PFT on lack of suspension

Here's a great argument by Profootballtalk about why a Belichick suspension would have been useless:

...Also, while it's easy to enforce a player's suspension, since the player can't practice with the team or play in a game if he's not allowed in the building, it's impossible to enforce the suspension of a head coach without hiring a full-time babysitter. Belichick would have still been able to communicate with his staff, to prepare the game plan, to review film, etc. absent 24-hour video, audio, and electronic surveillance.

Suspending a player is a great way of preventing him from doing what he does, since what he does is primarily physical, with the greatest contributions typically coming during the game. Suspending a head coach is a bad way of preventing him from doing what he does, because what he does is primarily mental, with the greatest contributions typically coming before the game...