hogwild said:
There is alot of doubt in mine. BP left the JETS not NE last
Why don't we just say that BP first year here was 10-6 ... that was because
all the talent Campo left ,so Campo gets credit for that yr?
Doesn't make sense does it.
Show me a dynasty BP has built , you can't
BP left NE way before he left the Jets… but not before leading them to a Superbowl appearance in 96.
When Parcells left he took his assistants with him to the NYJ and hurt New England even further by stealing his star running back (
Curtis Martin) away from them on top of it. With Kraft calling the shots the team was in disarray… for those of you wondering why the Pats sucked after Parcells left theirs your clue…. Learning from his mistake (like Jerry Jones has) the first chance he got, Kraft hired the next best thing to Parcells in 2000 and the rest is history.
But there are a couple of side notes… Belichick had crashed and burned in Cleveland and was reportedly blackballed by the ‘good ol boy club’ of owners who took offense to how he left the Browns [FONT="]floundering[/FONT] searching for a new Coach as the team moved to Baltimore, but even before that the Browns fans had an axe to grind with Belichick because of the way he jettisoned
Bernie Koser (sp?)… at the time Belichick couldn’t even get an interview for a Head Coaching job. Parcells then hired Belichick as an assistant to DC Crennel in 96… Later when the Jets came knocking on Parcells door he instead that they higher his old coaching staff and a few days later they honored Belichick by naming him the Jets interim Head Coach 10 days later Parcells was named as there head coach…. I do not know if this is a significant event but a few years later Parcells set it up for Belichick to become the Jets HC… he then announces his retirement and the Jets announce Belichick as their new HC…. Only to have Belichick back out shortly there after to sign with the Pats.
I’m guessing that when Belichick was hired by the Jets as interim HC he felt he should have been the HC so with some resentment against the Jets owner he jumped at the chance to coach the Pats serving as a double edged sword for Kraft against Parcells and the Jets. Kraft also gave Belichick total control of the team witch was the very thing he and Parcells struggled over.
To me it’s no wonder why the Pats struggled after Parcells and Co left town… and although it may sound like I’m bashing Belichick… I truly feel their is no way you can take his accomplishments away from him… all I’m saying is if you take a step back and look at the core of talent that was on that team there is no way you can say Parcells fingerprints were not all over that team….. Let’s not forget Belichick was a protégé of Parcells not the other way around so even if you ignore the rest of my rant (players, assistants, and front office personnel) that one shouldn’t be denied.
Anyways this debate could probably go on for days… IMO both coaches are solid.