to a longer and costlier war. Or did you have a more strategic plan in mind?
Sheesh
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