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NFList:
Belichick Tops List Of Defensive Coordinators
20-Dec-1999, Pro Football
Weekly
"We asked our panel of NFL insiders to name the best defensive coordinator
in the league. Here is a summary of their responses, which were made
anonymously: 1. Bill Belichick, Jets – 'He won two games for the Jets this
year with his game plans. Almost always seems to be one step ahead of the
game and rarely shows you the same thing. Gets into quarterbacks' and
offensive coordinators' heads. Hard to read and harder to beat. Now that
Fritz (Shurmur) is gone, (the title of best defensive coordinator) is
between 'Little Bill' and Dom Capers."
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An
Evening At High Point
22-Jun-1999,
BonJovi.com
"This past
Saturday evening, June 19th, Jon and Dorothea Bon Jovi hosted the
long-awaited party to benefit the Doug Flutie, Jr. Foundation for Autism
on the grounds of High Point, their new home in Red Bank, New Jersey....
Guests included NY Jets coaches Bill Parcells and Bill Belichick."
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Doom's
Day
18-Jan-1999, Sporting News
"Belichick is the Jets' assistant head coach in charge of defense.
The nickname ['Doom'] comes from his monotone, baritone voice,
as in the voice of doom – or in the fate that awaits offenses when
they play the Jets. But his reputation as one of the league's
elite assistant coaches has been forged on creative schemes and
rock-solid fundamentals. Whether with the Giants, Patriots or
Jets during his 13 years with Bill Parcells, or during his
disappointing five-year, head coaching tenure in Cleveland, he
has immediately improved his defenses and then molded them into
units that were among the NFL's best."
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The Jets' Winning Formula
23-Dec-1998,
Village Voice
"The Jets' 1998 campaign has received an endless amount of ink, most
of it focused on quarterback Vinny Testaverde and his offense. Though that
attention is richly deserved, this club's ability to rise to
first-division status rests in the head of Bill Belichick and the limbs of
his defense. As successful as coach Bill Parcells has been, he has never
been to a Super Bowl without the schemes of Belichick, his defensive
coordinator. The two men have spent 13 years together on the sidelines of
the New York Giants, New England Patriots, and now the Jets – 13 years that
have made them the most productive Xs-and-Os tandem in the game."
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Pat Kirwan's Unsung Heroes: Belichick
Making Most Of Jets Defense
24-Nov-1998,
CNNSI.com
"This week's unsung coach is Jets defensive coordinator Bill
Belichick, who's gotten the most out of his players this season. … Belichick has questionable personnel at cornerback, safety
and defensive tackle, yet he and his staff, which includes linebackers
coach Al Groh and defensive line coach Romeo Crennel, have devised a
defense that has given up an average of 12 points per game in the last six
weeks. Sunday on the road they held Eddie George to 72 yards rushing, held
Steve McNair to 137 yards passing and sacked him three times, allowing 223
total yards. Belichick is back on a number of teams' lists if he wants to
return to being a head coach."
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Exodus
From New England: Assistants Flee
05-Feb-1997, New York Times
"The Jets' coaching staff is more uncertain of its future than
the players. Even the offensive coordinator Ron Erhardt said
today that he would not know until Friday what role the interim
coach, Bill Belichick, has for him. Other Jets coaches likely to
remain are Bill Muir (offensive line) and Pat Hodgson (tight
ends). … Defensive lineman Marc Spindler
said Belichick's lame-duck status is not a problem. 'Bill
Belichick will still be here when he isn't head coach,' Spindler
said. 'He's not going anywhere. If a player doesn't want to give
him respect, then the player doesn't deserve to be here.'"
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'A Transparent Farce':
Jets Hire Parcells; Pats Owner Cries Foul
05-Feb-1997,
Associated Press
"If they couldn't get him as coach, the New York Jets got Bill
Parcells as a consultant – a
contractual end run that the New England Patriots decried as 'a
transparent farce' and vowed to challenge.
Under the Jets' plan, longtime Parcells aide Bill Belichick
fills in as coach until Parcells takes over as coach and chief
of football operations at midnight on Feb. 1, 1998." (Includes official statements from the Patriots and the NFL.)
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NY Jets Hire Belichick
04-Feb-1997,
Associated Press
"Unable to reach an agreement with the New England Patriots to get
Bill Parcells, the New York Jets Tuesday hired Bill Belichick as their
coach. A source told The Associated Press that Belichick will be presented
as the coach at a 1 p.m. EST news conference at the team's Long Island
headquarters. Details of the contract were not immediately known.
Belichick, who was the Cleveland Browns' head coach for five
seasons, spent last season as Parcells' defensive coordinator
with the Patriots. He is not the coach the woeful Jets sought.
But with negotiations to acquire Parcells going nowhere and the
Jets adamant in retaining their overall No. 1 draft pick, the
club turned to Belichick as a successor to Rich Kotite, filling
the last NFL coaching vacancy."
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Secretary
Of Defense: Belichick Gives Pats Hope
25-Jan-1997,
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
"Miami coach Jimmy Johnson thought he was going to hire Belichick as
his new defensive coordinator last February, but instead
Belichick went to the Patriots as assistant head coach and
secondary coach. His charge was trying to improve a defense that
was awful under Groh in '95, ranking 25th in points and 28th in
yards allowed. But disregard the titles. This is Belichick's
defense, and the improvement his unit has made in the last seven
games is the main reason why the Patriots caught fire and made
the Super Bowl."
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Belichick Joins Patriots As Assistant Head Coach
17-Feb-1996, Associated Press
"Bill Belichick was hired by the New England Patriots on Friday as
assistant head coach, reuniting the fired Cleveland coach with Bill
Parcells. Parcells and Belichick were assistants with the New York Giants
from 1981-82. When Parcells was hired as Giants head coach in 1983, he
chose Belichick as his defensive coordinator and the two won two Super
Bowls together. 'Bill Belichick is one of the most respected defensive
coaches in the game today,' Parcells said. 'He was an instrumental part of
my staff for eight seasons in New York and helped build one of the premier
defenses in the league at that time. He is familiar with everyone on my
staff and will be a tremendous asset to this team.'"
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Belichick Is Gone At Last, But So Is Team
15-Feb-1996, Akron Beacon Journal
"The beginning of the end of the Browns as we knew them was the day Bill
Belichick was hired as coach. That was February 5, 1991 – and five years
later, Belichick is finally fired and the franchise is gone."
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Belichick Fired By Modell
15-Feb-1996, Associated Press
"Art Modell needs to find a new coach. Modell, owner of the Baltimore
NFL franchise formerly known as the Cleveland Browns, fired coach Bill
Belichick on Wednesday.... The Browns went 5-11 last season, losing seven
of their final eight games after Modell announced his intention to take
the franchise to Baltimore.... In a statement, Belichick, 43, expressed
his gratitude to the Browns organization. 'This team has an excellent
future and I wish them well,' Belichick said. 'I will review my options
with regard to my future in the NFL.'"
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Belichick Stands By His Fans
19-Dec-1995, Akron Beacon Journal
"If the Browns are allowed to proceed with their move to Baltimore, one
person who will miss the fans of Cleveland most is... Bill Belichick? Yes,
Bill Belichick – arguably the most hated man in Cleveland sports history
behind Art Modell – actually proclaimed his
admiration for the city's rabid football followers yesterday."
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End Of An Epic
04-Dec-1995, Sports
Illustrated
"At the team's Berea, Ohio, practice facility last Saturday, the day
before the Browns' penultimate game in Cleveland in 1995 and, perhaps,
forever, coach Bill Belichick lamented a season gone bad. He had just
finished chatting with LPGA star Michelle McGann, an ardent Brown fan who
had dropped by to wish him luck. 'We're not that bad,' Belichick said.
'But when you don't win, people lose confidence. I think once we win,
we'll be fine.'"
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The
Man Behind The Mask
18-Dec-1994,
Akron Beacon Journal
"'Bill was a jock in the 1960s when it wasn't the in-thing,' [Casey]
Coleman said. 'He once told me about how he let his hair grow down to his
shoulders when he was in college. He wanted to go to New Orleans for Mardi
Gras, and he was driving a Volkswagen Bug back then. He was stopped by a
traffic cop in Mississippi. The cop looked at the Bug, looked at Bill's
long hair and held him up for an hour while Bill and his car were searched
for drugs. Bill obviously didn't do drugs, but it's kind of funny to think
of him with long hair driving a Volkswagen.'"
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A Leap Of Faith
14-Nov-1994, Sports Illustrated
"The Cleveland Browns at 7-2 are sitting atop the AFC Central and are tied
with the Miami Dolphins and the San Diego Chargers for the best record in
the conference. The consensus in the preseason was that the Browns would
finish third in their division. Sunday's 13-6 victory over the New England
Patriots in windblown Cleveland Stadium was a clinic on how to shut down
the NFL's leader in yards passing, Drew Bledsoe, and the AFC's top
receiver, tight end Ben Coates. Quietly, Bill Belichick has been
performing one of the league's most solid coaching jobs, and his
assemblage of cast-offs and young talent has paid off in Cleveland – so
far."
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Kosar Redux
29-Nov-1993, Sports Illustrated
"The belief persists that Cleveland coach Bill Belichick and his erstwhile
quarterback, Bernie Kosar, had an explosive relationship that led to
Kosar's release (SI, Nov. 22). Not true. The two did not get along, but
their differences never boiled over. Truth is, Belichick sincerely
believed that Kosar was too slow and his arm too gimpy to flourish in any
NFL offense."
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The Last Straw
22-Nov-1993, Sports Illustrated
"On Nov. 8 the Browns' coach, Bill Belichick, went and did the weirdest
thing of all: With Testaverde out indefinitely because of a separated
shoulder, Belichick unceremoniously waived quarterback Bernie Kosar, the
most revered Cleveland player since Jim Brown and a special favorite of
the fans because of his Ohio roots.... Belichick
knows it's all weird, but there's a catch: He doesn't care. That's just
the way his is. Take him or leave him. This is football, and in football
there's no room for hand-wringing and squishy psychoanalysis."
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Cleveland Browns History,
1990-1995
"1991 – Bill Belichick, 38, becomes the youngest head coach in the
NFL when he is hired by the Browns fresh off his having been the defensive
coordinator on the 1990 Super Bowl champion New York Giants.... 'To be a
head coach in this league has been a goal of mine. The fact that it is
Cleveland makes it a dream come true,' Belichick, whose father, Steve, is
from Struthers [Ohio], said in his bio. 'Cleveland is in my blood. I have
very fond memories of this area.'"
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