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Originally Posted by GhettoDogAllStars
I agree. I do think Belichick is a great coach. I'm just not so sure he is a great person, and that is where the hate for the Pats is derived, IMO.
I credit Belichick for making the Pats great, but I don't give him credit for making Brady great. I'll credit him for finding him, and drafting him (although I'm not sure if he deserves more credit than the Pats FO).
If great QBs are made great by coaching, and not born that way, you'd have a lot more stories like Brady's. Granted there are other Cinderella stories, but not many.
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Well, I do think you have to give Belichick some credit for developing Brady into a great quarterback. I don't think that is beyond reasonble. Many here, not you Ghetto, would like to believe the draft gods somehow smiled on Belichick and...poof...Brady appeared with all this Hall of Fame potential.
Make no mistake, Bill Belichick has taught Tom Brady a great deal about the game; how to recognize defenses, football mechanics and such. Some may defer to Weis on this, I beg to differ. Brady didn't possess this at Michigan, at least not on a professional level. As far as raw skill, competitive fire, leadership and other intangibles, those are all Tom Brady's.
I also believe that Bill Belichick has fostered and created an environment in New England for all of those raw skills to flourish and cause Tom Brady to play at a very high level. If nothing else, the fact the Brady was drafted in the sixth round and not the first, could be the best thing that happened to him career wise. He was allowed to fly under the radar, unlike most first round picks, and actually focus on football and getting better instead of answering dumb ass questions week to week whether he's happy being a back-up. These things go a very long way in impacting a quarterback's developement. It's not all X's and O's.
As much as I wanted to see Jason Campbell start the week Mark Brunell broke the completion record, the time he spent on the bench will serve him well in the future.