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Ben and Steven continue their offseason deep dive into some of the biggest questions around the league.
This week, they look into Bill Belichick’s coaching tree and try to figure out why defensive coaches have a harder time breaking through to head coaching ranks. They start off by distinguishing why Belichick’s coaching style is hard to replicate elsewhere (01:48) before looking into the rest of the defensive coaching trees in the league (19:53), then discuss why offensive coaching trees seem to fare better (48:48).
Hosts: Ben Solak and Steven Ruiz
Producer: Eduardo Ocampo
Additional Production Supervision: Arjuna Ramgopal and Conor Nevins
Musical Elements: Devon Renaldo

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Ben Solak

Steven Ruiz has been an NFL analyst and QB ranker at The Ringer since 2021. He’s a D.C. native who roots for all the local teams except for the Commanders. As a child, he knew enough ball to not pick the team owned by Dan Snyder—but not enough to avoid choosing the Panthers.

Why the Belichick Coaching Tree Keeps Failing

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