Belichick opens up about player meetings

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By Danny Picard
CSNNE.com Staff ReporterFollow @dannypicard
FOXBORO -- Every once in a while, Patriots coach Bill Belichick turns a simple question into a descriptive answer, and on Wednesday, he opened up about how he handles 1-on-1 meetings with his players.

Belichick basically said that there's no set formula to how you manage the meetings, but he learned from watching other coaches, calling it one of the more challenging parts of the job.

I mean, theres 53 players, plus the practice squad, plussome other guys, so you know, its really impossible for me to hold regularmeetings with each player on a regular basis," said Belichick.So some of it depends on that players situation , or thatgame, or whatever happened to be going on that week. We talk to differentplayers at different times in different groups. Sometimes Ill meet withpositional groups. Sometimes Ill meet with individual players. Sometimes Idont. I try to do what I feel like would help the team, andwhats necessary.I would say, in football, its an interesting point, on howyou handle that. You only have so much time, so how you allocate that as a headcoach, relative to certain players or groups of players or your coaching staffand other people in the organization," added Belichick. "Its one of the challenging parts of thejob, it really is.In all honesty, I could sit down and talk to every playerabout things that I think are important. Its not that I dont want to talk tothem, its just, there are other demands too. You try to hit the things thatyou feel like will make the most difference, or do it in the most efficientway.

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