Belicheck or Belichick

[Frezo]

I could swear that when BB came to NE he spelled his name with an E. (Belicheck) Now Patriots.com has it spelled with an I. Can somebody else remember this? Am I delusional?

 

[Joker]

better see a shrink

 

[Marqui]

Youre delusional

 

[Frezo]

Youre delusional

Say it isn't so.

 

[tajapandu]

I think its spelled "Bellicheat." At least according to comment sections on sports websites.

 

[BradyFTW!]

It's always been Belichick.

 

[shirtsleeve]

Dont listen to them. It used to be Belicheck. But then he hooked up with that blonde.:rolleyes2:

 

[insidenation]

dudes its Belichick

 

[NEGoldenAge]

I could swear that when BB came to NE he spelled his name with an E. (Belicheck) Now Patriots.com has it spelled with an I. Can somebody else remember this? Am I delusional?

"The Education of a Coach" said that the spelling of BB's last name was "Americanized" for his family before BB was ever born. I think it was for his father or uncle in school, but I'm not sure. I don't remember the original spelling.

 

[IcyPatriot]

I think it's BeliCut.

 

[Lockdown06]

It's a silent B. It's actually pronounced "The Hooded One"

 

[MoLewisrocks]

The loose translation of the original spelling was likely Croatian for "football genius".

Bill Belichick (Bilicic)

 

[ctpatsfan77]

According to The Education of a Coach, it was originally Bilicic (with some of those fun Croatian accents on the c's). Go figure.

 

[aluminum seats]

Regarding the recent discussions about whether there ought to be some changes to the Board--restricting threads, posts, etc......here's Exhibit A. A thread about how to spell the coach's name. Good God.

 

[patological]

Gospon Belicic je valjda najpoznatiji hrvatski amerikanac svih vremena te vjerojatno najbolji trener americkog nogometa u povijesti.

 

[Frezo]

WEll I'm not imagining things. There are numerous posts here dating back to 2006 spelling it with an E. Google turns up many hits with an E also. It does appear that I is correct though.

 

[Bostonian1962]

You sick f#ck! KIDDING.

 

[Bostonian1962]

In all seriousity, I believe it is either Belichuck or Belichock.

 

[Frezo]

Sorry fellas. I guess it is what it wasn't or was what it isn't or ain't what it's not.

 

[Bostonian1962]

Gospon Belicic je valjda najpoznatiji hrvatski amerikanac svih vremena te vjerojatno najbolji trener americkog nogometa u povijesti.

You got THAT right!