Bill Belichick reflects on 200th career win
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Among them are Don Shula (328), George Halas (318), Tom Landry (250), Curly Lambeau (218) and Marty Schottenheimer (200).
Belichick is usually pretty emotionless in his press conferences, but he seemed pretty happy when talking about hitting a career milestone yesterday.
via Doug Kyed, NESN.com:
“It means a lot. What it really means is that I have coached a lot of good football players,” Belichick said. “Those are the guys that win the games. Players win games in this league. I have been fortunate to have the opportunity to coach a lot of great players, and so that’s really about them winning the games.
“It’s certainly an honor to have my name thrown in there with some of those guys. I’d say really all of them, other than Curly, I have looked up to as a kid and admired and maybe borderline worshipped.
“I certainly never got into coaching thinking or expecting that to ever happen, so it is very gratifying to reach that milestone, but what it really says is that I have had a lot of good players. That is really what it says.”
It's rare that Belichick says anything like he said yesterday, so this obviously means a lot to him.
It's no secret that he is one of the best coaches in the game, and last season might have been his best coaching job ever, considering the injuries the team was forced to deal with on defense and a brand new lineup of wide receivers.
People may say that he hasn't won anything since Spygate and that those Super Bowl victories were a result of that, but it can't be a coincidence that ever since that infamous 18-1 season, he has won 10 or more games every season, including 11 in 2008, when Matt Cassel was under center.
The stats don't lie, and there aren't many coaches in the league that could do what he's been able to do. And for the first time, going back to last season, we can say that he was able to do more with less.
This year, however, he might just have one of the most talented teams since his last Super Bowl-winning team in 2004-2005.
Although the Vikings aren't exactly the most talented team out there, the defense was absolutely dominant, and it was fun to watch. That speaks to Belichick being a master at making adjustments, considering the beating the team took the week prior to the Dolphins.
If there's a lesson anyone needs to learn here, it is to never count Belichick out of anything, no matter who is on his roster and what the situation is. That's when you get burned.
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