Super Bowl Was Good, Mostly

Great game in the Super Bowl. I was rooting for Carolina and kind of bummed about the result, but it was a good ride. It sure didn't look like Carolina would put up 29 points.

Of course, it's still hard to watch Belichek win big but now, I think, everyone in Cleveland should be able to accept that he's a great coach. And I think there are two points to be made about his years in Cleveland -- 1) that he was still developing as a head coach, with plenty of good calls (we had a defense, I recall) along with some bad calls (drafting/FA). And 2) the Cleveland fans are an impatient yet loyal group -- freaking out over losing Kosar was justified to a point, but it probably was the right football decision.

If you compare Belichek '90 to Butch Davis '04 I think you have to conclude that we don't have a verdict with Butch. He's made his share of missteps for sure, but he's occasionally insprired his teams to play quite well. If Davis develops as a coach the team could turn the corner. And I hope it's not too long until we see some evidence of this.