Bill Belichick has 300 career wins, good for 3rd of all time behind only George Halas (318) and Don Shula (328).
He has six Super Bowl rings - clearly more than any other coach in the SB era, but also tied with Halas and Lambeau for 2nd-most total Championships, behind only Paul Brown (7).
He has 9 Conference Championships, most ever by a wide margin.
He is 0.705 in the playoffs, 2nd-most of any active HC (Zac Taylor leads at 0.714).
He is tied with Shula for most total playoff appearances at 19 (Andy Reid will join them this year as the Pats will not be in this years playoffs and the Chiefs will)
He has coached 44 playoff games, six more than the 2nd-best (Andy Reid).
He has 31 playoff wins, 9 more than the 2nd-best (still Andy Reid).
It’s perfectly fine to be frustrated with the path that the Patriots are on. But talk of firing Bill Belichick? That’s like firing John Wooden or Nick Saban or Fielding Yost after 2 or 3 bad seasons. Not only is it disrespectful to them and everything they have done, but it’s disrespectful to the entire history of the sport.
Get real.
Belichick will probably coach until he hits 329 wins for most ever.
The way the pats are going, it might take him a decade to pass 329 total wins.
Plus I would argue, treating him in exactly the same fashion Bill Belichick has treated players his entire career actually honors him the most.
Why handle the most ruthless executive of the past twenty years with kid’s gloves? He didn’t even make an exception for Tom Brady (to his own detriment as it turned out).
They shouldn’t make an exception for him either.
True. It’ll show the organization is keeping the culture he’s instilled.
DO YOUR JOB!
Belichick would have to coach another five years of 6-10 to hit another 28 wins. Nobody should be getting that long of a leash being that bad.
Especially when Belichick only has himself to blame for the situation he is in. Even if he is still a good coach he is a terrible GM at this point. If he cannot give up the GM role the Patriots have no path to success. And with no path to success they have no reason to keep him around.
Do you really expect a bunch of reactionary sports fans, most of whom are new fans, to care about the history of it?
lol OP is getting enraged and blocking anyone who disagrees with him, this is an all-timer.
Always fun to read a post that matches the Artie Sopranos meme.
Sometime I wonder if OP is actively trying to get downvotes i swear he’s so aggressive in the comments every time. I even agree that Bill shouldn’t be fired but anyone who disagrees with you gets shouted at as if they insulted you or something.
This is a bad take. Yes, he’s a HoF coach and arguably one of the goats. Admittedly I’ve paid 0 attention to the Pats this year but who knows, maybe it’s time for a change of scenery. Whatever is going on over there isn’t working, and bringing in the first new fresh set of eyes in 23 years probably sounds pretty enticing to ownership and fans alike.
Vibes of the late 80s Landry Cowboys
He needs an actual gm. He’s still a good head coach. He’s a terrible gm
Is this Matt Patricia’s burner account?
Giving us real ‘sit up straight and respect the process’ vibes.
Frankly, everyone associated with the Pats can burn in explosive hellfire for the atrocities to football he committed while coach us, and then coordinating their offense afterwards.
Can you make a stat line for his career without Tom Brady? Just for reference.
That doesn’t guarantee he’s still good.
The problem is the talent more than him, but the NFL wants to know if you’ll help them win next week/year, not what you won previously.
Talk of firing bill Belichick is mean because he’s a sexy boi and I want him to hold me tight with his cutoff sweatshirt arms
I can have Lombardi now?
Bill the coach is fine. It’s just Bill the GM I think that needs changed.
Belichick will probably coach until he hits 329 wins for most ever.
I dunno if the Pats will keep him on for 7 more years.
Look at Tom Brady’s accomplishments and you’d say the same thing about him. And yet, he was shown the door because Darth Hoodie wouldn’t pay him. Bill Belichick would have gotten rid of Bill Belichick by now.
Belichick has earned a very long leash but that doesn’t mean people have to be blind to how shitty he has been as a coach and decision maker as of late. If his name wasn’t Belichick he’d be on the mega hot seat.