The Bill megathread (HC at UNC, girlfriend, etc.)

[Delicate Genius]

UNC fumbles it on their first offensive play of the game.

 

[sb1]

Easy TD Cal. That wasn’t Adobe Photoshop

 

[XLIX]

This is an ugly game. Both teams are atrocious.

 

[Delicate Genius]

This game is painful to watch.

 

[XLIX]

I've had root canals more enjoyable than this game.

 

[Delicate Genius]

They might actually win.

 

[lancerman]

They might actually win.

LOL

 

[Delicate Genius]

Lmao. No way.

 

[XLIX]

It’s clear Bill Belichick actually held Brady back. Brady should probably have TEN rings.

 

[lancerman]

Might have been their best shot at a quality win. Next game is 18th ranked Virginia who are 5-1. Then they got Syracuse who actually beat a Clemson team that kicked the **** out of UNC. Stanford is possible but Stanford had a harder schedule and this is realistically their break. Wake Forest is flat better and should beat them bad. Same with Duke. Stanford and maybe NC State are the two best cracks they have at it.

It's hard to see them qualifying for a bowl game this year. Which is bad considering UNC has been to 5 bowls in the last 6 years.

This was probably a must win game all things considered. All the media hype this weak on Belichick, a beatable opponent and probably one they had to win to have any shot at qualifying.... Barring a massive turnaround, this season is already a disaster. They need to go 4-2 down the stretch.

 

[lancerman]

Also Deion Sanders is officially a better college HC than Bill Belichick. Dude made Colorado respectable when he got there at least and did exactly what UNC wanted from Bill.

 

[Toofy]

Might have been their best shot at a quality win. Next game is 18th ranked Virginia who are 5-1. Then they got Syracuse who actually beat a Clemson team that kicked the **** out of UNC. Stanford is possible but Stanford had a harder schedule and this is realistically their break. Wake Forest is flat better and should beat them bad. Same with Duke. Stanford and maybe NC State are the two best cracks they have at it.

It's hard to see them qualifying for a bowl game this year. Which is bad considering UNC has been to 5 bowls in the last 6 years.

This was probably a must win game all things considered. All the media hype this weak on Belichick, a beatable opponent and probably one they had to win to have any shot at qualifying.... Barring a massive turnaround, this season is already a disaster. They need to go 4-2 down the stretch.

I think this season is a goner . You need to be a phenomenal communicator and understand the Gen z vibes and mentality to motivate them to play for you.

Sadly bill is not one and doubt he can lift up morale of the younger players as I believe he might not be really able to relate to them .

I think his coaching chapter is closing fast .

 

[sb1]

Time for another Lombardi email.

 

[Huckleberry1]

In an ideal world I'd agree. However, one of them is proving that they were every bit as unbearably unpleasant as the other always alluded to. Everyone has their tipping point and Kraft took it for years for the sake of the franchise and because of the aura of Bill Belichick being untouchable. He even sided with Bill at the end and basically gave him the go ahead to coach the team at the expense of Brady who was absolutely done with him. Most franchises would tell their HC they are giving the GOAT QB the contract they want and they can either deal with it or find a new job. Kraft also gave Bill unprecedented control for a franchise that no other coach was afforded in the Super Bowl era (MAYBE Brown when he created the Bengals had that control).

Instead of just being grateful that he had a good thing going, he decided to play the smug kid in class who pushed disrespect as far as he could because he knew he could get away with it. It's not a shock that there was ill will.

There's a lesson to be learned about how you act and treat people when you have power. Because now the guy who was beyond reproach is vulnerable and all the people he treated like dogshit who could have softened the blows for him right now are getting their moment to double down on it and make it as visible as possible so that it's a big part of the story.

I think Belichick thought college was going to be easy because Saban did so well.

 

[Huckleberry1]

Well, at least he had an easy game against Cal to pad his record with.

 

[sb1]

The guy that fumbled on the goal line giving Bill another loss… what a h8r

 

[Dec54]

I don’t know of anything specifically involving Torre, but Bill has spent the last quarter century treating the media like pond scum….

I guess the worm has turned. BB is paying the price now and I bet the media love it.

 

[h0c2000]

Bill's HC winning percentage post Brady is 0.420.

 

[sb1]

I don't know what anyone expected differently? Lombardi already said in his emails that they're bringing in a bunch of new freshmen meaning that the current roster at UNC has no future with the team. What good player would want to play there right now?

 

[Bill Lee]

Kraft calling Bill an ******* wasn't helpful. He should have kept that to himself.

I suppose, but it's not like he went on TV in front of a mic and called him an *******.

According to the 2021 book It's Better to Be Feared by ESPN reporter Seth Wickersham, Robert Kraft called Bill Belichick "the biggest f---ing a--hole in my life" in September 2018. The comment was not made directly to Belichick. Kraft made the remark to friends while at a conference in Aspen, Colorado. He was complaining that he had to leave the company of "brilliant people" to travel to a game in Detroit and be with his head coach.

He vented to 'friends', and apparently one of them ratted him out to Wickersham.

It's sad to see what's happening with Bill and Bob. They should have ended it more respectfully.

I suppose, but it's like many divorced couples, most of them can't help but talk **** about each other.

Gotta say I learned early in life to be careful when leaving a job or a relationship. In high school I was working in a factory and took a job as a computer operator. My then-boss started talking ****, saying I thought I was too good for factory work, yada yada. That taught me that people have all kinds of weird reactions to such transitions and that I needed to be professional and ignore whatever nonsense they said.

Same thing happened after my (one and only) divorce. No upside to being bitter, and IMO talking **** just makes me look bad. I do talk some **** about her to my closest friend, but outside of that I avoid saying anything negative about her or our relationship.