NFL News Belichick not voted into the HOF

[maust]

They are voted in. Voters are people with biases. I’m not surprised tbh.

^This
Should Bill Belichick be a unanimous 1st ballot HoF enshrinee? Absolutely
Why isn't Bill Belichick a unanimous 1st ballot HoF enshrinee? Bill Belichick
Can't say I'm surprised but also can't say it doesn't piss me off

 

[mike_usagisan]

Any Hall that doesn't admit Bill and Rodney isn't primarily interested in football.

 

[Dexter]

Polian is a ****ing loser. BB will be remembered long after everybody will forget about that *******

 

[borg]

11 SB appearances
8 SB rings

 

[libra957]

Sources: Bill Belichick will not be a first-ballot Hall of Famer

Bill Belichick, the eight-time Super Bowl-winning coach, will not be a first-ballot Hall of Famer, sources told ESPN.

www.espn.com

 

[ScottishPatriots]

It's also super low stakes tbh. They get to piss him off and take away the first ballot distinction, but he'll eventually get in and people will move on because they can pass it off as "he's in so shut up".

Though it would be tremendous if Bill used his HOF speech to **** all over them as one final screw you.

This kind of dinking around they do with not only the pro football hall of fame but also baseball hof and this is why you end up with massive backlogs, they made TO wait 3 years then that cause someone else to wait once he gets in and it's a never ending cycle.

These writers decide to make people wait a year or two as some kind of FU when they know they're going to vote them anyway then that in turn makes someone else also wait and then before you know it someone is 8 years down the line and still not getting in because there's always a new crop coming.

 

[libra957]

Wow! I did not see that coming.

 

[Ross12]

Bill is going to go scorched-earth on someone’s ass over this. Probably Polian’s, among others. Wait for some new book to come out in a few months exposing some skeletons.

 

[ScottishPatriots]

Side note, this is the best possible thing that could have happened to Bill for public perception.

People know this is wrong and there will be uproar about it, Bill isn't an easy guy to feel sorry for this will definitely do that.

 

[libra957]

No coach should be a first ballot if Belichick can't make it.

 

[DaBruinz]

At first I thought this may be a satire or parody account, but apparently not.

Apparently Bill Polian led the anti-Belichick debate. Talk about holding a grudge.

Sources: Bill Belichick will not be a first-ballot Hall of Famer

Bill Belichick, the eight-time Super Bowl-winning coach, will not be a first-ballot Hall of Famer, sources told ESPN.

www.espn.com

"Six Super Bowls isn't enough?" Belichick asked an associate, referring to the championships he won as head coach of the New England Patriots. He won two more as defensive coordinator of the New York Giants. To another associate, he said, "What does a guy have to do?"​

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With an NFL coaching record of 333-178, including playoffs -- second all-time to Don Shula's 347 victories -- Belichick was considered by most fans and Hall voters to be a first-ballot lock. The Hall's voting committee is composed mostly of veteran NFL reporters, but also football figures such as former general manager Bill Polian and former coach Tony Dungy, both of whom are Hall of Famers.​

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Multiple sources told ESPN that Spygate and Deflategate, the twin cheating scandals during the Patriots' championship run, came up in deliberations among voters. A voter who spoke on condition of anonymity said that Polian, an ardent Kraft supporter and former general manager of the Buffalo Bills and Indianapolis Colts -- a chief Patriots rival during their dynasty -- told some voters he believed Belichick should "wait a year" before induction as penance for Spygate.​

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When told that Belichick isn't a first-ballot Hall of Famer, Peter King, a 32-year Hall of Fame voter who didn't cast a ballot this year, said: "Holy f---! Oh f---! ... I'm very, very surprised. A lot of things happen in that room that are unexpected. And of course this is a big surprise to me," King said.​

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"It pushes all three of these coaches back a year," King said. "You have to ask yourself: What does the coach's committee do next year? Are they going to again advance Belichick? Wouldn't it be embarrassing if they don't? ... This decision has a major impact beyond just one year."​

F**K Bill Polian. That SOB should have ANY SAY on anyone's Hall of Fame chances. |

Spygate and Deflategate were NFL Concocted conspiracies..

 

[Ghost of Autumn]

Polian made his argument, and before others could respond, immediately revisited his old friend.

*Fake crowd noise intensifies*

 

[maust]

If it was a show of hands public vote 100% BB is a unanimous 1st ballot selection
Not a doubt in my mind anonymity allowed this to happen

 

[Pape]

I’m not so sure that the Kraft’s are complaining about it.

if he is not, then he should be

 

[Joey007]

Frankly this is a knock on the legitimacy of the Hall of Fame. Embarrassing look for all the voters. What a joke

I think the Hall is going to get some major pushback over this. Their reputation is the one hurt beyond anyone’s else’s.

 

[sb1]

I don't think the odds are zero that Bill declines his induction next year. That would be a really bad look on the HOF.

If anyone on the planet who is petty enough to do something like that it's him. Can you imagine?

 

[libra957]

I hate the colt with a burning fire.

 

[ViperGTS]

Can't wait for TB12 to get booted to the second year.

Also, someone will not vote for him anyways. Voting needs to become public.

 

[Patjew]

Sickening.

 

[ViperGTS]

if he is not, then he should be

Kraft isn't petty like that. That dude helped define his family's legacy for generations. Sure was it bitter at the end, of course it was. It always is.