bowery4 Posted November 7, 2009 Share Posted November 7, 2009 http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news;_ylt=AjGo...o&type=lgns Just thought this was interesting in context of our team and wish we had better managment If you make the wrong decision, you’ve got problems, and if you can’t throw the ball, even if you make the right decision, you’ve got problems. So if you’ve got those two, you’ve got Joe Montana. If you can’t do one of those two, then what’s the future? … If you have those two things, you have a quarterback. If you don’t have those two things, you’re going to have to dumb it down. You’re either going to have to limit the decisions he makes or take the accuracy element out of it by either not throwing over 10 yards or not throwing outside the numbers. You’re going to have to do something that changes the way you play offense. Sound familar? Cole: Why are there so many bad teams around the league this year? Belichick: Here’s the only thing I’ll say: I think to have a really good team in this league, you have to make a lot, a lot of good decisions. You have to have a lot of good people, players, coaches, whatever. You need a lot of those. Conversely, to not be competitive, you would have to have a lot of bad decisions. One bad decision is not going to do it, one bad player is not going to do it, one bad coach is not going to do it. You’re going to have to collectively, over a cumulative period of time, make a long series of bad decisions and accumulate a lot of players who are substandard for their position. There have to be a multitude of things that go wrong. Well we all know this I would think (after 10 years of our sucking), why doesn't Ralph? Cole: Because you can keep yourself average for a long time? Belichick: That’s the system. If you don’t have good players, you have money to spend on players. If you have a bunch of good players, you eventually run out of money and you can’t keep them all and somebody else gets them. That’s the system, it keeps everybody average. We’ve seen teams be really good just on coaching. We’ve seen teams be competitive with just a few good players. Cole: Jimmy Johnson once said, if you don’t take too many risks, you can win nine or 10 games a year. Belichick: Jimmy probably said the same thing to you that he once said to me: “You’re really only competing with about 10 teams a year. If you just say out of the way, the other 20 teams will screw it up themselves. Whether it’s ownership or personnel or coaching or some combination of factors.” Ego, internal struggle, something will happen to two-thirds of the teams, that was Jimmy’s theory. That leaves you with about 10 teams that you’re going to have to really battle with. Those teams have it together. They’re going to make good decisions and if you play bad football, they’re going to take advantage of it. They’re going to find some undrafted guy or some middle-round pick or some veteran free agent who is going to spark their team. Pittsburgh is always going to be there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillsVet Posted November 7, 2009 Share Posted November 7, 2009 BB may be a jerk, but they've had a solid team for the better part of this decade. And as the HC, he finds ways to put the players in position to succeed. He, along with some sharp personnel execs, find the players that fit. In any given year, there are about 10 teams competing with pretenders comprising the remainder. Buffalo will be a pretender until they start letting football people make football decisions. One reason NE succeeds is their owner doesn't meddle, which is what RW feels is his right. It may be, but his track record of nearly 40 NFL seasons isn't good enough to justify his way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vincec Posted November 7, 2009 Share Posted November 7, 2009 Pittsburgh is always going to be there. Even Belichick bows to the Steelers. Why have the Steelers, with no more money or market size, been so much more successful that the Bills over their history? They have not outspent them. Who are the key guys? And don't say Cowher, because it started before him and continues after he left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazyDingo Posted November 7, 2009 Share Posted November 7, 2009 Big deal. Jauron has insightful quotes, too. Tons of them. And he has backed them up with a string of championships. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffOrange Posted November 8, 2009 Share Posted November 8, 2009 Even Belichick bows to the Steelers. Why have the Steelers, with no more money or market size, been so much more successful that the Bills over their history? They have not outspent them. Who are the key guys? And don't say Cowher, because it started before him and continues after he left. That is debateable. The 70's you can attribute to some of the sickest drafts and stacked rosters of all-time. But once those core guys got old they had one 10win season from '80-'91 before he took over. And 2.5 years of success in his absence is not nearly enough of a sample to minimize what he did. See Walsh-Seifert or Johnson-Switzer. Anyway, interesting article. Who knew BB talked to members of the media? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thoner7 Posted November 8, 2009 Share Posted November 8, 2009 http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news;_ylt=AjGo...o&type=lgns Just thought this was interesting in context of our team and wish we had better managment If you make the wrong decision, you’ve got problems, and if you can’t throw the ball, even if you make the right decision, you’ve got problems. So if you’ve got those two, you’ve got Joe Montana. If you can’t do one of those two, then what’s the future? … If you have those two things, you have a quarterback. If you don’t have those two things, you’re going to have to dumb it down. You’re either going to have to limit the decisions he makes or take the accuracy element out of it by either not throwing over 10 yards or not throwing outside the numbers. You’re going to have to do something that changes the way you play offense. Sound familar? Cole: Why are there so many bad teams around the league this year? Belichick: Here’s the only thing I’ll say: I think to have a really good team in this league, you have to make a lot, a lot of good decisions. You have to have a lot of good people, players, coaches, whatever. You need a lot of those. Conversely, to not be competitive, you would have to have a lot of bad decisions. One bad decision is not going to do it, one bad player is not going to do it, one bad coach is not going to do it. You’re going to have to collectively, over a cumulative period of time, make a long series of bad decisions and accumulate a lot of players who are substandard for their position. There have to be a multitude of things that go wrong. Well we all know this I would think (after 10 years of our sucking), why doesn't Ralph? Cole: Because you can keep yourself average for a long time? Belichick: That’s the system. If you don’t have good players, you have money to spend on players. If you have a bunch of good players, you eventually run out of money and you can’t keep them all and somebody else gets them. That’s the system, it keeps everybody average. We’ve seen teams be really good just on coaching. We’ve seen teams be competitive with just a few good players. Cole: Jimmy Johnson once said, if you don’t take too many risks, you can win nine or 10 games a year. Belichick: Jimmy probably said the same thing to you that he once said to me: “You’re really only competing with about 10 teams a year. If you just say out of the way, the other 20 teams will screw it up themselves. Whether it’s ownership or personnel or coaching or some combination of factors.” Ego, internal struggle, something will happen to two-thirds of the teams, that was Jimmy’s theory. That leaves you with about 10 teams that you’re going to have to really battle with. Those teams have it together. They’re going to make good decisions and if you play bad football, they’re going to take advantage of it. They’re going to find some undrafted guy or some middle-round pick or some veteran free agent who is going to spark their team. Pittsburgh is always going to be there. Thats Dick 100% Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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