Category Archives: Bill Belichick
GEICO SportsNite has coverage of New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick who spoke out about Rutgers alumni in the NFL on Thursday.
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Patriots’ head coach Bill Belichick has won three Super Bowls in New England, last winning after the 2004 season. The Pats have flirted with greatness on and off since then and Belichick has been in the middle of it all, drawing both criticism and praise.
The Daily News Live crew debates whether another Super Bowl win will restore Bill Belichick’s intimidating reputation.
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Giants head coach Tom Coughlin and Bill Belichick of the Patriots have known each other for over two decades. They have both been around for what seems like forever. When you think about it in football terms, they have. This week, the two coaching veterans face off against each other for only the fourth time.
Belichick leads all active NFL coaches in total victories with 182. Coughlin is third with 146 (Washington’s Mike Shanahan is second with 163.) They are the standard for NFL coaches and are revered by players, peers and yes, each other.
The relationship between the two dates back to the Giants’ 1990 Super Bowl championship team. Coughlin joined Bill Parcells’ Giants in 1988 as their wide receivers coach after stops in Green Bay and Philadelphia (phew). Belichick was already the Giants’ defensive coordinator when Coughlin got here. They would match wits in practice for three seasons, but would forever remain confidants and – at times – rivals.
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Former Giants QB and CBS game analyst Phil Simms held court backstage before Sunday’s 25th Anniversary celebration commemorating the team’s Super Bowl XXI victory over Denver.
Simms was the MVP of that game, going 22-for-25 passing with 3 TDs and was the first player to utter the phrase “I’m going to Disneyland (World)”.
After this session I spoke with Simms about that picture-perfect day and his near-perfect game:
JF: I was standing in the end zone when you guys came out to warm up that day. I said to the group I was with – ‘Wow, Simms has some extra zip on the ball today’
Simms: Who, me? I really didn’t think that at the time.
JF: Well, we thought so. And then all game long people were saying ‘Imagine if Simms played in warm weather all the time.’
Simms: Oh yeah, that. Sure. Hey, you know what, I remember a game in Miami. It was raining, even. I threw a pass and then stood there and watched it. I said, ‘Heck, this is easy. Anyone can do this..’
The man underestimates his career. Simms was relegated to handing off most Sundays. In my book, he was every bit as good as his contemporaries, many who are Canton now. He just wasn’t given the chance.
The Parcells Giants were a run-first team. A smashmouth team. Simms was his guy, even though they clashed often and Simms hated playing for him – until it was all over.
When Parcells left in 1991, Simms said he was not sorry to see him go. “It was the first time I took a deep breath in eight years.” But he also said the reason the Giants were great was because Parcells applied the pressure non-stop.
Here’s our guerilla video shot with my trusty iPhone….
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Can you believe its been 25 years since the Giants defeated the Broncos in Super Bowl XXI?
Well, it has. This morning at the Meadowlands Exposition Center, Big Blue Travel hosted a 25th anniversary event that included MVP Phil Simms, Harry Carson, George Martin, Ottis Anderson, Mark Bavaro, Bill Parcells and Bill Belichick.
Stay tuned for the Parcells and Simms interviews as well as quotes and anecdotes from others
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This Sunday at theMeadowlands Exposition Center in Secaucus, NJ, approximately 60 Giants players and coaches will commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Giants Super Bowl XXI championship team.
The coach of that team, of course, was the now legendary Bill Parcells, who spoke with Giants play-by-play man Bob Papa and select Giants season ticket holders today via conference call.
Parcells was a defensive coach his whole career and rarely got involved in the offensive game plan. He didn’t have to. He had Phil Simms, another Giants legend, at the helm.
“I love Phil Simms,” Parcells said. “He was the perfect quarterback for a Bill Parcells-type coach. He was a fiery competitor. We both had similar personalities. I don’t think either one of us was overly sensitive. And both of us were able to move on past disagreements once in a while. But I can tell you I always had the utmost confidence in Phil and his judgment as well. Many times I tried to encourage him to be more aggressive than he really wanted to be sometimes. We did have a couple of little pretty famous disputes. But they were over quickly and as I said, I love Phil Simms.”
“I love my experience with the Giants,” Parcells added. “It was great.”
Simms chose Super Bowl XXI to have his greatest hour as a Giant. Parcells remembers that day quite well, as we all do….
“That recollection of that afternoon is still very vivid with me, and it probably always will be,” he said. “I can think through the hours of that day and recall them pretty vividly. And certainly that was one of the great days of my life and in the lives of some of the players and coaches and also the fans.”
For ticket information regarding Sunday morning’s event, visit Big Blue Travel.
Quotes courtesy Giants Media Dept. Read Full Interview
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