{"id":415,"date":"2012-01-27T14:08:19","date_gmt":"2012-01-27T22:08:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jeffcarl.com\/?p=415"},"modified":"2020-07-08T16:24:06","modified_gmt":"2020-07-08T23:24:06","slug":"the-belichick-inverse-likability-theorem-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jeffcarl.com\/index.php\/2012\/01\/27\/the-belichick-inverse-likability-theorem-part-2\/","title":{"rendered":"The Belichick Inverse Likability Theorem, Part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By Jeffrey Carl <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Bloggers To Be Named Later, January 27 2012<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Bloggers To Be Named Later<\/a> was Paul Caputo’s fabulous sports-blogging empire of the mid-2010s. My role in the enterprise was to promise to write humor articles and then not do that, or at least not remotely on time. Ultimately, after a flirtation with viral Internets fame, the site basically turned into an excuse for Paul to get free baseball tickets, which is actually about the only good reason to run a blog of any sort. After the BTBNL site wound down, I realized that I hadn’t kept local copies of most of the stories I had written, so I ended up scouring through The Internet Archive<\/a> to find as many as I could in order to prevent a tragic loss to the world’s cultural canon of blog posts complaining about the Seattle Mariners. You’re welcome. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last week, we introduced the first truly solid, mathematically proven theory that finally takes the guesswork out of determining a NFL team\u2019s success. The Belichick Inverse Likability Theorem<\/em> simply states:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Inverse<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

In Part 1 of this series<\/a>, the theory\u2019s startling accuracy was demonstrated using the records of NFL coaches in 2011. \u201cBut how does it hold up over time?\u201d you ask.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To prove just how deeply I deserve a NFL Nerdy Math Thing award, I will inconvenience myself to show you that the \u201cBILT\u201d shows itself true throughout NFL history as well. Let\u2019s start with some of the all-time NFL standout coaches for one reason or another:<\/p>\n\n\n\n