Wandering Athol
02-13-2008, 07:52 PM
I had never heard of this before:
http://www.patriots.com/search/index.cfm?ac=searchdetail&pid=30921&pcid=41&rss=1
Belichick has worn the red sweatshirt in the past and the Patriots have won games with him wearing the red, as well as other alternate choices such as a puffy winter parka, a golf shirt and pullover. The gray hoodie isn’t the only source of strength and success the coach has. In the end, coaches usually wear the red shirts because they are giving defensive signals. Dean Pees wears red. Romeo Crennel used to wear red. My guess is that Belichick was sending in some signals at times during Super Bowl XLII and that was the reason he chose the red hoodie.
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Perhaps in some (read: big) games, BB gets himself more involved in the defensive playcalling. Makes sense, seeing as that is his bread & butter. It also would lead you to believe that when he's wearing the red "kiss of death", he's also less involved in the overall game management (see: 4th & 13), and those decisions would lay more on Ernie Adams, who from what I can gather, might rely more on statistics (see obf's thread) than individual game circumstances to make his decisions. Just speculating here.... :shrug_n:
http://www.patriots.com/search/index.cfm?ac=searchdetail&pid=30921&pcid=41&rss=1
Belichick has worn the red sweatshirt in the past and the Patriots have won games with him wearing the red, as well as other alternate choices such as a puffy winter parka, a golf shirt and pullover. The gray hoodie isn’t the only source of strength and success the coach has. In the end, coaches usually wear the red shirts because they are giving defensive signals. Dean Pees wears red. Romeo Crennel used to wear red. My guess is that Belichick was sending in some signals at times during Super Bowl XLII and that was the reason he chose the red hoodie.
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Perhaps in some (read: big) games, BB gets himself more involved in the defensive playcalling. Makes sense, seeing as that is his bread & butter. It also would lead you to believe that when he's wearing the red "kiss of death", he's also less involved in the overall game management (see: 4th & 13), and those decisions would lay more on Ernie Adams, who from what I can gather, might rely more on statistics (see obf's thread) than individual game circumstances to make his decisions. Just speculating here.... :shrug_n: