First Saban. Now Belichick.
Pete Carroll too. That was announced yesterday.
As a fan of a division rival, I am thrilled. Get this man out of the division and hopefully out of the conference. I consider him the best coach of all time - even better than Shula. Unlike Shula, Belichick built his first dynasty in the era of free agency and a salary cap, although that came to be a benefit later when good players started going there on veteran minimum deals.
Aaron Hernandez, deflategate and spygate aside - and, yes, they are big ones - the Patriots under Belichick were an organization with class and sportsmanship. You always knew you were in for a tough, physical game, but they played fair and showed respect to opponents. You were never concerned that they were out there trying to injure somebody. You never looked at them on the schedule, dreading the game because it would be full of cheap shots.
I remember that rivalry with Peyton Manning and the Colts. The Patriots would put a hit on a guy and then help him up.
There’s all this talk about how Belichick didn’t win anything without Brady. There’s no way either one of them wins that many Super Bowls without each other. Brady is the best quarterback of all time - probably the best football player of all time - and Belichick is the greatest defensive mind the game of football has ever seen.
I don’t expect to ever see a tandem like those two or an organization like the Patriots again in my lifetime.
He studied the history of the league well. He had said at one point that some of the great coaches cheated and it’s always been a part of the game.
I believe that. Personally, I consider Gregg Williams to be the worst or at least among the worst. It’s one thing to look for an edge within the grey area or beyond and it’s another to try to take players out of the game. I was looking around for other cheaters and found a lot more than I expected. Don Shula is in there plenty.
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thats corporate speak for “we still have to pay his contract through 2025 and this is better optics”
It’s pretty atypical to keep a coach on that you’re firing. I’m wondering if Pete is just retiring, since clearly they don’t want to overhaul his system.
And probably cheaper for them if Carroll decides he’s going to take another job.
They did this after hearing Mike Vrabel got fired.
100% they will hire him.
Love him or hate him, can’t deny he’s part of NFL history already. I can see teams interested in hiring him as HC - old and everything, but he’s still freaking BB, after all, a defensive genius - but not let him work as a GM anymore. Who knows if he’s willing to accept these conditions now.
Honestly I don’t want him to go. I might be in the minority of pats fans but the latter half of this season has shown that he can still coach a great defense. I would’ve been much happier if they brought in a GM and Bill had less to say on the offensive side of drafting. Who are we going to get that’s better than BB?? Only person I’d be ok with is Vrabel. But I’m not sure if Vrabel can get to the AFC championship game again. Maybe I’m expecting too much right after the end of the greatest dynasty in NFL history…
Bills and Jets are breathing a sigh of relief. Their nightmare is over.
But he’s not retiring? Interesting.
If he ends up going to the Chargers and then my Broncos have to play him and Andy Reid twice a year, I’m gonna shit a brick.
Just watch as the Raiders get Harbaugh.
Although he wouldn’t go to Sea because Carroll is still advising I would love for him to go because of the irony & if we start beating the shit out SF again…ah man…that would be so great
Son of a bitch that would be brutal
End of an era.
