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Bill Belichick is sticking to his old fashioned ways on one technological front. After the image of the New England Patriots coach slamming a Microsoft Surface tablet on the sidelines in a Week 4 game against the Buffalo Bills went viral, Belichick explained Tuesday why he is fed up with the product. "As you probably noticed, I'm done with the tablets," Belichick said. "They're just too undependable for me. I'm going to stick with pictures, which several of our other coaches do, as well, because there just isn't enough consistency in the performance of the tablets. I just can't take it anymore."
The normally reserved Belichick, who previously has expressed his frustration with tablets, explained his stance for more than five minutes, harping on the unreliable nature of technology. [https://twitter.com/ZackCoxNESN/status/788411998006603776/photo/1]
Microsoft has responded:
"We respect Coach Belichick's decision, but stand behind the reliability of Surface," the statement read. "We continue to receive positive feedback on having Surface devices on the sidelines from coaches, players and team personnel across the league. In the instances where sideline issues are reported in NFL games, we work closely with the NFL to quickly address and resolve."
Also at ESPN, NYT, TechCrunch, and The Seattle Times.
Previously:
Microsoft has Lost $1.73B on the Surface Since its Debut in 2012 (August 8, 2014)
MS Pays NFL $400M To Use Surface, Announcers Call Them iPads
Surface Pros Lose Wireless Connectivity in NFL Championship Game
(Score: 2) by VLM on Wednesday October 19 2016, @05:51PM
Yeah but even that, function of a coach during the game is head up on a swivel trying to see things.
He can work on his food shopping list later.
There is a minimal justification of micromanaging and writing down thirty things along the lines of "remember to have #28 study the playbook for play #8" but that's exactly why they hire offensive and defensive coaches and assistant coaches, someone one, two, three layers lower than him in the organization has already been delegated to that kind of task and his job is to lead/manage the whole thing.
Aside from the appearances where a guy who's prepped and has it together should make it look easy, there shouldn't be thirty things written down in a list.
The whole marketing campaign of paid product placement just seems a symptom of the old days of "iPad fever" when all problems were solvable with a tablet. Like, soldering irons are useful tools, no debating that, so I'll pack one in my hiking backpack. Um what?
I think some of might be a hangover back when tablets were expensive and high status, before every schoolkid seemed to get one. Now its like "look at this heavy 10 inch ankle bracelet I gotta carry I wish I had a little phone like you"