NFL PLAYERS LOVE/HATE BELICHICK
ProFootballTalk.com —
... has alerted us to a Sunday item in the New York Times regarding a 2007 poll of NFL players regarding the coaches for whom they’d most like to play — and those for whom they’d least like to play. Pats coach Bill Belichick made both lists. The top five player favorites were Tony Dungy of the Colts, Lovie Smith of the Bears, Belichick, Herm Edwards of the Chiefs, and Mike Tomlin of the Steelers. The five coaches for whom the players least wanted to play were Tom Coughlin of the Giants, Eric Mangini of the Jets, Jon Gruden of the Bucs, Bobby Petrino of the Falcons, ...
Football Today -- News flash: Belichick is a real good coach
Projo Pats Blog —
... what I do." There will be more bumps in the road. I'm expecting the Patriots, for example, to lose to the Colts on Sunday night. And if they do, there will probably be widespread despair over the state of the team. But we should learn the lesson from all this that with this coach, and with these veteran players, there will be no panic. There will just be reassessment and rededication to winning that next game. Which they will always have a very good chance to do. A LOVE-HATE THING: According to a 2007 poll of NFL players , Belichick is number three on the list of coaches that ...
Belichick Among Most Loved, Hated NFL Coaches
SPORTSbyBROOKS —
In a player survey, 80 percent of NFL players were polled as to which coaches they’d most, and least, want to play for. It’s actually a fascinating look at how players balance their desire to win with their desire to play for a nice guy, two things that are often mutually incompatible. And Bill Belichick , probably the best illustration of that, got some interesting responses. ...
Dungy the coach most NFL players want to play for
Stampede Blue —
... This past Sunday, The NY Times reported on the results of a poll conducted, to answer the question, "What do NFL players really think about the coaches for whom they play and the franchises for which they work?" ...
whither chizik and kiffin?
Sports Law Blog —
... First, per William Rhoden’s piece in the New York Times, when asked to name the top five coaches that NFL athletes would most like to play for, four of the top five identified by the players are African American head coaches (i.e., Tony Dungy (1st place); Lovie Smith (2nd place); Herm Edwards (4th place); and Mike Tomlin (5th place)). This suggests several things: (a) when given the opportunity, black head coaches generally excel; (b) 70% of the athletes in the NFL are African American and those athletes clearly prefer playing for an African American head coach ( ...
