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Let's take a break for the "old coot, young hotties" jokes for just a minute, OK?
Bill Belichick vs Don Shula
I guess this is just another one of those things I'll never quite understand.....
Don Shula, 26 years at Miami: 392 games, 257-133-2 record, win percentage: .659, 2 Lombardi trophies
Bill Belichick, 24 years at New England: 387 games, 266-121 record, win percentage: .687, 6 Lombardi trophies
If we are forced to compare tenures, it's not even close. No matter what you think of how it was achieved and I'm sure most will act like one of two things happened for Bill....1) he cheated (though no one has a real explanation how he benefited whatsoever or how the advantage was actually gained) or 2) he had Brady. And if that helps you sleep at night, that's fine.
I'm sorry but when comparing the tenures that matter, Shula in Miami and Belichick in New England, Belichick wins hands down. The only way Don Shula is ahead is if you're telling me that you care about two other things; Don Shula's time with the Baltimore Colts or Bill Belichick's time with the Cleveland Browns.
And quite frankly, I really don't care much about either of those things. I care about Shula's accomplishments with our team, THAT'S IT! So in short, I've always kind of considered that battle over with and there are many reasons for it. Yes, you can say Bill always skirted rules for any edge possible -- and in doing so, we as Miami fans will HAVE TO FORGET about the fact that we kept the tarp off the field in Miami for the AFC's signature event in 1982 to go the super bowl, thus not allowing either team to gain traction in any sort of passing game when we played the New York Jets in January 1983. Or we'll just forget that the Dolphins tampered to get Don Shula to begin with away from the Baltimore Colts. Miami surrendered a first round pick for this. (Carroll Rosenbloom was only too happy to do this as he was still pissed that Shula lost to the Jets in super bowl 3) We call this selective amnesia by the way. Teams and coaches ALL do this incidentally. They try to gain any edge possible to further their cause. It's not just Bill and the Pats who have this in their DNA.
There's some validity to say that Shula did it with an array of QBs over different eras where Brady was the one workhorse who Bill was attached to throughout his success and I guess there's some truth to that too.
But in the end, how many of you think that Shula's Miami tenure was better than Belichick's New England tenure? How many of you realize that Bill won this one long ago? He won more games, more trophies and did it in less years/games played. Are any of you really thinking about Shula 347, Bellichick 333? Really? Shula by 14 games huh? Just know that if you care and choose to view things through this stat, then it means you care about the men's Colts and Browns tenures. I guess I just don't.
Anyway, my long winded rant is over about another topic that I just never understood the arguing about. Carry on!
Bill Belichick vs Don Shula
I guess this is just another one of those things I'll never quite understand.....
Don Shula, 26 years at Miami: 392 games, 257-133-2 record, win percentage: .659, 2 Lombardi trophies
Bill Belichick, 24 years at New England: 387 games, 266-121 record, win percentage: .687, 6 Lombardi trophies
If we are forced to compare tenures, it's not even close. No matter what you think of how it was achieved and I'm sure most will act like one of two things happened for Bill....1) he cheated (though no one has a real explanation how he benefited whatsoever or how the advantage was actually gained) or 2) he had Brady. And if that helps you sleep at night, that's fine.
I'm sorry but when comparing the tenures that matter, Shula in Miami and Belichick in New England, Belichick wins hands down. The only way Don Shula is ahead is if you're telling me that you care about two other things; Don Shula's time with the Baltimore Colts or Bill Belichick's time with the Cleveland Browns.
And quite frankly, I really don't care much about either of those things. I care about Shula's accomplishments with our team, THAT'S IT! So in short, I've always kind of considered that battle over with and there are many reasons for it. Yes, you can say Bill always skirted rules for any edge possible -- and in doing so, we as Miami fans will HAVE TO FORGET about the fact that we kept the tarp off the field in Miami for the AFC's signature event in 1982 to go the super bowl, thus not allowing either team to gain traction in any sort of passing game when we played the New York Jets in January 1983. Or we'll just forget that the Dolphins tampered to get Don Shula to begin with away from the Baltimore Colts. Miami surrendered a first round pick for this. (Carroll Rosenbloom was only too happy to do this as he was still pissed that Shula lost to the Jets in super bowl 3) We call this selective amnesia by the way. Teams and coaches ALL do this incidentally. They try to gain any edge possible to further their cause. It's not just Bill and the Pats who have this in their DNA.
There's some validity to say that Shula did it with an array of QBs over different eras where Brady was the one workhorse who Bill was attached to throughout his success and I guess there's some truth to that too.
But in the end, how many of you think that Shula's Miami tenure was better than Belichick's New England tenure? How many of you realize that Bill won this one long ago? He won more games, more trophies and did it in less years/games played. Are any of you really thinking about Shula 347, Bellichick 333? Really? Shula by 14 games huh? Just know that if you care and choose to view things through this stat, then it means you care about the men's Colts and Browns tenures. I guess I just don't.
Anyway, my long winded rant is over about another topic that I just never understood the arguing about. Carry on!
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