How will Belichick's final chapter be written?
Posted: Mon Oct 16, 2023 2:23 pm
It's kind of funny watching this and hearing younger football fans commenting how this is the first time in their lives they can remember the Patriots being bad. It's almost hard for them to compute. For the rest of us of course the Patriots of up until 1992 were not known as one of the NFL's premier franchises. They toiled in obscurity tucked away deep in baseball (Red Sox) country, behind the Sox, Celtics, and Bruins in popularity. They had some decent spurts here and there and managed a SB appearance, as well as abysmal stretches (1965-1975, 1989-1993...heck before Parcells won his last 5 games of the 1993 season the Patriots were just 15-61 in their last 76 regular season games)
Belichick presided over a true franchise renaissance (and a never-ending nightmare for Jets fans).
He seems to be at a crossroads right now. 1-5 and some uncharacteristically awful performances. Two of the three seasons post Brady were sub .500 (albeit it 7-9 and 8-9 so not terrible teams). This year however it looks as if things have gotten perilously close to the bottom falling out. Belichick is 71 years old. They went into the season with the 6th oldest roster in football (which isn't always a bad thing)
How do you see this playing out? Does Belichick stay there and endure, gut the team, rebuild them back to NFL contender status, find his QB and either get to or actually win a Super Bowl without Brady? Basically ride off into the sunset on his terms
Will it be a Landry-esque end for him? I don't mean any kind of ownership change rather an awkward, divisive, and poorly handled end.
Does he get fed up and walk away on his own in 2-3 years even with a vote of confidence from Kraft
Will he ultimately end up coaching elsewhere? A contending team looking for a HC who can finish the job would look at bringing him in even at his age if they feel he can bring them to the promised land
Belichick presided over a true franchise renaissance (and a never-ending nightmare for Jets fans).
He seems to be at a crossroads right now. 1-5 and some uncharacteristically awful performances. Two of the three seasons post Brady were sub .500 (albeit it 7-9 and 8-9 so not terrible teams). This year however it looks as if things have gotten perilously close to the bottom falling out. Belichick is 71 years old. They went into the season with the 6th oldest roster in football (which isn't always a bad thing)
How do you see this playing out? Does Belichick stay there and endure, gut the team, rebuild them back to NFL contender status, find his QB and either get to or actually win a Super Bowl without Brady? Basically ride off into the sunset on his terms
Will it be a Landry-esque end for him? I don't mean any kind of ownership change rather an awkward, divisive, and poorly handled end.
Does he get fed up and walk away on his own in 2-3 years even with a vote of confidence from Kraft
Will he ultimately end up coaching elsewhere? A contending team looking for a HC who can finish the job would look at bringing him in even at his age if they feel he can bring them to the promised land