- Norms of civilian control of the military? Feh! Belichick doesn't care about the norms. He is willing to have lineman be eligible receivers while wide receivers report as ineligible.
- He loves special teams, so what is the equivalent of the overlooked aspect of the war game? Would he love those who pilot transport planes as much as he loves left-footed punters?
- Have more press briefings but provide less information.
- Belichick would seek out mid-priced, older weapon systems that can do more things than faster, slicker, more expensive systems.
- The officers that study under him would go on to, at best, mixed results for other military units.
- His mastery of technicalities might mean heaps of almostwarcrimes.
- Belichick would not care where the generals came from--West Point? Meh. It is not so much about prestige as about past performance.
- Belichick's recommended strategy would change from week to week, driving the generals crazy.
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Tuesday, August 11, 2020
War is Like Football or Is Football Like War?
So much crossover between football and war--blitzing and all that. Well, Trump thinks that the best football coach of our time would "be a as good as any general out there." Putting aside the question of whether winning many nail-biters in the big game and going 5 and 3 is better than the US military over the same period (narrator: it is), what kind of advice would Belichick give?
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