Monday, December 29, 2008
Belichick Students Not Making The Grade
As you know, we usually spend our time around here talking about the Red Sox, bashing the Yankees, or just shooting the baseball shit in general. Occaisionally...OK...frequently, we mix in a Star Wars post, a Kiss tribute, a Jennifer Love-Hewitt picture, or some other random pop-culture distraction. As far as other sports, we usually leave them alone. Especially football, Red's not too keen on the game played with the oddly-shaped ball, and quite frankly, all the talk of "tight ends" and "wide receivers" in reference to a bunch of big guys running around in tight pants make him a little nervous. But until something more newsworthy than a Josh Bard signing pops up, let's talk some pigskin.

Bill Belichick has brought three Superbowl championships to New England, along with a shit-storm of controversy, hours of meaningless interviews where he talks a lot while saying nothing, and a very hot girlfriend. This year, perhaps his finest season of coaching, leaves him and the Pats left out of the playoffs despite an 11-5 record. Throughout his tenure, several of Belichick's disciples have gone on to head coaching careers of their own, most rather unsuccessfully.

Eric Mangini - Fired by the New York Jets today after missing the playoffs at the hands of the Miami Dolphins and former Jet QB Chad Pennington. "Mangenius" was 23-26 in his three seasons with the Jets.

Romeo Crennel - Also fired today, the Browns canned him with three years left on a contract extension he signed in January. Crennel was 24-40 in his four years as Browns' head coach.

Charlie Weiss - After a 5-2 start in his first year at Notre Dame, Weiss inked a 10-year deal worth somewhere before 30 and 40 million. He finished his first season 9-2, and followed that up with a 10-2 record in 2006. But his last two seasons have been disasters; 3-9 in 2007 and 6-6 this year.

Whatever Belichick's secret to winning is, he's not sharing it with his assistant coaches and coordinators. But his girlfriend is pretty hot.
Posted by Denton at 5:25 PM