Coach of the Decade

Welcome back RedWhite&BlueSports fanatics! Today we discuss the best coach of the past decade. This person has been the center of controversy, but nonetheless, he is a wizard when it comes to football. As much as this hurts me as a New York Jets fan the best coach in the past decade has been Bill Belichick. As I said it hurts admitting this as a Jets fan but there is no one I hate playing more than the New England Patriots and the ugly sweatshirted man across the field known as Coach Belichick.

He was named head coach of the Patriots in 2000, went 5-11, which was his only losing season with the team. Since then, 2003-2007 they have finished 1st in the AFC East, making four Super Bowl appearances, winning three of those Super Bowls. Belichicks first Super Bowl came in 2001 in just his second year as head football coach of the Patriots, thanks to Drew Bledsoe getting hurt, Tom Brady emerged and became the shining star he is today. The Patriots went on to win consecutive Super Bowls in 2003 and 2004 and they currently have the AFC East locked up with a 10-5 record this season. Bill Belichick's record with the Patriots is 112-47, a .704 winning percentage averaging double digit wins and in the playoffs he is 14-3, with an outstanding .824 winning percentage, not bad. Furthermore, Belichick and the Patriots were the first team to complete a perfect regular season since the introduction of the 16 game schedule in 1978.

Now I digress to "Spygate". This was something that was blown out of proportion (and I'm part of Gang Green). At the time, I wish Eric "Man-genius" Mangini would have the will to win like Bill Belichick and go out and do everything he could to win, even if that means bending a few NFL laws. Belichick was simply trying to get the upper hand on the competition. He was caught though, paid a hefty fine, learned from his lesson, and continues to torch the AFC East.

So being the two time AP NFL Coach of the Year, 2003 and 2007, winning three Super Bowl rings, being the third longest tenured coach in the NFL, and putting a very frightening team on the field year after year points Bill Belichick in the direction of being the best coach of the past decade.

One final note on Bill Belichick, he also wins worst dressed coach of the decade barely beating out University of Tennesse's Bruce Pearl and that orange suit.