A lot of people diminish all the great things Belichick has done because of the collapse of the team since Brady left.
Fact is although people remember the Brady last second drive in the Super Bowl in the 2001 season, Belichick’s game plan to shut down the Greatest Show on Turf was the main reason the Pats won that game.
In 2004, both starting CBs were on IR by early in the season and Belichick patched together that secondary with Troy Brown and an endless revolving door of scrub CBs to make the Pats have a top secondary in the league.
The AFCCG in the 2003 season, people forget what kind of juggernaut the Colts offense was in the playoffs coming into this game. Manning in the first two rounds in the playoffs threw for 683 yards and eight TDs and no INTs and completing 83.6% of his passes in the Wild Card round and 73.3% of his passes in the Division round. The Pats’ defense intercepted Manning four times and he only completed 48.9% of his passes.
Those are just a few of the things he architected that led to championships for this team.
I don’t think he is the right guy to rebuild this team and the game may be passing him by a bit. But there is no doubt he is the greatest coach of all time. Belichick would have Super Bowl rings if he never had Brady just like Brady has a ring without Belichick and would have more if he never played for Belichick. I don’t think either would have six like they have together.