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Some offseason discussion...
I am a big believer in the QB + HC corrollary. If you rank all the QB's on a 10 point scale and then all the HC's on a 10 point scale the team that comes up with highest score is going to achieve the highest level of consistent success. Not exactly ground breaking stuff but I believe you can cobble the rest of a team together if you have the right HC and QB and still be pretty damn good.
But what if you had to choose one or the other? As an analogy lets use the Pats as the point of discussion. Take Tom Brady's injury out of it or any long term fears you might have and ask yourself this.
If either Belicheck or Brady HAD to be moved this offseason and you run the Pats franchise - who are you siding with? The guy who runs the program or the relatively young stud who plays the most important position in sports?
Would Belichek be a champion without Tom Brady? Sure he went 11-5 last year but they missed the playoffs still. Could you really just plug in another QB and continue to win rings? Keep in mind how difficult it is to find a QB.
Would Tom Brady be the player he is with out Belicheck's staff and what they put around him? He played pretty well even before the gave him so many toys on offense? Would he be successful elsewhere?
In any other sport you would almost ALWAYS go with the player. But football is different as the coaching is SO important. We know that all too well with Wiz's relative success.
What do you guys think - Who would you go with?
I am a big believer in the QB + HC corrollary. If you rank all the QB's on a 10 point scale and then all the HC's on a 10 point scale the team that comes up with highest score is going to achieve the highest level of consistent success. Not exactly ground breaking stuff but I believe you can cobble the rest of a team together if you have the right HC and QB and still be pretty damn good.
But what if you had to choose one or the other? As an analogy lets use the Pats as the point of discussion. Take Tom Brady's injury out of it or any long term fears you might have and ask yourself this.
If either Belicheck or Brady HAD to be moved this offseason and you run the Pats franchise - who are you siding with? The guy who runs the program or the relatively young stud who plays the most important position in sports?
Would Belichek be a champion without Tom Brady? Sure he went 11-5 last year but they missed the playoffs still. Could you really just plug in another QB and continue to win rings? Keep in mind how difficult it is to find a QB.
Would Tom Brady be the player he is with out Belicheck's staff and what they put around him? He played pretty well even before the gave him so many toys on offense? Would he be successful elsewhere?
In any other sport you would almost ALWAYS go with the player. But football is different as the coaching is SO important. We know that all too well with Wiz's relative success.
What do you guys think - Who would you go with?
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