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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Sky King" data-source="post: 730494" data-attributes="member: 7171">Between Thompson and Belichick there might be one philosophical difference that perhaps makes the difference between almost getting there and winning it all:  Thompson seems to favor keeping a player for what he hopes he can deliver in subsequent seasons more heavily than his counterpart does.  It's all part and parcel to his draft and develop approach to team building.  He'll keep a promising but green younger player over a seasoned vet -- counting on a higher ceiling eventually being reached vs. the vet whose ceiling is already known to be average or thereabouts and maybe even slipping a bit.  His bias is to fill the back end of the roster with promising youth over experience that may not be overwhelming.Belechick seems to view the present with greater importance for rounding out his roster.  My impression is that, of course, he still wants to win in subsequent seasons but first things first.  He is most determined to win this season and he fills-out his roster with that in mind.  Next year the roster will probably have a lot of movement again but his focus will still be on keeping the best players for the current season, not future seasons.  His bias seems to be towards useful experience for the now rather than potential down the road.  His philosophy works best and the record doesn't lie about that. I would have preferred Belichick's backup DBs of last season to Thompson's backups, especially during the playoff run.  Given the long tenure of each GM it appears that Thompson's philosophy has been very good but that Belichick's philosophy has proven to be superior.</blockquote>

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