I think Belichek is an excellent choice for Coach of the Year.  I think the cheating thing was blown out of proportion and Gooddell used it to make an example out of him.  Everyone knows that videotaping the first half of the sorry Jets did nothing to help the team.  Additionally, every coach is trying to figure ways to get an advantage.  The last regular season loss for the Pats was a shutout by the Dolphins.  What happened?  The Dolphins received a videotape from an anonymous source with the Pats signals recorded.  The Jets have recorded the Patriots, too.  Every team tries it, but the Pats had the best method of doing it.  Then they got caught and punished.  However, that did not keep Belichek from brilliant coaching this year.  Some say it was largely because of the talent on the team; moreso than coaching.  However, he's the one that brought that talent in.  We could've traded for Randy Moss, too, and he would've been miserable with David Carr and Vinny.  Wes Welker would've been our return guy, and Fox probably would've made him the #4 receiver and put him on kick coverage.  The point is that Bill did a great job on the sidelines, as a motivator, and with his personnel moves.

While I give him a lot of credit, though, I must admit that if I could vote, I would've voted for Mike McCarthy as well.  He took the same personnel plus a bunch of no name RBs and won 13 games.  What if I told you in August that the Packers don't need super-old Ahman Green because they have Ryan Grant?  All this Demeco Ryans/Pat Willis talk is making people overlook AJ Hawk, the DBs, and Kampman.  Look at the lack of Packers on the Pro Bowl squad, you know the one with all those Cowboys including their 2nd string RB.

well maybe it was blown out of proportion a little, but saying it didnt help is crazy. they wouldnt be doing it if it wasnt helping somewhere or another.  if you get a $250k fine the league must have thought it was a pretty big deal. they should have lost that win in my book.