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Yes! As is Tedy Bruschi!
Posted on 02/05/2005 5:42:42 AM PST by beyond the sea
PHILADELPHIA -- The David Rittenhouse Laboratory is home to the University of Pennsylvania's Physics and Astronomy department, where courses such as "Physics 514: Mechanics, Fluids, Chaos" and "Physics 632: Relativistic Field Theory II" are taught. I sat in Thursday on a course so complicated that I was completely lost just listening to the professor explain when next week's midterm would be.
In other words, these are some pretty smart people. And as such, they are eminently qualified to address the issue that is worrying Eagles fans this week as the Super Bowl nears:
Is New England coach Bill Belichick really a genius?
Google "Belichick" and "genius" and you get more than 18,000 matches. Google "Belichick" and "Einstein" and you get almost 900 matches.
Clearly, we in the media are convinced he's a genius. Then again, most of us also are stumped by the Roman numerals in the Super Bowl logo, so we're probably not the best authority on this subject. Which is why I dropped by Rittenhouse to pose the question to graduate students and get their response.
"I understand that football is a complex game, but I hate it when they call football coaches geniuses," says Michael Walsh, who is studying high energy theory. "They say Bill Belichick is a genius. Bill Parcells is a genius. They're great at football, but that doesn't make them geniuses."
Well, maybe it doesn't if you're only playing Cleveland. But whipping the Steelers in Pittsburgh is a whole different story.
(Excerpt) Read more at sports.espn.go.com ...
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Maybe the Pat's wise coach isn't a genius:
The word "genius" isn't applicable in football. A genius is a guy like Norman Einstein. (Joe Theisman -- NFL football quarterback and sports analyst)
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Yes! As is Tedy Bruschi!
Thanks in advance!
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Genius = Nikola Tesla
Oh yes, for sure. That man was amazing.
And how about Ed Leedskalnin and his Coral Castle?
Is Einstein's uniform from around 1964??
My step-grandson, who is 16 and suffers from Asperger's syndrome, is a "genius" in math but can't write with a pencil/pen or spell. Everything has to be done on a computer keyboard with a spell checker. I wish he was just "normal" instead of being a genius in only math.
Einstein couldn't tie his shoe laces and furthermore didn't want to learn how to tie them. He also refused to use soap/water to shave even though he tried shaving with soap/water and said how wonderful it was. He insisted upon shaving with only water.
It's all relative and in that context then Belichick, Pat Riley, Phil Jackson, and a few others would have to be considered "geniuses" in their respective fields.....even Terry Bradshaw. He can't do much of anything else and is flat-out dumb about just about everything else but he does know football.
I'm kinda glad I'm "normal" and possess no "genius" talents. :-)
This is funny. I have been unwilling to use soap or lather when shaving for over 35 years now. Hmmm!? ;-)
Everything you say is wise in your post. I almost think mostly all of us have a certain "genius" in us, just gotta find it.
Anyhow, I'm a Pittsburgher, and I'm getting a little tired of Belichick's "genius" the past few years if you get my drift.
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In other words, these are some pretty smart people.
Gosh, thanks! We do what we can.
Is New England coach Bill Belichick really a genius?
No. In fact, he's going to look awfully stupid tomorrow, when he shows that he can't figure out a mobile quarterback or a serious pass rush. Moreover, his vaunted 3-4 defense is going to be shredded by McNabb. Bank on it.
OTOH, I doubt whether Max Tegmark or Gino Segre could shut down Peyton Manning the way Belichick did.
Genius is the ability to surprise people. Maybe football coaches are pulling rabbits out of hats and surprising people.
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Doggone Genius
A dog ran into a butcher shop as the door swung shut behind the last customer of the day. As the butcher rounded the counter to shoo the dog out of the shop, he saw $20 and a note in its mouth. The note said: "Lamb chops, please."
Amazed, the butcher took the money, put a bag of chops in the dog's mouth, and watched him run out the door. Quickly closing the shop, the curious man followed the dog. He watched the animal wait for a green light, look both ways, and trot across the road to a bus stop. The dog checked the timetable and sat quietly on the bench. When the bus arrived, the dog boarded, somehow producing exact change for the fare! The butcher followed, dumbstruck.
The bus traveled out into the suburbs. The dog stood on his back paws to pull the stop wire with a 'ding'; then the butcher followed him off.
The dog ran up to a nearby house and dropped his bag on the stoop. He went back down the path, took a big run, and threw himself - WHAP! - against the door. He did this again and again. No answer. He jumped on a wall, walked around the garden, beat his head against a window, jumped off, and waited at the front door. At length a guy opened it and started cursing at the the dog.
The butcher ran up to the guy: "What in the world are you doing? This dog is a genius. You should treat him better than that!"
"Genius?" the owner responded incredulously. "I don't think so. This is the second time this week he's forgotten his key!"
Pretty sure that's photoshopped from Bart Einstarr's PR pic in 1964.
I'd never heard of this "Bill Belichick" guy, and wouldn't have
wasted my time if there'd been a football clue in the thread title.
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Yoi.
A.S.A. guys like us should know about bad Bill Belichick.
This guy could probably take 'ditties' pretty well if given a chance.
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'69-'71
Norbert Weiner of MIT was perhaps a genius. A little old lady who knew him told me the story of Weiner walking home thnking hard about some tricky topic one evening when a little girl came up to him. He asked her: "Who's little girl are you?" She replied: "Why, yours, Daddy!"
Norbert Weiner of MIT was perhaps a genius. A little old lady who knew him told me the story of Weiner walking home thnking hard about some tricky topic one evening when a little girl came up to him. He asked her: "Who's little girl are you?" She replied: "Why, yours, Daddy!"
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