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Team culture is a factor.  And what is important is that the team is working as a team.  I see nothing in that video to suggest there is an issue.  Red flags for bad culture is a wide receiver pouting after a win he was not targeted enough.

Outstanding cap space management was a much greater factor in NEP's success than Belichick's sour demeanor.

Belichick's success didn't not come because of his personality, it came because he is brilliant at football.  The reason why his coaching tree is so horrible is folks copy his personality rather than his football accrument.  You don't need to be an asshole to be a successful coach.  Belichick won in spite of being an asshole not because he was an asshole.

Achane.   He's one of the guys you want to keep around during the rebuild.

Neither did I.   We're screwing ourselves out of a good position in the draft beating trash teams.   It's pretty obvious that this team has a lot of holes to fill and they need to do that by stockpiling picks.   The higher the first rounder, the better chance of acquiring multiple picks.

Given that the Dolphins won their next game are you sure you want to double down on the idea that the celebration hurt them.

The nature of the locker room celebration itself isn't a causative factor in anything.  It's the team culture it reflects that's causative in winning and losing.  Locker room celebrations in themselves don't cause winning and losing -- team cultures do, however.  These locker room celebrations are simply reflections of their teams' cultures.

Likewise the nature of the Steelers' locker room celebration itself in the video above didn't propel them to their playoff win on the road the following week.  It was their culture that was significantly responsible for that, as well as for accomplishing the highly improbable feat of winning three playoff games on the road as a wilcard and then the Super Bowl.

As a Patriots' fan I suspect you were well aware of the power of the team's culture 2001-2019.  You don't have that kind of dynasty without a powerful team culture in my opinion.

Beating now 3-8 Washington without its starting QB by 3 points in overtime on a neutral field hardly dispels the notion that this team is soft, and that its culture is responsible for that.

For a win, I did not enjoy that experience.

Achane.  Easy.

Defense and Riley Patterson.

An ugly win but a win is a win. 4-7

There is "celebration" occurring for both of the teams in the above videos.  It's the nature of the celebration that's significantly different -- one is silly and clownish, the other serious, driven, determined, and aggressive.

I wouldn't want to face that Steelers team the following week.  That Dolphins team I would consider a cream puff by comparison.

Players who have been a part of this team during the McDaniel era have called it "soft."  This is why.  The culture in the locker room is soft, and that translates to the field as well.

There is absolutely nothing "soft" about that Steelers team.

Given that the Dolphins won their next game are you sure you want to double down on the idea that the celebration hurt them.

While there is some correlation that weaker teams celebrate regular season wins more than stronger teams, you have the causation backwards.  Teams that win a game in which they are heavy underdogs celebrate their wins to a greater extent than a winning team that was a heavy favor.  This is true at all level of sports and is true for fans as well.

There is "celebration" occurring for both of the teams in the above videos.  It's the nature of the celebration that's significantly different -- one is silly and clownish, the other serious, driven, determined, and aggressive.

I wouldn't want to face that Steelers team the following week.  That Dolphins team I would consider a cream puff by comparison.

Players who have been a part of this team during the McDaniel era have called it "soft."  This is why.  The culture in the locker room is soft, and that translates to the field as well.

There is absolutely nothing "soft" about that Steelers team.

All-time bad decision to go for it on 4th and 1.