There is still some cheating going on. They've perfected it over the years. A defense that doesn't give up anything on the ground or through the air during an era where almost every QB throws for 3000 yards and all the rules favor the offense? Bologna. I just hope one day all this comes out.
Not only that but name me the stud players they have. None. You have other teams secondaries getting torched and they have 1st rounders. Pats have a collection of late rounders and are somehow unbeatable.
They say it's the system, then it would follow that coaches that leave would also have success. We've seen so many of the west coast coaches have success. Holmgren, Gruden, Reid, and others had success. Andy Reid trained up Doug Pederson and Frank Reich who are each successful.
What has Belichick's tree done? I mean he's so brilliant. His system is so flawless, he should be producing great coaches left and right.
Charlie Weis - famously declared Nortre Dame would have a "schematic edge" in every game. Yeah, he sucked without Ernie Adams telling hime what plays to call.
Romeo Crennell - decent DC but his defenses are rarely great.
Josh McDaniel - failed horribly at Denver. Goes back to NE and gets offered other jobs but decides to stay. Why? He knows he isn;t **** without that cheating edge
Bill O'Brien - he has had some success but he was already a very experienced coach before NE and wasn't there that long.
If this was all just smart coaching then it would have been replicated. This is a copycat league. We see teams copying the Rams. We see teams copying some aspects of college systems. Why does nobody cop the Pats?
Why doesn't everybody just draft some crafty late round slot WR and have him run crossers that are always open?