This is Bill Belichick, head coach of the New England Patriots since 2000.
Belichick has coached the Patriots to five Super Bowl appearances: victories in Super Bowls XXXVI, XXXVIII, and XXXIX, and subsequent losses in Super Bowl XLII and today's Super Bowl XLVI.
He's a good coach. Is he a great coach? I have to say No, here's why:
SPYGATE - on September 9, 2007, NFL security caught a Patriots video assistant taping the New York Jets' defensive signals from an on-field location. Jets coach Eric Mangini, a former Patriots assistant, tipped off league officials that the Patriots might have been filming their signals. After the game, the Jets formally complained to the league.
On September 13, the NFL fined Belichick $500,000—the largest fine ever imposed on a coach in the league's 87-year history,[17] and fined the Patriots $250,000.
Coach Belichick has not won a Super Bowl in two attempts since Spygate. Though many might say their signal stealing ways have come back to haunt them, the New York Giants and SB XLVI MVP Eli Manning know why the Patriots haven't won the Lombardi Trophy of late.
New England Patriots 17
New York Giants 21
note: Today's game was almost as good as their first Super Bowl matchup in 2008.
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