Bill Belichick leaving Patriots after 24 years; replaced by Mayo

[Nalt]

Saban to be named the new head coach for the Patriots at the same time as Belichick is being named the HC for Bama. Both teams will resume their dynasties...

 

[GatorInGeorgia]

High level sources tell me Belichick to U. of Florida as HC, Saban as his DC and Romeo Crennel as D-line coach. Book it.

 

[GatorInGeorgia]

@AdamSchefter
Bill Belichick will want to continue coaching and is expected to draw interest from at least some of the other seven NFL teams that currently have head coach vacancies, quite possibly the Atlanta Falcons, per league sources.

Wouldn't surprise me. This would be a classic Arthur Blank/Atlanta Falcons dipshyt move, so that means it probably happens.

 

[FireFoley]

High level sources tell me Belichick to U. of Florida as HC, Saban as his DC and Romeo Crennel as D-line coach. Book it.

And a return of Cheeseburger Charlie as OC?

 

[GatorInGeorgia]

And a return of Cheeseburger Charlie as OC?

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They actually have their eyes on his son as the next OC. Stay tuned.

 

[aka]

 

[78]

It's weird that he doesn't just retire and keep his legacy intact. The longer he goes without the GOAT, the more he's going to reveal himself as a one-trick pony. He is what he was in Cleveland, a defensive mastermind and nothing more.

 

[Durty South Swamp]

And a return of Cheeseburger Charlie as OC?

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Him and Chris Krispy Kreme could be twins. The front butt is uncanny.

 

[Mobtowngator]

Lot of smoke that the Patriots are interested in Napier.

You are SOOOO bad ...

 

[LurkingGator]

Belichick was 36-44 with the Browns and 34-49 without Tom Brady at the Patriots. He is a sub-.500 coach without lucking into the greatest QB of all time. The NFL's version of Jimbo Fisher and Jameis Winston.

Probably true. But with Belichick/Brady, they probably needed each other. And Kraft and other folks who helped make it all happen. If Brady goes to some teams, maybe he puts up gaudy stats, but doesn't win as much, especially Super Bowls. There are some teams that he might have gone to that would have wrecked him. Same goes for other QB boom and bust stories.

College is different because of the constant roster turnover, so you can see if the coach has a good system or if he just won the talent lottery early on. But it is more momentum driven in a sense. Not that NFL coaches get a long leash, just that if a guy starts off hot in college, he can usually build on that in recruiting and hiring/retaining quality staff. And, I suspect that in both the bag men and NIL eras, gaining the confidence of boosters has always been an issue. If the money dries up, you are probably just done.

Scott Frost may just suck and may never have worked out, but I have little doubt that it would have worked out better for him at Florida than it did at Nebraska. He didn't make the right move there. Given how Mullen ended up phoning it in, and how things are going now, I doubt it would have been much worse for us either.

I'm neither pumper or dumper at this stage on Napier. My initial reaction was "meh," but then I was hopeful after learning more about what type of coach he was supposed to be. I expected better results. But I still have hope that it will work out. New coaches, hopefully very skillful evaluations in the portal and in recruiting. But the window of opportunity will close quickly due to that whole momentum thing. Recruits and staff aside, if the money dries up, in the NIL era, it is game over. Put another quarter in.

I like some of the hires, but still waiting on an OC and STC (or some on the field coach to own ST).

Right now it seems like a best case scenario is Jimbo/Jameis where Lagway makes Napier look good. Hard to see Napier elevating Lagway to a higher level than he would achieve at many other schools. But I'll take that at the moment...and the dumpster fire aftermath would just be back to the current situation. If we pull off a national title, we would be starting off the next rebuild way better than where we are at now. And we will not have to deal with the shame of crab leg rape stories.

 

[williston_gator]

 

[williston_gator]

wow MT @RapSheet
It was written into his contract that he would be the successor to Bill Belichick.

 

[Durty South Swamp]

wow MT @RapSheet
It was written into his contract that he would be the successor to Bill Belichick.

What?!?!

That's absolutely insane if true. And if true, his agent just surpassed sexton (unless it is sexton) as the smartest and most ruthless dude in the game. And the patriots front office needs to be fired for abject stupidity. Who the hell gives an assistant a contract guaranteeing them a HC job at some arbitrary point in the future?!?!

 

[Mr2Bits]

So can we safely assume Strickland is running the Patriots front office too?

 

[cover2]

So can we safely assume Strickland is running the Patriots front office too?

Long game at work

 

[Back Alley Gator]

Long game at work

Stricklin trusting his process!

 

[g8r.tom]

It's weird that he doesn't just retire and keep his legacy intact. The longer he goes without the GOAT, the more he's going to reveal himself as a one-trick pony. He is what he was in Cleveland, a defensive mastermind and nothing more.

15 wins to be the winningest NFL coach ever is a pretty good legacy.

 

[Durty South Swamp]

I bet kraft is shtting his diapers right now. They could have brought vrabel home and at a major discount too. Instead they get a dude who will be back to coaching line backers in 3 seasons.

Unfreaking believable.

 

[MidwestChomp]

Who the hell gives an assistant a contract guaranteeing them a HC job at some arbitrary point in the future?!?!

Foley or Stricklin?

 

[Durty South Swamp]

Foley or Stricklin?