Belichick--Coach of the Year
 

Taking nothing away from the Pats performance, but this team was heavily favored to win the SB even before going 16-0..Would he have won the award if they were 13-3...14-2...probably not. I think the COY should be associated with a turn around team or one that overcame heavy adversity ( getting caught cheating doesn't count) to have a superior season.

Browns, GB, Jacksonville come to mind...

Crennel should have won, complete turn around, and even at the start of the season they looked to go 4-12 again

BTW..McCarthy finished second..If you can make case for Romeo, you can make one for him

I think Brad Childress should have won COY!

Come on Sean....Lovie by a landslide

After losing 34-7 in their first week and having the stones to trade his starting QB, then turning around what looked like another horrid season....I think Romeo is the guy.

thought McCarthy shouldve gotten it. the Pack has a great shot of making the superbowl, he's kept Favre playing smart and found a running game in wk 6..............couldve also seen Romeo getting it.

Lovie was a close 2nd in my voting, but Childress won out! Anyone who can have #1 run defense, Adrian Peterson (ROY) and Chester Taylor at running back, etc and finish a solid 8-8 to miss the playoffs wins in my book! All Lovie did was take a sb team and let them finish 7-9. Both miss the playoffs and don't get a high draft pick. I couldn't be happier!

In all seriousness, Romeo or McCarthy would have been a better choice. McCarthy is better solely for his last name.


Although it is hard to argue against Adrian Peterson for ROY, Joe Thomas sure helped turn aroung the browns. I believe he is one of the biggest reasons for their turnaround

I guess that's really my point..Romeo or even Youngblood would be good, but not Belichick

Jeff Fisher

beat me to it. the titans don't belong in the playoffs but might be better without young at qb.

Del Rio was no slouch either

Romeo...where are thou?

When you go 16-0 you are the coach of the year. Who possibly did a better job than a guy whose team didn't lose?

That's true. It's not like Randy Moss or Stallworth could've gone elsewhere for lots more money. Oh wait....

Getting through a season with no Randy Moss meltdowns alone is a tremendous accomplishment

He's a smart guy. It's unfortunate he's the most self-centered football player of all time. If he actually was a professional he wouldn't have quit in Minnesota and Oakland just because they were losing.

Of course he's going to be on his best behavior on a team that has won 3 Super Bowls this decade. I hope they lose because he's trying to quit his way to a championship.

why does coty have to be someone who coached their teams to a losing season the year before? weren't they the same ones that sucked last year?

it's like voting the reformed alcoholic "sober person of the year".

forget it. there's no argueing against 16-0. the right choice was made.

no way any coach other than belicheck could get it this year with that 16-0 record.

loved his SI cover by the way....

He wasn't terrible, but he did many odd things...flipping a coin to decide your starting qb?? Picking the wrong one but bailed out by Savage. The team had many odd things happen. Their schedule was one of the easiest in NFL history as well...beat one team with winning record (Seattle) and one .500 team (Houston)

played Oakland... 4 wins (lost to them)
Ravens twice... 5 wins
Dolphins... 1 win
Rams... 3 wins
Bengals twice... 7 wins (lost to them once)
Jets...3 wins
bills...7 wins
Cardinals...8 wins (lost to them)
49ers...5 wins

played only 3 teams with a winning record (Seattle, NE and PIttsburgh) and went 1-3 against them.

The 10-6 record was more a product of the ridiculously easy schedule, good personnel moves by Randy Savage (the drafting of Joe Thomas--Eric Wright and Brandon McDonald and FA signings of Jamal Lewis and Eric Steinbach, trading of Charlie Frye) , and the offensive coordinator Chudzinski than Crennel.

I don't think he was coach of the year. When you need one more win to make the playoffs and couldn't beat Oakland, Arizona playing without Fitzgerald, or Cincinnati who was playing with two backup safeties on an already horrid defense I don't think you are coach of the year. Those losses weren't all his fault, but still.