Bill Belichick, HOF
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After winning six Super Bowl titles playing for Bill Belichick, Tom Brady had a strong reaction to his former head coach not making it into the Pro Football Hall of Fame on the first ballot.
Andrew Whitworth has criticised the decision not to induct Bill Belichick as a first ballot Hall of Famer, describing the outcome as ridiculous and driven by bias. Andrew Whitworth addressed Bill Belichick’s Hall of Fame snub while reacting to the decision not to include the former New England Patriots head coach as a first-ballot inductee.
Rob Gronkowski blasted the Pro Football Hall of Fame for snubbing former New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick, calling the decision “asinine" and “absurd."
Bill Belichick has won just about every accolade you can. But he won't have that plaque in Canton just yet. The sports world was understandably shocked by Belichick's snub as a first-year Hall of Fame selection, especially when you look at Belichick's résumé. Let's look at the numbers, starting with his Super Bowl performances:
Bill Belichick, who won six Lombardi Trophies as head coach of the Patriots and two as an assistant with the Giants, has more Super Bowl rings than anyone else in NFL history.
He is one of the most winningest coaches in NFL history, but his snub from the Pro Footbal Hall of Fame adds to a growing list of defeats.
Tom Brady called out Pro Football Hall of Fame voters after they kept Bill Belichick away from the Hall in the first ballot. As an eight-time Super Bowl champion (six as a head coach) and the second-winningest coach of all time (333 total wins,
Bill Belichick wasn't voted as a first-ballot Hall of Famer because of 'several asterisks' throughout his career.
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Many have addressed the failure of the Hall of Fame selection committee to induct Bill Belichick on his first year of eligibility for enshrinement.
Belichick will get his place in Canton someday. If anything, his snub this year should help his chances of getting next year, as voters seek to rectify what has been widely decried as a foolish omission. When his bust is eventually added to the Hall, no one will remember whether he got in on the first ballot.