So Bill Belichick
the goat Coast. According to points, bet
is now. Yeah, the favorite
to be named coach of the year
and how cool would it be if Belichick is coach of the year
and Tom Brady is MVP, which is Carlos. Now that our two
favorites, but I want to focus on Belichick though. What about
was unveiled a set called things. One
show, Bill Belichick could be coach of the year every year
because he's Bill Belichick.
To
even though they spent more money in the offseason in free
agency than any team in NFL history.
It still takes a hell of a leader to bring them together.
We've talked about this, a few times, we talked about
yesterday, we talked about before, then, the chemistry
that this
locker room has put together overnight, says a lot about
the culture that starts with
well, the crabs, but also Bill, Belichick.
And last but not least. He's obviously doing it with
a rookie quarterback.
Having said all that
the next two guys on my list. Or my coaches of the year.
I'm torn between Kingsbury and Matt. Le Flore. I'll start with
Matt, Le Flore brought Matt lafleur's job got hard, go back
to the draft
and that LaFleur half night has Grand a Night Under Fire. Yeah,
right.
He met LaFleur has been on the hot seat. Not that he was gonna
get fired, but he has been under pressure Since Aaron
Rodgers, wanted our, and he went through an entire
offseason without his starting quarterback,
not to mention what happened week one
or for that matter.
The Rogers controversy when it came to covid and all
the injuries that he's had to navigate.
Speaking of injuries, Kliff Kingsbury, like rolling right
He and his staff had a covid outbreak. Yeah, and then
winning games with Colt McCoy playing in place of colour
Murray and no DeAndre Hopkins for him full of games.
I mean it's so we look at that, you know, the injuries that
Arizona has had to navigate with apologist to Mike. Vrabel
in Tennessee.
Who's had to overcome more
Personnel issues than Kliff Kingsbury including himself.
And Matt LaFleur,
navigating the Aaron Rodgers drama,
and what he's done, really the last few years.
He is perpetually underappreciated. So with all
due respect to Bill Belichick. Great job. It ain't the best
job in my humble opinion this year.
Yeah, you know, it's
it when coaches, your Kingsbury Point what coaches say usually
after a loss.
And it starts with me,
really it to your point. It does start with him with Kliff
Kingsbury. We talked about the injuries and some of
the adversity, the team has old, or has had to overcome. It, does
start with him, but let me go back to balichek for a second.
He's not my coach of the year either,
but I'm going to tell you why
he inspires me, the number one thing about Bill Belichick. And
I always tell people this.
The thing that it will do two things for me. Hold on. Hold
on. Sorry. Sorry. I apologize. Do two things for me while
you're at it because I felt the back end of this. I want to do
a second thing. Tell me why he inspires you, but also tell me
where you would rank this coaching job. You've seen them
all. I would love to know what you were ranked.
This year's coaching job
if it ranks among some of his best ever. So do those two
things for me? Back to you. Okay?
All right.
Dana inspires me the most about Bill Belichick
is that he left right down the street from you
Wesleyan University.
Shout ICU, Kaylee, Kaylee. That's my alma mater. What's
up, but Western University
known for its volleyball, football and music programs.
And all the judges had put it on federal bench has.
When he left Wesleyan at the age of 23. He went right to
the Baltimore Colts.
That was in 1975
and has not left the NFL since so that's what this blows my
mind. Mike. He there was no, it was never a,
you know, I'm gonna take a year off douching.
I'm going to take a sabbatical.
I'm gonna chill.
I'm going to reassess
every year. I'm gonna do some TVs. Have any pie.
Right? Right. He's been a constant.
He's an NFL Institute
been in the NFL. So just the motor
like Bill. Belichick. Just loves this. That he loves it.
He's into it. I used to say that his birthday is whatever
the day. The draft is whatever the official day. The draft is.
That's his unofficial birthday. Now, it turns out that one of
his best birthday presents did come
with the drafting of
Tom Brady. I think that was on his 49th birthday. He drafted.
Tom Brady, but or 46, somewhere in there.
All that being said
not to coach of the year.
It's a wonderful coaching job and I would put it probably in
the top seven or eight.
What is great coaching jobs in the 2008 season, Matt Cassel
didn't even play a quarterback at USC. Seventh round pick
comes in for Tom Brady. They get 11 wins out of Matt Cassel,
the undefeated season the year before that
in the in the with the backdrop of Spygate to get
They get to the Super Bowl, Super Bowl 42 and come to
minutes away from an undefeated season. I know didn't happen.
Great coaches. So are b, a great coaching Seasons, the one
team, you cover championship team, you covered
2003 started off to and to then 115 straight games
culminating with the Super Bowl, win over the Carolina Panthers.
So there are some there are some victories in there,
but I would say my coach of the year is Kliff Kingsbury.
I didn't see that coming.
You told me hey Bill Belichick is going to spend a bunch of
money in the offseason going to draft a rookie quarterback in
the first round. And they're going to be 9 and 4 position.
Atop the AFC. I'd say
I can see that
you tell me Kliff Kingsbury is going to miss some games
himself or miss a game himself,
Kyler Murray's, Gonna Miss three games. Going to go to and
one
with Colt McCoy at quarterback, and they going to be the number
one team in the NFC. I say there's no way so
give it a Kingsbury
and the very surprising, Arizona.
Bones.