For so many seasons and titles and two dynastic decades, it stood as the great water cooler debate that we’d never really be able to resolve.
Tom vs. Bill.
Brady vs. Belichick.
In the grand scheme of lasting success, did the head coach or the quarterback deserve the most credit? Who needed who the most? And if you ever split Tom Brady and Bill Belichick apart for a sustained period, would one tank while the other thrived?
It has been a lively debate for a long, long time — with the answer about as easy as figuring out where a perfect circle begins and ends.