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You know, if Bellichick gets the credit, then he should get the blame. He's also the one who decided to dump Seymour for a draft pick two years from now.
If Pioli gets the blame, then he also ought to get the credit for putting together a three time super bowl champion and the team of the decade.
The truth lies somewhere in the middle. It's really never one guy, it's the organization and how it is structured. How good are your scouts? Is your head coach asking for the right players that as a GM you are supposed to get him? Are you evaluating well? Is your organizational structure sound? Did you get lucky on some draft picks?
You have to give Pioli a few more years to see if he truly has a plan to get talent in here and build this team properly. Everyone said his process would take a few years, so Clark agreed to give him that. My biggest concern is his choice as head coach, but we'll see.
As far as the Pats go, some people around here were blaming the Pats going "only" 11-5 last year on Matt Cassel. Now that we've seen that Tom Brady himself is only good enough to go 7-5 this year, it's obvious that this isn't the same team it was two years ago.
Who knows? Based on this past offseason and even some of his in game decisions this year, and electing to call the plays himself instead of hiring an OC, maybe B.B. has gotten to the point that he's just trying to outsmart himself, what with all the draft day trading down and the Seymour trade. Maybe that's why Pioli felt it was the right time to leave. Or maybe the Pats got lucky for a few years and all of that is coming back at them now. Time will tell. But I will agree that this season and the moves we made in the offseason don't reflect well on the current administration.
If we're going to get anywhere, improvement must occur from the top down and mistakes must be learned from and not repeated, otherwise there will be a new management team in a few years...
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