Madden GOAT Simulation

Madden GOAT Simulation Apr 15, 2020 12:26:23 GMT sdm3 likes this

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Post by Rey Kahuka on Apr 15, 2020 12:26:23 GMT

Apr 15, 2020 7:53:47 GMT sdm3 said:

Apr 14, 2020 23:12:18 GMT @smurfbate said:

I'm always curious as to why guys do this. Michael Jordan did it for a while, Barry Bonds, Belichick now. There always seems to be one random asshole that doesn't do it.

I actually researched this.

Belichick isn't in Madden because EA Sports has an agreement with the NFL Coaches Association to use the name and likeness of the league's coaches. Belichick is not a part of the NFLCA, and hasn't been for most of his career, which is why his name and likeness don't appear in the video game.

As for why Belichick isn’t part of the NFLCA, your guess is as good as mine.

Because he thinks he's smarter than everyone else. He'll never admit he owes his success to Brady, even after the team crashes and burns this year. Brady was on Howard Stern recently and as usual was total class, saying things like, "I don't think I would've had the same success without (Belichick), and vice versa." Meanwhile in that interview you posted, Belichick is sitting there trying to take credit for Brady's success. "“We geared everything toward what would be best for (Cassel), just like we always geared everything toward what was best for Tom to help our offense there. So I don’t really see that changing.” Considering Tom can do everything except run, I don't know what they 'geared toward' him. Having receivers?

Matt Cassel went to a pro bowl in Kansas City. Jimmy Garoppolo went to a Super Bowl in SF. Brissett proved to be a competent QB in Indy. You can give Bill credit for drafting those guys, but it's not like he did anything with them that wasn't done better by someone else. Tom Brady had a history of winning big games at Michigan, and Belichick used him as a game manager for years before figuring out he could do anything you asked him to do.

It's just crazy to me that Brady inherited a team that was 5-11 the previous season and 0-2 at the time, and went 11-3 as a starter and ended up winning the Super Bowl; while Cassel inherited a team with a championship pedigree and a historic offense that went 16-0 and made the Super Bowl the previous season-- and won 7 less games, missed the playoffs and put up numbers nowhere near as good as Brady (less than half the TDs, more picks, and 1100 fewer pass yds), yet people (including BB himself) continue to compare the Brady and Cassel situations. Brady was thrown to the wolves and won a Super Bowl, Cassel was gifted an elite team and he missed the playoffs.

Rodgers makes the all decade team over Brees and everyone on this board is up at arms because they know that's just media hype talking; but nobody wants to admit Belichick is overrated despite having a terrible record until the moment Brady became his starter. Perception is reality, but in this conversation the numbers will always be on my side, while the other end of the argument is entirely supposition. "You can just tell, though." "Belichick figured it out the second time around." He figured out how to be a great coach the second Brady became his starting QB, how convenient. How dare anyone want to use his likeness for a video game.