Well, earlier tonight the New England Patriots won their third Super Bowl in four years. The big question everybody from ESPN to SI is asking: does this win give the Pats the right to be called a dynasty? Well, I really am not quite sure. I guess you would call the Bulls run in the '90s a dynasty, although the two three-peats were with completely different teams, except for Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippin. Those two were the only constants. I really don't know if personnel has anything to do with a dynasty...I tend to doubt it does. Rather, consistency seems to be the real focus. The Patriots have been a dominating football team for the past four years, that is for certain. The real question is whether a team dominant for four years is dominant for long enough to be called a dynasty? I think four years is about the minimum time of dominance a team needs to achieve before being a certifiable dynasty. If they win next year, I no doubt will call the Pats a dynasty. Till then, I am going to rest on them having been a consistently good team for four years in a row.
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Finally I can log on to your blog without having to look at that fake clip of the bear and the trampoline over and over again. Anyways, about the dynasty, you said it yourself, "four years is about the minimum time of dominance a team needs to achieve before being a certifiable dynasty". Well, for the Pats it has been 4 years, 3 Superbowls led by the consistent 2 time Superbowl MVP Tom Brady who is now 9-0 in the playoffs. I would say the 9ers were a dynasty in the 80's, the 'boys in the 90's and now it is the Pats in the 00's.
Finally I can log on to your blog without having to look at that fake clip of the bear and the trampoline over and over again. Anyways, about the dynasty, you said it yourself, "four years is about the minimum time of dominance a team needs to achieve before being a certifiable dynasty". Well, for the Pats it has been 4 years, 3 Superbowls led by the consistent 2 time Superbowl MVP Tom Brady who is now 9-0 in the playoffs. I would say the 9ers were a dynasty in the 80's, the 'boys in the 90's and now it is the Pats in the 00's.
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