Bill Belichick knows one thing or two about coaching.
THE New England Patriots The legend won eight Super Bowls (six as a head coach with the Pats, two as an assistant among the New York giants), and won the second most important victories in the history of the NFL (333).
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The 72-year-old man has not trained in the league since 2023, but he was said that he made his return before finally agreing to become the head coach of the Tar Heels of North Caroline.
However, this did not prevent him from talking about a controversial NFL – job coaches.
In recent years, this is the standard for coordinators to take meetings for vacant positions before the end of the seasons of their teams.
Usually, the team coordinators who won a Bye in the first round will speak practically with potential teams during the additional week of leave.
The overlap between the coach carousel and the playoffs creates obvious concerns concerning the distraction he creates for coordinators, as well as their coaches and players, and Belichick does not agree with him as a practice.
“I have never been a big fan,” he said on the Let’s go! podcast.
“I think it’s really unhappy when you have a team, including coaches and coordinators, worked so hard all year round to go to the playoffs, to have the opportunity to play in the conference championships and the Super Bowls, then they are completely distracted by another team, which was a bad team, which has a change of coach, which influenced this team that tries to participate in a championship Coaches.
“No one would be happy if he was a player. But for a coach, it is also very disruptive, especially when you are the player.
“When I took the post of chef in Cleveland, I did not interview the job of head coach, in Cleveland or Tampa, until we finish playing, until the Super bowl was finished after defeating Buffalo (in the Super Bowl XXV), “said Belichick.
“You will start at the same time anyway as a coach. That’s not it, but the distraction it leads, I think I was very lucky and happy not to face. So I don’t like it, but it’s not my rule. This is not my choice. Due to their performance, is generally able to disrupt the team trying to win a championship. »»
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Fans had a wind of Belichick’s comments and have largely agreed.
“He is not wrong at all,” posted a fan.
“The teams can really afford to wait a few weeks,” said another.
“”Bill Belichick right. When the assistance coaches are distracted by job offers and interviews, it hurts players and the team, “added a third.
“The fact that no one can reconcile with the fact that it is a problem is problematic,” said a fourth.
Just look at the Detroit lions For evidence, Belichick is not far away.
The Lions were one of the best teams in the regular season this year, locking the N ° 1 seed for the NFC with a 15-2 file to set up a round division confrontation with the Washington Commanders.
However, during their week off, the attacking coordinator Ben Johnson and the defensive coordinator Aaron Glen carried out several virtual interviews with teams.
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Unfortunately for the Lions, they were then eliminated eliminatory series, losing 45-31 against commanders in an amazing upheaval.
Their defense was not a match for Jayden DanielsAnd their attack, one of the best in the NFL this season, spilled the ball more than five times.
Although it is unfair to identify the lions’ defeat on the situations of Johnson and Glen, it is not eccentric to suggest that they could have been distracted in the preparation of the game by the constant noise around their work.
As Belichick says, “it’s human nature.”
And Johnson did not waste time making his next move after having retired from the playoffs with the Lions.
Two days after the commanders defeat, Johnson was announced as the new head coach of the Chicago Bears.
It certainly seems that Belichick is on something.
Maybe the best solution would be for the league to prevent all interviews until the Super Bowl suite.
Although this will probably not prevent the teams from talking to players’ agents, this would at least allow that coordinators and coaches focus on the task to be performed without highlighting their future.
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