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Originally Posted by Colts And Orioles
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I'm sorry, but I don't believe that this theory holds water.
You're asserting the an all-time great coach like Belichick can build teams that can go 11-5 or better whether he plugs in Tom Brady or Matt Cassel as his quarterback, but if he were handed a gold mine like Aaron Rodgers or Peyton Manning, they would somehow be too independent to be able to succeed because of Belichick's coaching style? You don't think that a coach of Belichick's ability would recognize what he had, and subsequently revise/adapt some of his own concepts because of the fact that he had an all-time great quarterback that was considerably more capable than Brady or Cassel?
You can believe that if you want to, but I don't. The inference is that Belichick would have to jettison Manning/Rodgers if he had one of them on his roster for a less capable (but more obedient) signal caller in order to win as many (or more) championships than he has if he had to do it over again.
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Not saying Rogers or Manning wouldn't succeed. I'm saying I don't think they'd do better than Brady has done on that team. And, my reason is that both Rogers and Manning would bring their own style to the pats game plan. Styles that make both of them IMO better QBs than Brady, but not better than BB. There is no inference that BB would have to jettison either Rogers or Manning if that was the QB he had, and I object to your even implying that. What I'm saying is that BB is the best offensive mind, by far, in the game today. Just like Walsh was during Montana's time. He'd win with Rogers and Manning, I just don't believe that he'd win more with them than he has with Brady. But, this is all opinion, so we're both just whistling in the wind.
By the way, the team that Cassel led to 11 and 5 went 16 and 0 with Brady the previous year.