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Alex Ferguson meets Barry Fry in NFL playoffs
There have been several occasions in the past when I have painted New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick as the Alex Ferguson of the NFL.The three-time Super Bowl-winning head coach is widely considered as a sideline genius and a legend in the making, he does not suffer fools gladly, he could take or leave pre- and post-match press conferences and he is happy to ship out troublesome players who don't fully buy into his system, even if they are the biggest names in the sport.Ferguson was content to allow the likes of David Beckham and Cristiano Ronaldo to leave Old Trafford, and Belichick made a similar headline-making move this season when he jettisoned one of the most successful wide receivers of the past decade in Randy Moss.Belichick has guided the league-leading Patriots to the quarter-final stage of the NFL playoffs and this Sunday evening he takes on his polar opposite in New York Jets head coach Rex Ryan.
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