Belichick & Geno: at least one common thread other than winning

[SVCBeercats]

Both Belichick and Auriemma have winning in common. In the video below Belichick talks about selectively taking from other good coaches what you think will work for you. I have heard Geno say he does the same thing. He visited San Antonio to learn from Popovich. He goes to Celtics practices to see what a much younger coach is doing. Bill's line "just figure it out" also resonates with Geno's personal philosophy for himself and for his players. Neither is real high on social media. This may sound familiar. Per Tom Brady, "he tries to make it harder for us in practice." Listening to Belichick is like listening to Geno. And this comes from a Pittsburgh Steeler fan!
I always admired honesty. Both Belichick and Auriemma strike me as quite honest. Chuck Noll, Steelers Coach in the 70s, was honest. When he met his Steelers players for the first time per Andy Russell, All-Pro linebacker, he told them he had watched film of all their previous season's games. He looked them in the eye and said the reason you lose is because you are no good and I will have to get rid of most of you.

 

[JordyG]

Please don't compare Geno to Belichick. Ever. Geno would never sit in a cheap restaurant and write on a napkin, "I quit as HC of the UCH.

 

[j66kicker]

I think Belichick is better/smarter. Or at least Geno has not had the opportunity in the last 30 years to prove he's as goo a coach. In college BB the best team can recruit the best players. In the NFL you are penalized in the draft for winning, and the salary cap doesn't allow you to stockpile talent. Geno is a great coach, but it is true that he usually has the best talent.

 

[Rocket009]

I think Belichick is better/smarter. Or at least Geno has not had the opportunity in the last 30 years to prove he's as goo a coach. In college BB the best team can recruit the best players. In the NFL you are penalized in the draft for winning, and the salary cap doesn't allow you to stockpile talent. Geno is a great coach, but it is true that he usually has the best talent.

Isn't part of being a great coach the ability to attract and develop the best players?

 

[j66kicker]

Isn't part of being a great coach the ability to attract and develop the best players?

Yes and BB does that with the salary cap and draft order handicaps that Geno doesn't have to worry about.

 

[UcMiami]

The process for both is very different in terms of team building, but being coach and GM in a professional sport does match up to the areas of responsibility for a college head coach.
The difficulties of draft and free agency are different but equally challenging to recruiting and graduation.

They both perform incredibly well in their chosen professions and their coaching philosophies are quite similar and their results dwarf their contemporaries.

I think their media personalities are quite different, though it appears they have similar private personalities.

I think Geno has it easier in terms of his players in that he is dealing with younger female athletes living in a college community and Bill is dealing with multi-millionaire men with all that entails.

 

[BobbyJ]

Yes and BB does that with the salary cap and draft order handicaps that Geno doesn't have to worry about.

Agree. And Auriemma isn’t close to being in Belichick’s league as far as in-game adjustments is concerned.

 

[TitleTown]

I think Belichick is better/smarter. Or at least Geno has not had the opportunity in the last 30 years to prove he's as goo a coach. In college BB the best team can recruit the best players. In the NFL you are penalized in the draft for winning, and the salary cap doesn't allow you to stockpile talent. Geno is a great coach, but it is true that he usually has the best talent.

Belichick is no different! The NFL is a passing league driven by QBs and he has the GOAT in Brady.