Classless Coach Belichick

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Originally Posted by Sheriff Gonna Getcha

I'd really like someone to try to argue with the following:

Tell me what purpose Bill Belichick served by needlessly running up the score? By the middle of the 3rd quarter it was clear that he was going to win the game. Stats don't mean s--t to guys like Brady and Belichick, right? So, basically they risked injury to their players for no other purpose than to run up the score and embarass the Redskins. If they had some other purpose in running up the score, please do tell. If they did not have some other purpose in running up the score, does that show not only stupidity for risking injury to players and a lack of class?

Here's Belichicks reasoning:

The reason he was up 30 some points in the third quarter is because the Redskins made a bunch of mistakes. Belichick is a football coach. He is not responsible for his opponents mistakes. He is only responsible for making sure that his team executes in every faze of the game. They had not successfully executed a deep passing game against us until that point.

Score be damned. Belichick doesn't care if he's up 38-0. If his 1st team offense has failed in a facet of the game, he's going to work until they fix it. That's what he did. He was fixing prior mistakes for the game. I cannot fault him for doing his job better than anyone else.

Did he run up the score? Yes he did. Does he care that he ran up the score? No he does not. Was he trying to embarass the Redskins? No he was not.

If he was trying to embarass the Redskins, this would be a different issue. Being a perfectionist and striving for excellence is something totally different however.