Don't make up words and statements I didn't say. I didn't say he was a ****ty or bad coach, I said he is no offensive genius.
Hopefully you are smart enough to understand that the level of competition matters when it comes to winning and losing games.
That 10 wins with a backup was by playing the weakest schedule a team could possibly hope for. It's the main reason why the 1-15 Dolphins team the year before were able to go 11-5 that year. We got to see the real Dolphins when they faced a good team in the playoffs at home against the Ravens. An absolute beat down.
The AFC East played the NFC West and AFC West.
Out of those 8 teams "ONLY" one team had a winning record, the Cardinals at 9-7. How did the Cardinals finish 9-7? Because they went 6-0 against the Seahawks, 49ers and Rams.
The Chargers won the AFC West finishing 8-8. How did they finish 8-8? They had a 5-1 record against the Raiders, Broncos and Chiefs.
Where did the other 4 Patriot wins come from? Going 4-2 against the Dolphins, Jets and Bills who also weren't all that good, their records helped by playing that weak-*** schedule.
The Pats played "LITERALLY" two good teams that year...Colts and Steelers. They scored 15 and 10 points, losing both games.
It basically was a fluke in the schedule in 2008 when Cassel started in which one division (AFC East) played two of the weakest divisions all-time in the same year.
The Cassel team in 2008 lost 5 more games than the year before with the same players on offense, despite the 2007 team playing an extremely difficult schedule and the 2008 team playing an extremely weak schedule.
All the same pieces on offense were there in 2008 that were there in 2007, yet the Patriots scored 179 less points with Cassel (-11.2 ppg) than with Brady. The Patriots scored less than 20 points in 7 of the 16 games with Cassel (again, against an extremely weak schedule). The Patriots didn't score less than 20 in any game during the regular season in 2007 under Brady. In fact, in 12 of the 16 games under Brady in 2007 (again, against a strong schedule) the Patriots scored 31 or more points. In 8 of the 16 games under Brady they scored 38 or more points.
Here is a little something for you to try an comprehend.
In the 7 seasons without Brady, including the 10-5 record accumulated during that weak-*** schedule with Cassel starting, Belichick is 54-63, had a losing record in 5 out of 7 full seasons and is 1-1 in in the playoffs. Belichick even had Nick Saban as DC in 4 of those seasons, losing records in 3 of the 4.
In the 18 seasons (seasons in which Brady played more than one game) with Brady, Belichick is 219-64, had 0 losing seasons and is 30-11 in the playoffs, 9 Super Bowls, 6 Championships.
Let this soak in. The Pats won 6 games under Brady in the playoffs in which the Patriots allowed 28 or more points. No other QB has more than 2 when their team allows 28 or more.
In the 6 Super Bowl wins, Brady has 6 GWDs in the 4th/OT, including coming from behind two times when trailing by double digits to start the 4th (10 points to the Seahawks and 19 to the Falcons).
In two of the losses (Giants and Eagles), Brady led the Patriots to TD drives in the 4th to put the Pats ahead and the defense didn't hold the lead.
In the 9, 4th quarters Brady has played during the Super Bowl + one drive in OT (beating the Falcons) the Pats have scored 94 points. Overall, Brady has led the Patriots to 9 drives in the 4th/OT in Super Bowls to put the Pats in the lead.
You might think that is because Belichick is an offensive genius who's mind led to all those GWDs in the Super Bowl, but I tend to think that is Brady being Brady, just like Marino was being Marino, P Manning was being P Manning, and Montana was being Montana during tight games in the 4th.
BTW, Cassel was a mid 3rd round pick that got to watch and learn from interacting with Brady for "3" years before 2008. Pretty darn advantageous for a backup QB, not to a mention playing for a team that went 16-0 the year before. And again, there was the weak-*** schedule.
In 2010, Cassel led the Chiefs to a 10-5 record as a starter under Todd Haley. The Chiefs were 2-14 in 2008 and 4-12 in 2009. Does that make Haley an offensive genius?
So, you got anything to back your untrue statement and sarcasm? Or is this just your thing, go around read people's posts, make up lies regarding what was said and attribute statements to them they didn't make?
Go ahead an prove that Belichick is an offensive genius without Brady.
Perhaps while you are at it you can shed light on how Belichick enhanced the careers of good QBs like Kosar, Testaverde and Bledsoe who all faired better under other HC's despite Belichick having them in their prime years.
