Bill Belichick, coach of the Patriots was asked, basically,
why should fans think things will turn around this year for
the Patriots and his response was the last 25 years. That
prompted, some criticism from Tedy, Bruschi, one of the core
members of the original Patriots dynasty. That won
three Super Bowls in four
years. Here's what he said.
He had a little slip right there. Brewski said of
Belichick, I don't know how many times I've been in
meetings with Coach Belichick and the very first meeting is
I don't care about anything in the
The past we win Super Bowls last year, doesn't matter,
Pro Bowl, doesn't matter
all Pros, don't matter.
Everything you've done last year, does not matter. It's
about who we are going forward. I'll check apparently heard,
what Tedy Bruschi had to say because Belichick clarified his
comments saying, we're not resting on our Laurels. That's
not the message to the team or the fans. We've
never operated that way and aren't now, I think we've been
pretty competitive every year that I've been here with
the Patriots, that's our overall plan. So I expected to continue
that I think the team has been managed pretty well over
the last twenty, however, many years.
So I think we'll continue managing it
that way.
The way we've been competitive every year. So, that's right.
You never see. Bill Belichick. This is why he never says
anything. Because when you say something, sometimes, you say
something, you have to go back and clarify. This is exactly
why he never says a damn thing. He lets that well, look at
the past 25 years out of his mouth,
and then he's got clean up on aisle five
because it's completely inconsistent.
Giant with everything he beats into his players. Verbally
about forget about the past, it's about the present and it's
about the future. Yeah, yeah. I mean, that's definitely
the message he would send to his players. That's, that's cool.
Coaching Parcells Belichick. They don't want to hear that
crap. You
did what last year? Oh, I don't give a damn. It's not last year
anymore. Let's go. So there is a slippage there
that I also, you know,
bill was kind of I think feeling the pressure I think.
Is feeling the pressure for the first time in a long time. So
you know, his own ego or whatever else wanted to fight
back a little bit. And then also within that, you know, to
it's also like, you know, I think he was also going like,
well
like, hey, we've got 24 years here of showing you that we
know how to run things. So why do you think we don't know how
to run them now? I understand where he's coming from. But
yeah, it's on. It's not like him to come out with that type
of comment
and I think there is a little glean into. Yeah, he's feeling
In the pressure, he's feeling the New England media and every
they're up in. Boston is question them all the time and
all that and he's feeling it sounded
put them on the hot seat. Yeah he's already put them on
the hot seat and a that's one of the most under reported under
scrutinized moments of the week. Robert Kraft is asked
he's reminded first.
Your teams had losing Seasons to the last three years
can Bill. Belichick survive, another one or will he be here
to chase down? Don Shula's all-time wins record
and Aft went straight into the
well. I'd like him to catch Don Shula but we don't care about
players statistics. We don't care about anything other than
winning and I want to win and I want to get back to
the playoffs or words to that effect. When you look at
the question
and listen to it,
the video is available.
Just it's on the I think they put the video on the Patriots
website.
You listen to the question you listen to the answer. Bill
Belichick is on the hot seat this year from the standpoint
of playoffs or no playoffs and I'm not saying he's going to
get fired
but it feels like this isn't sustainable
and I think he's
feeling that stress
and the comment about the last 25 years in a manifestation of
his recognition that his boss isn't happy with the way things
have been. And I think he'd like to say to his boss
G. What about the last 25 years? That doesn't count for
anything? A thing. And you know what, after four years of
mediocrity,
you get to the point where it doesn't count anymore. That's
the reality. You never seen this before. We've never seen
this so we don't have anything to compare it to. We're a team
was that great for that long and then
slipped into average. How long can the coach who all
delivered? Six. Super A wins survive average. Right? It's
hard. Well, this is why you see most coaches leave way before
this because they go wait. Now the team's going to kind of
it's going to we're going
to do it's going to be a few years of
turning it over and change it.
So I'm leaving town,
Sean, Payton, New Orleans Saints.
I mean this goes on all the time,
you know, but he's sticking it out and he's going through
a rough patch. And again, what I said yesterday to it's a rough
patch but like you know, come on. There's a little more
context to that than just though. And yeah
you know two of the last three losing years, you know, we went
into it a little yesterday. They still been highly
competitive. You know, they had the Cam Newton covid thing that
was an issue. They went to the playoffs with a rookie.
Quarterback. They were very close last year,
you know the team. Yeah, they're in a process of they
dominated things and had an awesome quarterback and made
things work for a long time and they're kind of trying to
refurbish it but I don't know if that's going to happen. Now,
you know is Belichick past his prime a little bit? I mean
yeah. The normal fan guys. Like you and me we go. Yeah, of
course he is. He's got to be. He can't be as good as he was
10 years ago right now. I don't know, maybe he is, maybe he
proves us wrong, but
Yeah, it's just I think I'm
good. I think it's I think it's
it's he doesn't already. I think. I think it's as simple
as he doesn't have. Tom Brady.
And what remember is years ago naughty layer, that's just not
fair to say it's that's not fair. That's a team is not
the same, it's different. It's not about all about that. When
you know, I don't think that's fair to say if he left town and
went to go pick his favorite team, he wanted to go coach, he
would have gone. And that team would have been damn good and
he better watch out.
I don't you know that I don't like saying that they're both
off. Awesome. We know that.
Question. We have, right? But one won a Super Bowl
immediately. After leaving the other. One, hasn't won
a playoff game in four years, okay? I know. See, that's me.
What you want me to pick it, All-Star team and go there and
the other one got stuck and the other guy ditched them right.
So I don't know.
Okay, yeah. Well I think they kind of wanted him to go.
I think that's part of the story. That is told that they were
ready
for him to go and he reacted to that
let's say Belichick will get fired after 2023.
Let's just say, hypothetically,
what happens if he gets fired? Is there a
Rush for Bill Belichick. We say all the time, when
you know that pocket is Steelers fans, it is always
looking to fire Mike Tomlin anytime they lose a game,
I gotta get rid of Tom and get rid of Tom and get rid of
Tomlin, right? And if Tom we get fired, somebody would
snatch him up immediately.
If Belichick got fired,
would there be an effort to line up out the door
to get Bill? Belichick? I really don't think there would
be in large part is. And I think we talked about this
yesterday, I don't know. The days are blurring together,
I think they're going to be without this. I really don't
want to deal with that guy.
Well, you don't want to deal with him. He's
handing me a cigar
I'm not giving him the keys to come in and take over and fire.
This person, fire that person and Grumble around the hallway.
Grant that would agree workplace here. Ya know,
agreed. And you know, there's not going to be let me he's 70
years old. So that's the first thing. There's not going to be
a land rush. Second of all, what GM out there is going to
go away. I want to bring Bill Belichick in so he can come in
and fire me, and now he's the GM 20,
but just get there, that course. So there's there's
a lot to that conversation.
But again, really, I mean, I don't think it's fair to say,
The the Brady thing, that's not fair.
You know, I mean,
he won three, Super Bowls with Brady, not being all that
special and like taking over not being considered like, oh
my gosh, some Patrick Mahomes Talent he was doing it. Like we
talked about earlier
in the show. Team,
defense, managed the caulk unbelievable. You've never seen
this defensive Game Plan before, right? So that's that's
where it's not fair to say.
I can also sit here and tell you that they went to 10 super
bowls and then five of those AFC. Pionship games. Brady was
outplayed by the other quarterback, and they still got
to go to the Super Bowl.
That wasn't because of Brady,
that was because Bill Belichick figured out how to win
the game. When Brady threw three interceptions against
the Chargers, in the AFC Championship Game, Brady threw
two interceptions against, you know,
the
the Ravens to go to the Super Bowl. I mean, there's a lot of
instances like that too, so I don't mean to be mean to you,
but that's a talking point out there
and I just I'm trying I don't think it's fair.
Well, I think there's more to it than Brady waited
relative, check out. He waited all of this out, he was never
going to. Let Belichick have a quarterback in his prime y,
Belichick was in his prime. He knew what was going to happen
there.
He was he was scared. That's why he was gonna play as long
as he could. He did not want Tom Brady to do what like
George Seifert. Did was Steve Young and takes the luster away
so that that was not going to happen.
I mean, he got hurt and
They were the best team in football without him, that
year. Once they got situated with Matt Cassel, I told you
I was on the Tennessee Titans team make the playoffs, I know
them but they at the end of the year there were there playing
awesome. They were amazing. They didn't
make it. Yeah, they got off to a little rough start because
Castle was getting going, but I'm just telling you, I was on
a Titans team that was going. Oh man,
the Patriots, let's hope they don't make the playoffs because
our people were going. That's we think it's the only team in
the AFC. They can beat us. So, that's right. They had
a winning. They were 15 and 5 without
Tom Brady when he was injured with other quarterbacks
so that's all I'm going to push back. Now you get into going to
get the Brady Mafia after me, right? Yeah hey I like your
Peach Joy 80 football game this guy didn't get on him. Enjoy
your three-day weekend. Yeah getting roasted by Patriots
fans
Buccaneers fans and any fans out there he's the man I'm not
trying to say that I'm just don't want it like you know
again you know
hey Bill Walsh didn't win the Super bowl without Montana.
I mean we can go down The lines of a lot of things like this.
It's just not fair to say that all the time.
Well, but Bill Walsh had Montana for basically his
entire time. I know. I know. I'm just saying there's a lot.
Every coat. It was never replaced Montana. Yeah, period,
for Chuck Knox. I mean, Chuck know, why didn't he win a Super
Bowl after, you
know, Bradshaw what's wrong with them? What do I couldn't?
He do it. Damn, you must have not been that good. It is so
I don't I don't Bradshaw didn't go somewhere else and win
a Super Bowl right away. I try to get at a and special
as much and even to that point, he'd piss down his leg in
the third and fourth quarter and got to go to the Super Bowl.
So, there you go.
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