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Belichick heads field of quality coach of the year contenders

By Len Pasquarelli
ESPN.com

Friday, December 21, 2007

It wasn't that many years ago when sports aficionados wanting to witness a terrific coaching battle -- two great minds working the sidelines and playing the dual megalomaniacal roles of chess master and puppeteer -- would just tune in to an NBA game. Colorful and clever coaches matched wits and strategies and designs, deftly manipulated personnel and tempo by micromanaging every move, and determined the outcome of most contests. In a tension-filled timeout, the coaches would doodle an end-ga ...

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