There were a lot of people surprised when the Atlanta Falcons hired Raheem Morris as their new head coach after bringing in Bill Belichick for a 2nd interview for the position.
Once Jim Harbaugh was hired by the Chargers as their head coach after Jerry Jones surprised everyone by keeping Mike McCarthy in Dallas it became an article of faith that Belichick had the Atlanta Job. In fact they had actually reached a point were at least one person was arguing that the Atlanta Job is beneath him.
And then new news came that Morris is out and Bill is in the out in the cold. In fact the only head coach positions left are Seattle (Unlikely because they just got rid of an old coach who won a Superbowl) and Washington (A bad team that Bill would be lucky to turn into a playoff team in three years).
The radio hosts were amazed, shocked, outraged. They went on about the number superbowl appearances he had. How people didn’t appreciate him, how much he was a big reason why Brady was Brady.
I couldn’t believe my ears.
For the last four months all you heard on Boston Sports Radio was a loud chorus either calling for Bill Belichick to be fired. Bill was too old, Bill was out of touch, Bill’s methods were out of date, Bill Drafted poorly, Bill didn’t spend wisely, he picked the wrong coaches, etc etc etc. The only question thing in dispute was should he be fired at the end of the season or should he be fired today.
And yet now after months of saying this every single day they are shocked SHOCKED , angry and outraged that no NFL franchise wants to hire Bill Belichick.
But I suspect the real outrage is due to something that was said on one of those networks a few days ago. The host talked about how once Bill gets a job they will have something to talk about to catch the listeners attention other than a losing football team that is going nowhere, which is what they believe the Patriots sans Bill will be.
So spare me the outrage that NFL organization around the nation took your words to heart.
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