Long Drought Begins
As NFL football heads into the long, dark dead-zone of the offseason there is one scenario that could play out over the next twelve months in an interesting way. It's all speculation and the odds are outrageous but it isn't impossible. It starts with Spygate (via ProFootballTalk -- sorry they don't have links):
ESPN's Sal Paolantonio reports that, if it turns out that former Patriots employee Matt Walsh has in possession video of the Rams' final walk-through practice from Super Bowl XXXVI, New England head coach Bill Belichick will be suspended.For a year.
Let's say there is an investigation, evidence is produced and it goes badly for New England. A year's suspension for Belichick. Let's say that the Patriots decide that Belicheck is now a big PR liability so they cut him lose.
Guess who already knows they have a coaching vacancy for 2009? Guess which team owner has unlimited funds to throw at a top-tier coach? Guess which owner has done so in the past?
If all the dominoes fall the right way Belicheck could end up the head coach of the Seahawks for 2009. It is a rediculous speculation and impossible odds but it could happen.