After a weekend of firing off pieces critical of the Texans’ moves, the entire prospect of a “plan” in the NFL got me thinking.
As a coach or a general manager, unless you’re a maniacal egomaniac who routinely torpedoes every situation you’re in, one Super Bowl victory keeps you employed for life and deified at the end of your career (and even if you’re a wild, destructive narcissist, you’re probably still going to be fine as long as you have the ring). Whatever “plan” was in place to create that win, and whatever ends up happening after that is largely immaterial to your legacy, considering that no one in the modern era is going to be able to replicate what Bill Belichick has done in New England.