What a difference a week makes

frankeefrank · 11-13-2007, 06:23 PM

On Bill Belichick
Belichick also showed the team clips of basketball superstar Michael Jordan in action.

"He didn’t show the regular Michael Jordan," Rutledge said. "He showed when Michael Jordan was sick or wasn’t feeling well. Times when Michael Jordan himself had to go through adversity, and he was struggling a little bit. Not the Michael Jordan when he was doing his regular stuff. It’s hard to compete with that. He was just showing how Michael himself had to fight through some things. … It’s all motivation. He’s trying to get a point across to us about the game itself, about competition."

Another tape Belichick showed his players was of an individual significantly less successful than Jordan.

"He showed us (a cartoon of) Roadrunner and the coyote," Pleasant said. "The coyote always gets beat, but he kept trying. Though he falls, he’ll get back up and do it again. (The message was) don’t give up. Keep fighting."

Belichick’s motivational ploys did not always involve movies or tapes. Before the Patriots played the Browns last season, Belichick put posters up on the wall from the game the previous year between the two teams in which the Browns had won. There were pictures of the Browns scoring a touchdown against the Patriots. There were pictures of the Browns running over the Patriots. There were pictures of the Browns breaking tackles attempted by the Patriots. Every day the Patriots would see those pictures staring at them, mocking them, laughing at them.

"You never want to be on somebody else’s highlight tape," Patriots FB Marc Edwards said. "That’s a little bit degrading, and you want to go out and fix those things."

The Patriots did just that, beating the Browns 27-16. Afterward, Belichick gave S Lawyer Milloy one of those posters.

"It was very nice to see Lawyer Milloy ripping the one of him getting run over," Edwards said. "He ripped that up right after the game. He was fired up."

So, what's it worth?

11-13-2007, 06:23 PM	#4
frankeefrank 500th Post Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 775	Re: What a difference a week makes On Bill Belichick Belichick also showed the team clips of basketball superstar Michael Jordan in action. "He didn’t show the regular Michael Jordan," Rutledge said. "He showed when Michael Jordan was sick or wasn’t feeling well. Times when Michael Jordan himself had to go through adversity, and he was struggling a little bit. Not the Michael Jordan when he was doing his regular stuff. It’s hard to compete with that. He was just showing how Michael himself had to fight through some things. … It’s all motivation. He’s trying to get a point across to us about the game itself, about competition." Another tape Belichick showed his players was of an individual significantly less successful than Jordan. "He showed us (a cartoon of) Roadrunner and the coyote," Pleasant said. "The coyote always gets beat, but he kept trying. Though he falls, he’ll get back up and do it again. (The message was) don’t give up. Keep fighting." Belichick’s motivational ploys did not always involve movies or tapes. Before the Patriots played the Browns last season, Belichick put posters up on the wall from the game the previous year between the two teams in which the Browns had won. There were pictures of the Browns scoring a touchdown against the Patriots. There were pictures of the Browns running over the Patriots. There were pictures of the Browns breaking tackles attempted by the Patriots. Every day the Patriots would see those pictures staring at them, mocking them, laughing at them. "You never want to be on somebody else’s highlight tape," Patriots FB Marc Edwards said. "That’s a little bit degrading, and you want to go out and fix those things." The Patriots did just that, beating the Browns 27-16. Afterward, Belichick gave S Lawyer Milloy one of those posters. "It was very nice to see Lawyer Milloy ripping the one of him getting run over," Edwards said. "He ripped that up right after the game. He was fired up." So, what's it worth?
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