Why All The Hate Toward The Patriots?

[Defensewins]

Originally Posted by Campbell17

First off, I agree with Defensewins with the first statement; the Patriots have the best team ever, not coach. However I would have to object with your second. Consider Roger Federer in tennis, Gretzky in Hockey, Tiger in golf. Personally I think the greatest coach of all time would be Lombardi.

I did say maybe.
I think using words like greatest ever is more opinion than fact.... most of the time. Granted guys like Tiger and Michael Jordan are the exception.
However, I have a hard time saying Lombardi or any NFL coach is the greatest of all time.
The rules of the game and the game itself (schemes & strategy) have changed so drastically over the years. Look at what a difficult time Gibbs had when he came back after just 12 years away from the game. Could you imagine if Lombardi tried to coach a game this next Sunday?

Lombardi is ONE of the greatest of all time. But I think that he died of cancer and the SB trophy is named after him makes him a sentimental favorite. The NFL back in 1954-1967 was not the same game as we have now, salary cap, rules, defenses schemes.