<P> Soon after hiring Belichick, owner Robert Kraft gave him near - complete control over the team's football operations, effectively making him the team's general manager as well . Until 2009, Belichick split many of the duties normally held by a general manager on other clubs with player personnel director Scott Pioli, though Belichick had the final say on football matters . Pioli left for the Kansas City Chiefs after the 2009 season . </P> <P> The Patriots went 5--11 in the 2000 regular season and missed the playoffs . To date, this is Belichick's only losing season with the Patriots, and also the only year in which Tom Brady did not start at quarterback in any regular season games . However, Belichick won 11 games with Matt Cassel in 2008 after Brady suffered a season - ending injury in week 1 . </P> <P> In 2001, the Patriots went 11--5 in the regular season, and defeated the Oakland Raiders (in the "Tuck Rule Game") and Pittsburgh Steelers on the way to the Super Bowl . In Super Bowl XXXVI, Belichick's defense held the St. Louis Rams' offense, which had averaged 31 points during the season, to 17 points, and the Patriots won on a last second field goal by Adam Vinatieri . The win was the first Super Bowl championship in Patriots history . </P> <P> The following season (2002)--the first in Gillette Stadium--the Patriots went 9--7 and missed the playoffs . New England finished with the same record as the New York Jets and the Miami Dolphins, but the Jets won the AFC East title as a result of the third tiebreaker (record among common opponents). </P>

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