Bill Belichick: The Bill Walsh Of His Day?

As you have seen the past few years, New England Patriots Coach Bill Belichick has won three Super Bowls and has an undefeated regular season to his credit. Along with one of the best records ever in the NFL.

Now I was critical of Coach Belichick earlier in the season. I was angry that he didn't trade for a better QB instead of sticking with Matt Cassel. And seeing I am a Pats fan I could be happier to be wrong.

Cassel was really come along passing for two straight 400 yard games. Which is something that Tom Brady has never done. But watching what Belichick has done the past few years has really reminded me of Bill Walsh.

The man credited for coming up with the West Coast offense meets the man of a thousand defenses. See they are different, true, with Walsh being an offensive genius and Belichick a defensive genius, but they are one in the same.

Walsh was a San Fransico great while Belichick was and still is a New England great. They both were assistants and and both were college coaches too before becoming Head Coaches in the NFL.

But seeing Walsh before a game and Belichick before a game they are different but the same. Of course throughout the week before a game the Patriots are secretive and you never ever hear a peep of inconsistency.

It is the same with Bill Walsh's teams, you never hear much out of them before a game, they never tell you they are feed up with the coach or angry with teammates. Both have never been known to be screamers at their teams.

So you have both with happy teams, and that is a credit to the head coach. You see organizations like Cincinnati that have all these problems and they keep losing and players keep bringing their teams down with all the media they bring.

Randy Moss a man who has to have attention, a man who has to be in the spotlight. He goes to New England and you hardly ever hear from him being unhappy or saying anything negative about the Pats.

Same with Walsh's 49er group. Dion Sanders just like Moss had to be in the spotlight goes to the 49ers and just plays instead of getting in the media negatively. You have to again credit the coach for that.

Both have been heavily involved with their quarterbacks. Of course Walsh has Montana and Young and Belichick has Tom Brady and Matt Cassel. Both are one in the same again.

How many times do you hear media guys out in games say that Tom Brady reminds them of Joe Montana? And with Cassel being so mobile doesn't he look sort of like Young did earlier in his career?

Belichick is the new Bill Walsh. Walsh may be gone, but his legacy is used of course through many forms of the West Coast offense, but also through New England Coach Bill Belichick.

What do you think?