I just find it unbelievable how people are coming down on Brady in this situation. This is not about Guerrero or money. Those are just false narratives planted by “friends of Belichick “ and cultivated by the lazy and foolish members of the Boston 4th estate.
This is about broken trust. The Patriots’ Head Coach no longer is trusted by his best player, his second best player, and most likely a locker room of players who not being “Planet Players” don’t dare join the rebellion.
Four months have nearly passed since the Super Bowl. Nothing has been found. Even the most devout Cult of the Coach worshippers need to give it up. There was no “best interests” reason. There were no drunken punches thrown at assistant coaches or wild parties or missed curfews. Malcolm Butler’s only crime was having the flu and somehow finding himself on Bill Belichick’s bad side.
It was a power play pure and simple. Cleveland Bill could not stand having his control and authority challenged by his owner who stopped his grand QB succession plan. He couldn’t handle it when Jonathan Kraft told the media that “Brady had earned the right to play as long as he wants”. He could not stand it when they would not let him at least look into taking the Giants job and leaked details of his top secret coaching contract showing his annual salary was 25% higher than even Jon Gruden’s salary. Do you think Brady and Gronk have a little reason to be disillusioned learning this after leaving money on the table for the good of the team?
To show his power, Bill Belichick benched one of his 3 best CBs who had also authored one of the great defensive plays in Super Bowl history. He did so in a manner that humiliated the player and caused a huge distraction to his teammates. Bill Belichick’s team lost that Super Bowl. They should have won it.
I may be mad at Bill Belichick, but I do appreciate his great accomplishments as Head Coach of the Patriots. We may disagree as to where the blame falls, but I ask you to appreciate Tom Brady’s great accomplishments as QB as well. They are both mortal men and not Gods.