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Post by nyc on Dec 7, 2017 7:14:47 GMT -5
I laughed before I opened this article knowing it would be written to get clicks. Nevetheless, I was hoping for something more insightful than this re-tread drivel. Cowherd asserts the Pats dynasty is based on 4 lucky breaks: the Parecells/BB chip on your shoulder football approach, luckily selecting TB who has a similar chip on his shoulder, playing in the dreadful AFC East and playing in cold weather. Nowhere is their a discussion about how one makes ones luck through the choices one makes in each situation one faces or Kraft slyly giving a top draft pick to get BB to come over from the Jets because he knew the tone BB would set. The Patriots philosophy of success through sacrifice for the team is totally ignored as is creating a middle class of players who are intelligent, versatile athletes who can function in multiple roles competently at reasonable cost. The AFC characterization has been proven to be fraudulent when compared with other divisions. And asserting cold weather better prepares a team for success ignores the success of other non cold weather dynasties like the Cowboys (1966-85) and the 49ers (1983-1998). So according to Cowherd the Pats success has nothing to do with the intelligence which has fostered their philosophy, nothing to do with developing talent in an era of free agency, nothing to do with creating a team-centric approach, nothing to do with anything but luck! IMO, Cowherd is the one who is lucky to have anyone read or listen to his crap. Here is a link but if you are too lazy to open and laugh you'll find the article just below: The New England Patriots have been NFL royalty for the past 16 seasons, and Colin Cowherd believes there won’t ever be another dynasty like the one that currently resides in New England. But it’s not as much of a compliment as you might think. The popular FS1 commentator discussed the Patriots’ dynasty Wednesday on “The Herd,” and he explained that a lot of New England’s success is due to four lucky breaks. Yes, you read that right. New England’s first break, according to Cowherd, was being able to get Bill Belichick. “There are four things that will never, ever be aligned like this again,” Cowherd said. “They have the ultimate, brilliant chip-on-the-shoulder head coach. Bill Belichick, living in the shadow of Bill Parcells, has had a chip on his shoulder forever. And you know what the chip on the shoulder does for people? It is a lifetime of drive. So the next great head coach happens to be in New England with a massive chip on his shoulder. Doesn’t want to write books, doesn’t want to be on TV, doesn’t want to do press conferences, he’s all football.” If Belichick is reason No. 1, then, of course, Tom Brady comes next. “Number two, he just happens to draft and get lucky, by the way, he passed on him five times. Belichick gets Tom Brady, who wasn’t loved in the draft, who wasn’t loved at Michigan. The ultimate chip-on-the-shoulder quarterback. They align.” And we can’t forget about how bad the AFC East has been, right Colin? “Then they also have another unbelievable break,” Cowherd continued. “They play in the most dysfunctional division in football. The (New York) Jets, (Buffalo) Bills and (Miami) Dolphins have players, their front offices are a mess. There’s no other division with that kind of mess, allowing them to experiment in September, allowing them to use the Bills to steal players from the Bills, knowing six times a year they go into games with a better quarterback, a better front office, a better head coach, giving them byes in the playoffs and home-field advantage.” Cowherd’s fourth reason has to do with the Patriots playing in cold weather, and how that helps them prepare for the playoffs. Read more at: nesn.com/2017/12/colin-cowherd-believes-patriots-dynasty-is-based-on-four-lucky-breaks/ |
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Post by nflpatsfan on Dec 7, 2017 7:39:19 GMT -5
I laughed before I opened this article knowing it would be written to get clicks. Thank you for saving me from clicking. He's just making his hay |
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Post by agcsbill on Dec 7, 2017 7:46:21 GMT -5
So, in a nutshell, the Pats are the ONLY team in the entire NFL who achieves their level of success as a result of lucky breaks? So what do you call the Giants winning those two Super Bowls against the Pats, pure effort with no lucky breaks? I may get this wrong, but, isn't luck the intersection of opportunity and effort? You make your own luck by making an effort when given the opportunity. The Pats do this a lot!
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Post by texaspat on Dec 7, 2017 8:05:03 GMT -5
I laughed before I opened this article knowing it would be written to get clicks. Nevetheless, I was hoping for something more insightful than this re-tread drivel. Cowherd asserts the Pats dynasty is based on 4 lucky breaks: the Parecells/BB chip on your shoulder football approach, luckily selecting TB who has a similar chip on his shoulder, playing in the dreadful AFC East and playing in cold weather. Nowhere is their a discussion about making one's luck, Kraft slyly getting BB to come over from the Jets because he knew the tone BB would set. The Patriots philosophy of success through sacrifice for the team is totally ignored as is creating a middle class of players who are intelligent, versatile athletes who can function in multiple roles competently at reasonable cost. The AFC characterization has been proven to be fraudulent. And asserting cold weather better prepares a team for success ignores the success of other non cold weather dynasties like the Cowboys (1966-85) and the 49ers (1983-1998). So according to Cowherd the Pats success has nothing to do with the intelligence which has fostered their philosophy, nothing to do with developing talent in an era of free agency, nothing to do with creating a team-centric approach, nothing to do with anything but luck! IMO, Cowherd is the one who is lucky to have anyone read or listen to his crap. Here is a link but if you are too lazy to open and laugh you'll find the article just below: The New England Patriots have been NFL royalty for the past 16 seasons, and Colin Cowherd believes there won’t ever be another dynasty like the one that currently resides in New England. But it’s not as much of a compliment as you might think. The popular FS1 commentator discussed the Patriots’ dynasty Wednesday on “The Herd,” and he explained that a lot of New England’s success is due to four lucky breaks. Yes, you read that right. New England’s first break, according to Cowherd, was being able to get Bill Belichick. “There are four things that will never, ever be aligned like this again,” Cowherd said. “They have the ultimate, brilliant chip-on-the-shoulder head coach. Bill Belichick, living in the shadow of Bill Parcells, has had a chip on his shoulder forever. And you know what the chip on the shoulder does for people? It is a lifetime of drive. So the next great head coach happens to be in New England with a massive chip on his shoulder. Doesn’t want to write books, doesn’t want to be on TV, doesn’t want to do press conferences, he’s all football.” If Belichick is reason No. 1, then, of course, Tom Brady comes next. “Number two, he just happens to draft and get lucky, by the way, he passed on him five times. Belichick gets Tom Brady, who wasn’t loved in the draft, who wasn’t loved at Michigan. The ultimate chip-on-the-shoulder quarterback. They align.” And we can’t forget about how bad the AFC East has been, right Colin? “Then they also have another unbelievable break,” Cowherd continued. “They play in the most dysfunctional division in football. The (New York) Jets, (Buffalo) Bills and (Miami) Dolphins have players, their front offices are a mess. There’s no other division with that kind of mess, allowing them to experiment in September, allowing them to use the Bills to steal players from the Bills, knowing six times a year they go into games with a better quarterback, a better front office, a better head coach, giving them byes in the playoffs and home-field advantage.” Cowherd’s fourth reason has to do with the Patriots playing in cold weather, and how that helps them prepare for the playoffs. Read more at: nesn.com/2017/12/colin-cowherd-believes-patriots-dynasty-is-based-on-four-lucky-breaks/What an idiotic article. Luck had nothing to do with what the Patriots have accomplished. It wasn't "luck" that the Patriots drafted Tom Brady at #199, in the year 2000. They were the only team to express any interest in Tom, prior to the draft...and they drafted him. Tom didn't go until late in the 6th round because of his lousy Combine numbers, and the fact that his college team tried throughout his senior year to replace him with Drew Henson. Brady did not become the GOAT the minute he stepped on the field for New England. He was coached up by the GOAT of coaches. For those who discount BB's role in developing Tom into what he has become, I submit to you as Exhibit A, Andrew Luck. No QB since John Elway had the raw skills that Luck had. But, playing for a bad franchise under third-rate coaching has pretty much ruined Luck's career. How was it luck that the Patriots landed BB? They traded for him. Many media types criticized Robert Kraft for doing so. Yet, it worked out pretty well...LOL!! Also, there seems to be no mention in that silly article about the fabulous job BB has done as a GM in managing the salary cap, drafting players, and evaluating veteran talent. As for playing in the AFC East, the division has been underrated over the years. The whines over the Patriots playing in an "weak" division are one of the many ridiculous excuses that teams like the Goths and Buzzards have used to explain why they couldn't beat New England, and weren't as successful as the Patriots. One if the reasons why the AFC East appears weak is because the Patriots have been so much consistently better than the other teams in the AFC that it appears that they have no competition within their division. But, the truth is that the Patriots have dominated the "mighty" AFC North teams over the years, just as much as they've dominated the Jets, Bills, and Dolphins. As far as playing in cold weather goes, did cold weather have anything to do with New England winning those 5 SB games...and nearly winning the two that they lost? Don't all the top teams that they battled with for AFC supremacy over the years (Denver, Pittsburgh, Baltimore) with the exception of the Colts, play in cold weather? Stop trying to make excuses for the other teams. The Patriots success is predicated on better coaching, better quarterback play, better talent evaluation, better salary cap management, solid ownership, a drive to be the best, and good old fashioned hard work. |
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Post by agcsbill on Dec 7, 2017 8:13:24 GMT -5
I laughed before I opened this article knowing it would be written to get clicks. Nevetheless, I was hoping for something more insightful than this re-tread drivel. Cowherd asserts the Pats dynasty is based on 4 lucky breaks: the Parecells/BB chip on your shoulder football approach, luckily selecting TB who has a similar chip on his shoulder, playing in the dreadful AFC East and playing in cold weather..... Read more at: nesn.com/2017/12/colin-cowherd-believes-patriots-dynasty-is-based-on-four-lucky-breaks/What an idiotic article. Luck had nothing to do with what the Patriots have accomplished. It wasn't "luck" that the Patriots drafted Tom Brady at #199, in the year 2000. They were the only team to express any interest in Tom, prior to the draft... Stop trying to make excuses for the other teams. The Patriots success is predicated on better coaching, better quarterback play, better talent evaluation, better salary cap management, solid ownership, a drive to be the best, and good old fashioned hard work.Getting lucky in the draft means a player drops in the draft allowing you to draft that player. It is not like Brady was a coveted QB the Pats were targeting and hoped would be available for them to draft. Considering he was passed over 198 times is not a sign of luck. The Patriots took the opportunity to draft TB and made the effort to improve him as a QB. The end result is GOAT and Brady had a lot to do with that, too. All the rest is hard work. That is not "luck"! |
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Post by jri37 on Dec 7, 2017 8:16:31 GMT -5
I would ask Cowherd this.
1. Is spending a 1st round pick on a coach lucky?
2. Luck for Brady? Perhaps but only the Pats sent out a scout out to evaluate him and and only a few other teams had them on their radar. So I guess you could say they were lucky those other teams didn't grab him first. The Pats selected him the other teams didn't shame on them.
3. So Cowherd says the are lucky to be in the AFC East, I would ask Colin what their winning % is outside of the AFC East?
4. The Bills, Jets, Cleveland, Pittsburgh, Baltimore, Cincinnati, Denver, KC, NYG, Philly, Wash, GB, Chi, all play in cold weather, what's his point.
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Post by agcsbill on Dec 7, 2017 8:20:00 GMT -5
I would ask Cowherd this. 1. Is spending a 1st round pick on a coach lucky? 2. Luck for Brady? Perhaps but only the Pats sent out a scout out to evaluate him and and only a few other teams had them on their radar. So I guess you could say they were lucky those other teams didn't grab him first. The Pats selected him the other teams didn't shame on them. 3. So Cowherd says the are lucky to be in the AFC East, I would ask Colin what their winning % is outside of the AFC East? 4. The Bills, Jets, Cleveland, Pittsburgh, Baltimore, Cincinnati, Denver, KC, NYG, Philly, Wash, GB, Chi, all play in cold weather, what's his point. .. and Pittsburgh, Baltimore, Denver, NYG and GB have all won Super Bowls during this Patriots run. Again, what's his point???!!!! |
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Post by nyc on Dec 7, 2017 8:33:10 GMT -5
I would ask Cowherd this. 1. Is spending a 1st round pick on a coach lucky? 2. Luck for Brady? Perhaps but only the Pats sent out a scout out to evaluate him and and only a few other teams had them on their radar. So I guess you could say they were lucky those other teams didn't grab him first. The Pats selected him the other teams didn't shame on them. 3. So Cowherd says the are lucky to be in the AFC East, I would ask Colin what their winning % is outside of the AFC East? 4. The Bills, Jets, Cleveland, Pittsburgh, Baltimore, Cincinnati, Denver, KC, NYG, Philly, Wash, GB, Chi, all play in cold weather, what's his point. .. and Pittsburgh, Baltimore, Denver, NYG and GB have all won Super Bowls during this Patriots run. Again, what's his point???!!!! His point is simple: to prove the Earth is flat! (Because his logic isn't much better than those that continue to assert that!) |
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Post by Brady2Welker47 on Dec 7, 2017 8:36:25 GMT -5
RENAME IS SHOW TO THE COLIN TURD SHOW...WOULD BE MORE APPROPRIATE.
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Post by thefourbs on Dec 7, 2017 8:40:05 GMT -5
Hating the Pats is the "in" thing right now.
I love it!
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Post by elendil on Dec 7, 2017 11:44:53 GMT -5
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Post by gardnerhey on Dec 7, 2017 12:53:47 GMT -5
I would ask Cowherd this. 1. Is spending a 1st round pick on a coach lucky? 2. Luck for Brady? Perhaps but only the Pats sent out a scout out to evaluate him and and only a few other teams had them on their radar. So I guess you could say they were lucky those other teams didn't grab him first. The Pats selected him the other teams didn't shame on them. 3. So Cowherd says the are lucky to be in the AFC East, I would ask Colin what their winning % is outside of the AFC East? 4. The Bills, Jets, Cleveland, Pittsburgh, Baltimore, Cincinnati, Denver, KC, NYG, Philly, Wash, GB, Chi, all play in cold weather, what's his point. In answer to your questions I'm pretty sure he would respond something like this. 1. Spending a first round pick for a coach is not the lucky part, For that coach to end up being the BB we see today was extremely lucky. 2. Having Brady fall to the sixth round was't lucky even though BB couldn't believe he was still on the board (remember the Pats weren't looking for a qb that year) That sixth round pick turning into "Tom Brady" was extremely lucky. 3. They are lucky for just the reasons stated. That doesn't mean if they were in any other division it wouldn't be the same but it might not be. 4. While this last one may not be pure luck, since the Pats could have built a dome instead of Gillette Stadium, but dome teams don't usually do as well in the playoffs as out door teams do. |
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Post by thefourbs on Dec 7, 2017 13:05:32 GMT -5
I would ask Cowherd this. 1. Is spending a 1st round pick on a coach lucky? 2. Luck for Brady? Perhaps but only the Pats sent out a scout out to evaluate him and and only a few other teams had them on their radar. So I guess you could say they were lucky those other teams didn't grab him first. The Pats selected him the other teams didn't shame on them. 3. So Cowherd says the are lucky to be in the AFC East, I would ask Colin what their winning % is outside of the AFC East? 4. The Bills, Jets, Cleveland, Pittsburgh, Baltimore, Cincinnati, Denver, KC, NYG, Philly, Wash, GB, Chi, all play in cold weather, what's his point. In answer to your questions I'm pretty sure he would respond something like this. 1. Spending a first round pick for a coach is not the lucky part, For that coach to end up being the BB we see today was extremely lucky. 2. Having Brady fall to the sixth round was't lucky even though BB couldn't believe he was still on the board (remember the Pats weren't looking for a qb that year) That sixth round pick turning into "Tom Brady" was extremely lucky. 3. They are lucky for just the reasons stated. That doesn't mean if they were in any other division it wouldn't be the same but it might not be. 4. While this last one may not be pure luck, since the Pats could have built a dome instead of Gillette Stadium, but dome teams don't usually do as well in the playoffs as out door teams do. Part of me thinks the rest of the division is so bad because they sometimes resort to desperate measures, in an effort to compete with the Patriots. |
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Post by jri37 on Dec 7, 2017 13:16:59 GMT -5
My response to Cowherd would be....
1. BB was under contract with the Jets if Bob Kraft had the foresight to trade a #1 pick against all advice I would say that Bob Kraft understood what BB was specifically as it applied to how Kraft envisioned he wanted to run his franchise. It has been documented during BB's previous time spent in NE that the 2 shared similar views on organizational strategy. So if any leader that targets a person that he deems worthy of running his business and it turns out succesful we should call it luck? Seems like a stretch to me.
2. The draft is an educated crapshoot. Teams hit and miss on players in every single round in every slot in those rounds. The bottom line is how does the organization incorporate the players they do draft into their program. Tom Brady wasn't the GOAT the minute he he took the field. He worked his ass off and prepared like no other and if you want to say luck was involved perhaps it was lucky he was fortunate enough to find an organization to understand what they had early on in his career.
3. The team and its success is what it is. They have the GQBOAT and they prepare and work as hard every week as well or better than every other team in the league.
4. I think the Pats win regardless of the conditions. I don't know the exact numbers but I would bet their winning % is roughly the same indoors, outdoors, good weather, bad weather. Still not sure of his point.
This luck thing just seems like a stretch.
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Post by muzwell on Dec 7, 2017 13:17:50 GMT -5
I would ask Cowherd this. 1. Is spending a 1st round pick on a coach lucky? 2. Luck for Brady? Perhaps but only the Pats sent out a scout out to evaluate him and and only a few other teams had them on their radar. So I guess you could say they were lucky those other teams didn't grab him first. The Pats selected him the other teams didn't shame on them. 3. So Cowherd says the are lucky to be in the AFC East, I would ask Colin what their winning % is outside of the AFC East? 4. The Bills, Jets, Cleveland, Pittsburgh, Baltimore, Cincinnati, Denver, KC, NYG, Philly, Wash, GB, Chi, all play in cold weather, what's his point. .. and Pittsburgh, Baltimore, Denver, NYG and GB have all won Super Bowls during this Patriots run. Again, what's his point???!!!! You can add Seattle to the cold weather (and SB winner's) list. They also have an unfair noise advantage. Anyway, you can say this stuff about every winning team. They all got some breaks along the way. They all have some sort of advantage. That's true in sports and in life. Nobody can deny that they took full advantage of whatever breaks they got. They also made a lot of their own luck. Two of their championships were won because they went into a hostile environment in Pittsburgh as major underdogs and beat their asses, handily. Was that lucky, too? Another one they spotted the Falcons 25. You make your luck. |
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Post by nflpatsfan on Dec 7, 2017 14:00:23 GMT -5
My response to Cowherd would be.... Does he deserve an answer or two is the bigger question. |
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Post by jri37 on Dec 7, 2017 14:03:08 GMT -5
My response to Cowherd would be.... Does he deserve an answer or two is the bigger question. Touché |
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Post by im4anothersb on Dec 7, 2017 14:13:47 GMT -5
I actually agree getting BB and Brady is lucky! Add having Kraft, because BB would not coach for Jerry Jones or Woody Johnson or the 75% of teams that have meddling owners.
I will strongly contend the AFC East is an advantage to play in. The difference in record between it and other divisions over 17 years in insignificant and amounts to no more than .5 wins a year for the Patriots over random teams.
--The Patriots basically give out the coaching blueprint on how to beat a team and the poor AFC east teams get that twice a year each.
--The AFC East teams are bastardized teams traditionally built with too much relative emphasis on the defensive line as that was the conventional way of targeting the Patriots. Basically having 6 games a year against a team that is designed top to bottom just to beat you does not sound like an advantage.
--Because of parity scheduling the PAtriots play the best teams from other divisions year after year...not an advantage. They play the Steelers or Ravens and hardly ever the Browns or Bengals in the years the AFC North just has 4 games with the AFC East.
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Post by fletcherbrook on Dec 7, 2017 14:20:21 GMT -5
wouldn't the bulls dynasty be a result of the lucky break of getting MJ at 3 because some idiot selected bowie 2nd? was the opposite true as for why the Celtics didn't have yet another dynasty when len bias OD'd? KG's injury probably cost the Celtics 1 or maybe even 2 more banners in a 5 period span...
silly silly stuff. life can be considered nothing more than a series of breaks. both "lucky" and "unlucky". "Breaks" that mesh together to form the fabric of our realities. To point to one team or one instance and pretend that it is a unique circumstance is uneducated, simple minded and quite frankly not very intelligent or insightful. look at your own life. we all have our own "six degrees of separation" , if you will, of "breaks" that have molded certain segments of our lives. I realy thought colin was a pretty smart guy. seems stupid in hind site and I would say that even if he had said the giants mini dynasty was a result of 4 "breaks"
of course it was idiot. that's what life is for fuk sake.
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Post by im4anothersb on Dec 7, 2017 14:21:12 GMT -5
I actually agree getting BB and Brady is lucky! Add having Kraft, because BB would not coach for Jerry Jones or Woody Johnson or the 75% of teams that have meddling owners. I will strongly contend the AFC East is an advantage to play in. The difference in record between it and other divisions over 17 years in insignificant and amounts to no more than .5 wins a year for the Patriots over random teams. --The Patriots basically give out the coaching blueprint on how to beat a team and the poor AFC east teams get that twice a year each. --The AFC East teams are bastardized teams traditionally built with too much relative emphasis on the defensive line as that was the conventional way of targeting the Patriots. Basically having 6 games a year against a team that is designed top to bottom just to beat you does not sound like an advantage. --Because of parity scheduling the PAtriots play the best teams from other divisions year after year...not an advantage. They play the Steelers or Ravens and hardly ever the Browns or Bengals in the years the AFC North just has 4 games with the AFC East. a little off topic but I thought funny. I forgot the name of the NY jets owner (but I knew BB would never work for him) so i googled "owner of NY jets" I got this in #1 position....truly If you search the word "Jets" then Brady is listed as the team's owner as well. Brady is 23–7 in his career against the Jets. He won both games against New York last year. The actual Jets owner is Woody Johnson, who purchased the team for a reported $635 million |
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Post by texaspat on Dec 7, 2017 14:22:27 GMT -5
Reading this ridiculous Cowherd article tells you a lot about the author. He's the type of guy who believes that prolonged success, such as that which the Patriots have accomplished, can only be had through luck. After all, nothing significant can be accomplished unless you win life's lottery...and get help from the government. Hard work, sacrifice, and determination are just a myth. Right, Colin?
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Post by im4anothersb on Dec 7, 2017 14:34:01 GMT -5
Reading this ridiculous Cowherd article tells you a lot about the author. He's the type of guy who believes that prolonged success, such as that which the Patriots have accomplished, can only be had through luck. After all, nothing significant can be accomplished unless you win life's lottery...and get help from the government. Hard work, sacrifice, and determination are just a myth. Right, Colin? Think his ratings must be falling, he usually marvels at the Patriots success. Guess he is trying to get attention. |
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Post by pauldeba on Dec 7, 2017 15:11:39 GMT -5
What an idiotic article. Luck had nothing to do with what the Patriots have accomplished. It wasn't "luck" that the Patriots drafted Tom Brady at #199, in the year 2000. They were the only team to express any interest in Tom, prior to the draft...and they drafted him. didn't Polian say they had Brady as a first rounder and just didn't get around to drafting him? I think that was the time after he had Brady as 36th best QB of the decade and he cheated in deflategate and should be banned forever from football and explained why Brady really isn't very good and gets all the calls and he must have found a new way to cheat and the Colts are treated poorly and Brady isn't a nice guy and his wife's ugly. |
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Post by paulk on Dec 7, 2017 17:34:52 GMT -5
One lucky break.
The Patriots had a terrible record when Bob Kraft took over. That was the lucky break. Kraft had the business smarts to realize that when his team won, he made money.
Everything else was business acumen.
It started with finding a coach. The three best prospects were Bill Parcells, Pete Carroll and Bill Belichick. Bob Kraft hired all three of these legends, one at a time. Both Parcells and Carroll went on to minor glory. Belichick was a bit hard to land but Kraft cut the deal.
Behind Belichick, Bob Kraft made the business decision to always pamper the players with non-cap perks so that free agents would prefer to sign with New England. Kraft thought of everything from first class tickets for prospects to enormous diamond rings, even a ring for going 16-0 one season, to two private "Air Kraft" luxury sleeper jets for the team's redeye flights. In the end Kraft reaped dollars for pennies invested.
Bob Kraft made a hard decision not to flee to Hartford but to leave the stadium in Foxboro, at the center of the Patriots' natural fan base. Kraft had to build his own stadium with his own money, but he made the right financial decision in the end.
Kraft upgraded his team by buying the NFL's only private talent scouting staff. The Patriots are almost ordinary at finding first round draft choices -- anybody with a draft magazine can pick a first rounder -- but a wall of bottom-level talent comes waltzing into Foxboro and adding value year after year. The scouts found a guard who didn't know how to put on his shoulder pads, a quarterback with zero games experience and a right tackle undergoing chemo.
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Post by jedediah10 on Dec 7, 2017 17:41:19 GMT -5
I have always been the of the mind that luck is earned. If you get lucky once then it's just that. If you get lucky over and over and over again it is because you put in the hard work and you made the right decisions.
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