Voters list. Take a guess on the voters that didn’t vote for Bill:

[Joey007]

https://www.reddit.com/r/NFLv2/s/iPlDXTpRqt

Selection Process | Pro Football Hall of Fame

www.profootballhof.com

 

[Joey007]

Selection Process | Pro Football Hall of Fame

www.profootballhof.com

 

[Guts]

Squalers
Dolts
Jete
LOLfins

is a good start

 

[RobertWeathers]

10 names without batting an eye.

 

[Brick27]

Hall of Famers voting feels greasy in general. Then you see Polian and Dungy fit that class, and well..

 

[ctpatsfan77]

10 names without batting an eye.

Probably including Ron Borges.

 

[maust]

Probably including Ron Borges.

Top of the list. Well top right after Polian

 

[VrabelJr]

My best guess:

Borges
Polian
Dungy
Fouts
Cimini
McClain
Gosselin
Carucci
Ledbetter
Balzer

 

[sb1]

NFL News Post in thread 'Belichick not voted into the HOF'

Jan 27, 2026

I got chatGPT to do some digging for Bill critics on the HOF committee and this is what it came up with. Good chance that most of these were a no.


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I’m not counting routine game criticism (“bad draft,” “poor game plan”) unless it crossed into patterned or reputational critique.

Below are Selection Committee members from the Hall page you linked who have clear, on-the-record, notable criticism of Belichick, with what they criticized and why it matters.


Notable, documented critics (name by name)

Ron Borges
— New England selector
Type: Long-term...

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[RobertWeathers]

My best guess:

Borges
Polian
Dungy
Fouts
Cimini
McClain
Gosselin
Carucci
Ledbetter
Balzer

Not sure what Fouts has vs BB but i'll defer.

I'd add Myers.

and......Mary Cay Cabot, Cleveland Plain Dealer. There is a backstory there though....

 

[jmt57]

My best guess:

Borges
Polian
Dungy
Fouts
Cimini
McClain
Gosselin
Carucci
Ledbetter
Balzer

Excellent list.
Other potential petty voters:
Armando Salguero - Miami voter has always been extremely negative about BB
Mike Chappell - Colts beat writer, same as above
Mary Cay Cabot - Cleveland beat writer has made public comments, even recently, how BB made disparaging remarks to her
Gerry Dulac - don't know much about him, but the fact he writes for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette makes him a suspect
Gary Myers - NY writer has had plenty of negative comments about Belichick over the years

Also, anybody associated with Borges' "Talk of Fame Network"
(I think Borges created this site because voters had to be working for a paper/sports publication, or be replaced)
Besides Borges and Gosselin, Clark Judge retains his credentials by working there with those two

Dan Fouts was always very negative about the Patriots when he was a TV commentator, but never played against Belichick
But who knows, as a broadcaster attempting to interview BB, something may have happened causing his anti-Pats stance

Don't really recall anything about Carucci (Buffalo), Ledbetter (Atlanta) or Balzer (Rams), but considering the teams they represent, they're potentials as well

 

[XLIX]

If Polian was behind the push, he probably would have been able to sway Dungy. And whomever the IND sportswriter is.

 

[VrabelJr]

Excellent list.
Other potential petty voters:
Armando Salguero - Miami voter has always been extremely negative about BB
Mike Chappell - Colts beat writer, same as above
Mary Cay Cabot - Cleveland beat writer has made public comments, even recently, how BB made disparaging remarks to her
Gerry Dulac - don't know much about him, but the fact he writes for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette makes him a suspect
Gary Myers - NY writer has had plenty of negative comments about Belichick over the years

Also, anybody associated with Borges' "Talk of Fame Network"
(I think Borges created this site because voters had to be working for a paper/sports publication, or be replaced)
Besides Borges and Gosselin, Clark Judge retains his credentials by working there with those two

Dan Fouts was always very negative about the Patriots when he was a TV commentator, but never played against Belichick
But who knows, as a broadcaster attempting to interview BB, something may have happened causing his anti-Pats stance

Don't really recall anything about Carucci (Buffalo), Ledbetter (Atlanta) or Balzer (Rams), but considering the teams they represent, they're potentials as well

Good call on Cabot and Myers. I thought Cabot might have enough respect for the game to overlook past issues but I’m probably wrong.

 

[ScottishPatriots]

John McClain definitely voted for Bill he wants the votes released and has always been pro Belichick

Look for anyone with NY, Buffalo, Indianapolis and Pittsburgh ties for a start they're always the "cheating truthers" then the 2 Cleveland ones who hated Bill since his time there.

 

[UGAPatsfan]

This is a bit OT…but how is Ron Borges on any committee of any kind? Does he even write anymore?

 

[jmt57]

This is a bit OT…but how is Ron Borges on any committee of any kind? Does he even write anymore?

If I recall correctly, once a writer is named to represent a team, he can stay forever as long as he continues to be employed as a sports writer, or until he retires.

After Borges was fired by the Globe and the Herald, he circumvented that rule by starting an obscure website called the Talk of Fame Network, writing as essentially the equivalent of an amateur blogger.

 

[UGAPatsfan]

If I recall correctly, once a writer is named to represent a team, he can stay forever as long as he continues to be employed as a sports writer, or until he retires.

After Borges was fired by the Globe and the Herald, he circumvented that rule by starting an obscure website called the Talk of Fame Network, writing as essentially the equivalent of an amateur blogger.

What a very strange rule that seems easy to manipulate. I mean I could start a podcast about Cats and call myself a journalist

 

[Patriot Missile]

Some beat writers for newspapers are so out of touch. They really need to clean up the list, some of these writers haven’t wrote a column or been relevant in years, yet still are able to vote for some reason.

As far as Polian, he’s a little ***** ass, he can deny it all he wants, not surprised in the least about his hand in this. His resume is full of what if’s and it pales in comparison to the coach who caused all his what if’s. As in if BB never came to New England Polian might have had this many Championships. LOL… GFY Polian. 45-7 MF’s.

 

[Brick27]

HOF voting committee needs term limits

 

[lancerman]

If I recall correctly, once a writer is named to represent a team, he can stay forever as long as he continues to be employed as a sports writer, or until he retires.

After Borges was fired by the Globe and the Herald, he circumvented that rule by starting an obscure website called the Talk of Fame Network, writing as essentially the equivalent of an amateur blogger.

Yup. Borges really should not be the rep and should have stepped down a long time ago. He's basically stealing a slot that someone like Mike Reiss could get.