More Belichick

I was just reading on another blog where the author, with absolutely no hint of shame, told his readers that some people still wont believe something is true when you present them with evidence. This is of course, referring still to the infamous "4th & 2" decision made by Bill Belichick. And the reason I say he has no shame is because yes, if you have evidence, that's one thing. But the author and his stat hungry friends are adamant that the stats and percentages etc all made Belichicks decision the best option. They are still churning out stats that 'since 2001...' blah, blah. Honestly, who gives a crap what the Patriots did in 2001. Did they have Welker, Moss, Watson, Faulk and the poor unfortunate who's name escapes me on the field in 2001? Nope. So it matters not. I wanna know how the Pats have got on this year, with these personnel, under this scheme, with their current co-ordinator. The answer was a 50% 4th down conversion ratio, not 60% or even the ridiculous 90% that I heard yesterday (the speaker of that quote shall remain nameless to hide his embarassment). And the big thing that bugs me most of all about the Belichick lovers? They keep saying he made the right choice blah, blah, etc, etc. Question: Did the Pats make it? Nope. With the benefit of hindsight, we know it was wrong. With the benefit of years of watching football and understanding the game, we all knew at the time it was wrong. This whole thing is starting to wind me up big time. It was a dumb decision. Belichick will make a mental note and he'll probably never make an identical mistake again. People will talk about odds and all that rubbish for years, and they'll keep making dumb choices like Belichick. If stats are so great, why aren't there 32 number crunchers in charge of NFL teams? Why aren't they winning back to back to back, BCS titles? Yeah, exactly.... You can check out the article that drew my ire here: http://smartfootball.com/