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Bill Belichick’s legendary career with the New England Patriots may well have come to an end on Sunday.
But from the sound of things, Belichick wants to make things work with the franchise that brought him six Super Bowls.
Belichick revealed at Monday’s year-end press conference that he’d be willing to cede control of some of the team’s personnel decisions if it means remaining in New England.
“I’m for whatever collectively we decide as an organization is the best thing to help our football team,” he said during Monday’s video conference. “I’m under contract. I’m going to do what I always do, which is every day I come in, work as hard as I can to help the team in whatever way I can. So that’s what I’m going to continue to do.”
Belichick has served as the team’s general manager for the last 24 years. But now he’s willing to give that up.
“I have multiple roles in that. I rely on a lot of people to help me in those responsibilities,” Belichick said. “If somebody’s got to have the final say, I rely on a lot of other people to help. And, however that process is, I’m only part of it.”
Patriots owner Robert Kraft and his son Jonathan, the team’s president, have final say over whether Belichick stays or goes.
But it’s clear the 71-year-old doesn’t want to go anywhere.
And who could blame him?! Moving sucks!
Especially since Belichick is just 27 wins away from surpassing Don Shula as the NFL’s all-time wins leader.
Could he do it elsewhere? Sure.
But it wouldn’t feel right.
The world needs Bill Belichick as the New England Patriots head coach. It’s one of the few things we can count on in these hard times.
And credit to Belichick for realizing that.