Buck Showalter said:
While I happen to agree that the Pats have many deficiencies on the personnel-side --- I believe that some of that falls on BB.
I'd like to see him bring Scott Pioli back into the organization as another set of eyes that helped build this the first-time.
BB is without question the best football coach in the NFL.
As the GM - BB has been spotty.
I absolutely hate this meme. In fact, I'll go even further and say that the "BB is a spotty GM" meme is utterly stupid.
Consider the following teams since the Pats last won a Super Bowl:
Pittsburgh Steelers: 3 SB appearances, 2 SB victory, 3 8-8 and 1 9-7 seasons where they missed the playoffs entirely.
Seattle Seahawks: 2 SB appearances, 4 losing seasons (7-9, 7-9, 5-11, 4-12).
Indy Colts: 2 SB appearances, 1 SB victory, 1 2-14 season
Chicago Bears: 1 playoff appearance since 2007 Super Bowl
NY Giants: 2 SB victories (ouch!), four DNQ's.
Arizona Cardinals: 1 SB appearance, and only 1 other playoff appearance in that time.
NO Saints: 1 SB victory, and 4 playoff DNQ's.
Green Bay: 1 SB victory, 3 playoff DNQ's, and a couple of first round exits.
Ravens: 1 SB victory, 3 playoff DNQ's.
49'ers: 1 SB appearance, but they are a fairly recent entry to the upper echelon after having missed the playoffs entirely for 8 consecutive seasons.
The Colts were probably the most consistent of this bunch.
If you're going to rank Belichick the GM, you need to rank him against the above group. With 2 SB appearances, 4 AFCCG appearances, and only 1 DNQ, his record more than holds his own.