Bill Belichick, a magic hobo
Geniuses think differently than the rest of us. Why should we be surprised that the New England Patriots resident genius, Bill Belichick, saw things differently in the 2011 draft than the pundits did?
If he saw things the same way the pundits do, he would be like the rest of us, and the New England Patriots would be 8-8 if lucky.
John Stuart Mill, the English philosopher, may have said it best, "A man will admit he can be wrong in the general case but not on a specific occasion."
That reminds me of the pundits, with me at the head of the list!
Post first 2011 NFL draft day, we are barking like dogs for a pass rusher, our little 8-8 crowd (on a good day...).
Belichick scoops up the man from the small town in the Rockies, Nate Solder, a bit like the Logan Mankins scoop from a few years ago. I remember the picture at the time of Bob Kraft with Mankins; a lonely not high test moment. But an All-Pro pickup.
At least this time Jonathan Kraft joined the picture with Solder. But, it wasn't a fancy pickup; just solid.
Over the last few days most of us have been getting used to the fact Belichick, as usual, was right. Right for the Patriots. Right for our quarterback who will be 34 in August, who has priorities other than football pressing in on him; and, at best, he has a few good years left in him.
One of the Kraft family differences, as Jonathan is apt to say, is "We learn. We learn from Bill and others." That's what makes them such a powerful ownership team and why the New England Patriots are doing so well, in my opinion.
I go against the common wisdom all the time, and I never get called a "genius." If they didn't want me to poop in the fountain, they shouldn't have filled it with water
