Evidently, I wasn't the only one angsting over which way to go on the Coach of the Year voting.
A couple weeks ago, I was leaning toward Mike McCarthy of the Packers for the terrific job he did in getting his team so far this season.
But when it became apparent that Bill Belichick was going to go unbeaten, I could not ignore this historical fact and thus voted for the Patriots coach. McCarthy finished second in the voting for the Associated Press award. The voting was done by a panel of 50 media members who regularly cover the NFL.
Here's an article from today's Boston Herald in which the writer, Karen Guregian, kindly asked for our thoughts on the matter.
Comments (4)
Hey, Glauber, how come you aren't any better?
Obviously character was not a criteria.
Angel Hair:
I remember using that line on former Newsday Jets reporter Rich Cimini, who now works for a competing paper. Cimini played golf in a pro-am at Montclair, NJ, and I saw him afterward. I asked what he shot. He said 107, and actually seemed happy with the score, given the windy conditions.
Cimini has played golf for quite some time, and 107 seemed like a pretty miserable score. So I used a line that Bill Parcells once asked of Alex Gordon when Gordon was an underachieving linebacker with the Jets. Parcells was the Giants' coach at the time.
He said to Gordon one day before a joint Jets-Giants practice: "How come you aren't any better?"
It seemed like an appropriate comment for Cimini, although he didn't take too kindly to the remark.
This is pathetic. Lets' see, first -- HE WAS FINED FOR CHEATING!! That should disqualify him for coach of the year automatically.
Second, he had - BY FAR - the most stacked with talent team in the entire NFL! That's like weaving gold into gold. Not very impressive.
Congrats to the team for working hard and making history, but Bill does not in any way deserve this award. Shameful.
That's the new America. Cheating is OK, as long as you win. Great message for our kids, and sports in general.