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Militant X 1

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Is it just me or does purpleflock seem really inactive today?
PF is always quiet around this time. We're used to it. But since you are the new kid on the block you came in hot posting up a storm so everything to you will seem slower. :cool:
 
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allblackraven

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Andy Reid is arguably a better playcaller and much more of a players coach, also seemingly does a better job choosing assistant coaches. Belichick on the other hand is a defensive mastermind, I’d say his defensive prowess is stronger than Andy Reid’s offensive prowess, and he has a more thorough understanding of football in totality, his knowledge of the rulebooks and ability to take advantage of loopholes to get a small leg up the most important of games is incredible. Our 2014 divisional round vs NE might have been the greatest coaching clinic ever seen in the nfl.

Mac jones isn’t Brady and he was never gonna be, can’t shit on Belichicks coaching prowess because he’s only had cam Newton and Mac jones since Brady left. Where I absolutely will shit on Belichick is his attempt at playing GM, he is the reason the patriots MIGHT have the worst roster in the nfl, and he also has the ugliest coaching tree of all the coaching trees, mcdaniels, Patricia, O’Brien, all egomaniacs who learned from bill and got their shot and bombed spectacularly.
In 2014 they pumped out the air out of footballs.
 

Thezone27

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Andy Reid is arguably a better playcaller and much more of a players coach, also seemingly does a better job choosing assistant coaches. Belichick on the other hand is a defensive mastermind, I’d say his defensive prowess is stronger than Andy Reid’s offensive prowess, and he has a more thorough understanding of football in totality, his knowledge of the rulebooks and ability to take advantage of loopholes to get a small leg up the most important of games is incredible. Our 2014 divisional round vs NE might have been the greatest coaching clinic ever seen in the nfl.

Mac jones isn’t Brady and he was never gonna be, can’t shit on Belichicks coaching prowess because he’s only had cam Newton and Mac jones since Brady left. Where I absolutely will shit on Belichick is his attempt at playing GM, he is the reason the patriots MIGHT have the worst roster in the nfl, and he also has the ugliest coaching tree of all the coaching trees, mcdaniels, Patricia, O’Brien, all egomaniacs who learned from bill and got their shot and bombed spectacularly.
Bailey Zappe is better than Mac Jones
 

ndub

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So if I wanted to argue against it...
1. How would you define "success" for Andy Reid in the pre-Mahomes era? Like what's the measurement? Is it W/L record, is it playoff wins, is it SB victories, etc. Because depending on what the arbitrary measuring stick is, it completely makes or breaks your argument.
2. Not sure we should pretend like Belichick getting fired is a big deal, while simultaneously ignoring that Reid also has been fired as a HC. Feels like its a knock for both or neither.
3. Not sure we should be totally discounting the work that Belichick did without Brady. An 11-win season with Matt Cassel isn't exactly easy, nor is the fact that he was in the playoffs last year without Brady and close to it this year (with what I would consider to be some of the weaker rosters in the league).
4. They're obviously not "specialists" in the same area of football, i.e. Reid is considered an offensive guru, while Belichick is considered a defensive guru.
So if we're evaluating Reid based on what he's done with less talented QBs, feels like the only fair comparison would be to evaluate the historical effectiveness of Patriots defenses.

Sorry man, meant to reply to this but got caught up in other things. Just wanted to say I love this response that made me really think about things between Reid and Bill. I appreciate your analysis. Hope you’re doing good my man, even if you are an asshole….. jk lol
 

ndub

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True but I don’t buy that it gives a distinct advantage

It doesn’t. The other team was just jealous they got beat by something like 5 TDs and made to look pathetic

I hope with my post earlier that it doesn’t look like I was dissing BB. I wasn’t. I, myself, just think Reid is a better X’s and O’s Coach and a much better person
 

Dom McRaven

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True but I don’t buy that it gives a distinct advantage

It doesn’t. The other team was just jealous they got beat by something like 5 TDs and made to look pathetic

I hope with my post earlier that it doesn’t look like I was dissing BB. I wasn’t. I, myself, just think Reid is a better X’s and O’s Coach and a much better person
Our secondary in that game were dudes we picked off the street, it was that horrendous. If Jimmy was in that game, shit wouldn't be as sweet for them.
 

JoeyFlex5

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It doesn’t. The other team was just jealous they got beat by something like 5 TDs and made to look pathetic

I hope with my post earlier that it doesn’t look like I was dissing BB. I wasn’t. I, myself, just think Reid is a better X’s and O’s Coach and a much better person
I’d personally rather have reid coach the ravens, but I don’t necessarily think that makes reid the better coach because I’m no expert. Just giving my take on the two
 

ndub

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Our secondary in that game were dudes we picked off the street, it was that horrendous. If Jimmy was in that game, shit wouldn't be as sweet for them.

I was referring to the Colts Pats game. That’s where the deflate game happened
 

JAAM

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