In 17 years with the Patriots, Bill Belichick has a regular season record of 214-74, is 27-10 in the playoffs and 5-3 in Super Bowls. He has the most victories (250) among active NFL coaches, and 67 more than Andy Reid, who is second on the list, and third on the all-time list behind Don Shula and George Halas.
It is safe to badume that Belichick's professional career has focused on one thing: winning. This seems reasonable given the highly competitive nature of his line of work, but Patriot Way has been under scrutiny in recent months, especially by the members of the team that beat the Pats in Super Bowl LII.
"Every media wants to talk about the rings," Eagles offensive tackle Lane Johnson said this week. "Rings, I'm going to get this ring and I'll never use it one day, I'll keep it in a box, the only thing you're going to remember about your playing days, you're not going to do it, remember the scores. what you played and how you felt, and that's the truth. "All these guys are talking about" I'll take the rings. " AGREE. You can have your rings. You can also have f —— 15 miserable years. "
Belichick was asked on Thursday if it was important to find ways to motivate his players and at the same time keep them happy.
Bill Belichick on the importance of making players feel like they're having fun: "We think it's important for us to win." pic.twitter.com/22Axb9nRoj
Belichick also seemed indifferent to skeptics like Johnson. "Yes, we're focused on what we are doing, trying to improve and taking every day that we can to try to improve our soccer team, "said the coach." I'm not really focused on what others do. "
That would include Brandon Brooks, Johnson & # 39; s teammate in Philadelphia who never played for Belichick, but had an unforgettable experience in Houston with Bill O & # 39; Brien , which was an badi He stayed in New England for five years before getting the Texans job in 2014.
"It's crazy that people have not known this," Brooks said Tuesday. one of each. You've seen it, Reggie Wayne did it. He retired. He went there [to the Patriots] to a training camp and retired. S — it's not fun there. I was under the effects. the same regime in Houston [with O’Brien]. I almost retired. S — was miserable, every day. Every day. "
Every summer, critics wonder if this will be the season in which the Patriots dynasty will collapse, and every season, the Patriots prove that these criticisms are wrong. It's hard to imagine that changing soon.
In unrelated but equally important news, Belichick weighed the band of a good friend Jon Bon Jovi who won the Hall of Fame nomination.
I have to love @ jerrythornton1 asking Belichick the difficult questions that everyone else is afraid to ask:
"Some media criticized this year the decision to place Bon Jovi in the Hall of Fame. Would you mind commenting on that? " pic.twitter.com/lupQFFbrKa
