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Jilly_in_VA

(13,970 posts)
Thu Jan 29, 2026, 02:28 PM 6 hrs ago

Bill Belichick: A Super Bowl god's fall from grace

While the New England Patriots prepare for their 12th Super Bowl appearance, their former head coach Bill Belichick - widely considered to be the greatest professional football coach of all time - finds himself in an unlikely position: defending his legacy.

Although Belichick has the most Super Bowl victories in NFL history, he received a phone call on Friday notifying him he would not be inducted into this year's Pro Football Hall of Fame class.

"Six Super Bowls isn't enough?" Belichick asked with disappointment, according to ESPN which broke the news, referring to his six wins with the Patriots.

The latest setback adds to a series of misfortunes for Belichick, who ended his nearly 50-year NFL coaching career on a losing streak, and, in a rather unexpected decision, left the pinnacle of American football to coach college students.

Just a few months ago, Belichick made his college football debut to a sell-out crowd of over 50,000 people packed into University of North Carolina's football stadium.

When he walked onto the field for the first time, the roar of tens of thousands of screaming fans erupted into the night sky.

But it didn't end well.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/clywp0wy21lo

The only reason he won that many Super Bowls was because he had Brady. When he had a lot less talented players, he fell flat on his tuchus. He's not that great a coach.

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Bill Belichick: A Super Bowl god's fall from grace (Original Post) Jilly_in_VA 6 hrs ago OP
And when Brady went to another team and another coach.... viva la 6 hrs ago #1
He is a cheat and should never be in the Hall of Fame. walkingman 5 hrs ago #2
He sounds deflated. BHDem53 4 hrs ago #3
Everyone who follows football MorbidButterflyTat 3 hrs ago #4

viva la

(4,536 posts)
1. And when Brady went to another team and another coach....
Thu Jan 29, 2026, 02:59 PM
6 hrs ago

He won another Super Bowl. I think we can conclude that Brady was the main ingredient.

MorbidButterflyTat

(4,266 posts)
4. Everyone who follows football
Thu Jan 29, 2026, 05:19 PM
3 hrs ago

knows, or should know, Belichick was a cheater.

And Robert Kraft is a disgusting pervert.

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