'Do your job'.
Over the last two decades, those three words have been ubiquitous within one of the greatest sporting dynasties in history.
The phrase has embodied Bill Belichick’s tenure as the New England Patriots head coach, but it could’ve just as easily referenced Sir Alex Ferguson’s fruitful reign at Manchester United.
The similarities between Ferguson and Belichick run deep.
Both overcame difficult starts to their managerial careers to dominate their respective sports for over two decades.
After cutting his teeth at St Mirren, Ferguson broke the Old Firm duopoly to win three league titles with Aberdeen and led the Dons to European glory in 1983.
Belichick bounced around the NFL in a variety of assistant roles, before putting down roots in New York and winning two Super Bowls as defensive coordinator with the Giants.
When Ferguson arrived at Old Trafford in 1986, United were 19 years into a title drought.
By the time he left in 2013, they had won the league 13 times, along with two Champions League titles and a further nine domestic trophies.
Belichick arrived in New England in 2000 to take the reins of a team that had reached the Super Bowl twice in its 40-year history.
In the next 18 years the Pats made it to the Super Bowl nine times and lifted the Vince Lombardi trophy on six occasions. Belichick alone has won more Super Bowl titles than any other NFL franchise bar the Pittsburgh Steelers.
When his two titles as offensive coordinator are included, he stands alone as the most successful team in American football's history. Team, not coach or player.
Both Ferguson and Belichick ruled with an iron fist and were as ruthless with friends as they were with foes. Both enjoyed unprecedented, era-defining success with the Scot
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