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“I remember asking around in the fall about what the market would be for Belichick, and the answer, pretty uniformly, was that there would be a market for the greatest coach of all-time, even at 71 years old (he’ll be 72 in April),” Breer wrote. “But a lot of those takes came with a caveat: Teams would love to have Belichick as a coach, but that the trouble could be if landing him required a lot more than that.
“Would another team hand him control over the roster after how the Patriots have sputtered post–Tom Brady? Would an ownership group pledge to hand the keys to the coach, and stay out of the way? These are the sorts of questions that could shift market conditions.”
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“We thought about that, but, I’ve had experience running different businesses and trying to develop a team,” Kraft said. “Think about it, when you have someone like Bill, who’s had control over every decision, every coach we hire, the organization reports to him on the draft, and how much money we spend.
“Every decision has been his, and we’ve always supported him. To then take some of that power away and give it to someone else – accountability is important to me in every one of our companies, and where he had the responsibility and then someone else takes it, it’s going to set up confusion. And, ‘It was his pick and that was a bad pick’, or ‘He didn’t play them right’. It just wouldn’t work, in my opinion.”
This is the crux of the matter, with Bill, it's his way or the highway. Every team knew that, thus the poor market for him.
Only 4 teams left (ATL, CAR, SEA, WAS). We know SEA just let go of their 72 yo HC so that's not happening. WAS has a brand new GM, not going to happen. Apparently CAR GM despises Bill, they're out. It's ATL or he's facing retirement, unless he wants to coach lacrosse or something.
“Would another team hand him control over the roster after how the Patriots have sputtered post–Tom Brady? Would an ownership group pledge to hand the keys to the coach, and stay out of the way? These are the sorts of questions that could shift market conditions.”
Why are teams hesitant about hiring Bill Belichick? An NFL insider weighs in.
Despite his loaded resume, Bill Belichick has yet to find a team to coach this offseason. Albert Breer gave his take on why that's the case.
“We thought about that, but, I’ve had experience running different businesses and trying to develop a team,” Kraft said. “Think about it, when you have someone like Bill, who’s had control over every decision, every coach we hire, the organization reports to him on the draft, and how much money we spend.
“Every decision has been his, and we’ve always supported him. To then take some of that power away and give it to someone else – accountability is important to me in every one of our companies, and where he had the responsibility and then someone else takes it, it’s going to set up confusion. And, ‘It was his pick and that was a bad pick’, or ‘He didn’t play them right’. It just wouldn’t work, in my opinion.”
This is the crux of the matter, with Bill, it's his way or the highway. Every team knew that, thus the poor market for him.
Only 4 teams left (ATL, CAR, SEA, WAS). We know SEA just let go of their 72 yo HC so that's not happening. WAS has a brand new GM, not going to happen. Apparently CAR GM despises Bill, they're out. It's ATL or he's facing retirement, unless he wants to coach lacrosse or something.
