There's absolutely no debate that former New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick is arguably the greatest of all time in the NFL.
I don't think anybody can disagree with that, unless they say that he had Tom Brady carrying him for a very long time.
At the end of the day, many of the all-time great coaches have had teams with a ton of talent. The Patriots just happened to be one of them, and Belichick took advantage of that. At the end of the day, he won a whole lot, and there's something to be said about that.
As for how things look now in North Carolina, it's important to recognize that things were always going to be different. Playing college football compared to the NFL is just not the same, especially now that players are being paid.
A few years ago, I could have seen North Carolina find more success, but if it isn't willing to spend as much as some of the other top programs in the country, it shouldn't expect to do much. Other factors are at play, too, including Belichick and his attitude at times.
Nobody has ever said that Belichick is the nicest guy in the world, and he wouldn't say he is either.
However, questioning his character and other factors of his life is a bit strange, which is exactly what Paul Finebaum did.
“The idea that somebody who has easily wrapped up the title as the greatest NFL coach of all time, with his six championships in the Super Bowl … is going to go down in flames. But he did it to himself,” Finebaum said.
“He couldn’t accept that nobody in the NFL wanted him anymore, and because he is Bill Belichick and he knows more than anybody, even though we now know that it was Tom Brady who led him to all those Super Bowl championships. … Bill Belichick had to find a university that would offer him a job, and he would show the world that he is the greatest coach of all time.”
It's weird to see Finebaum come out and say that he couldn't accept that he was upset about not getting a job in the NFL. Belichick perhaps wants to go back to the NFL one day, but he seems more than content in North Carolina.
Perhaps he took this job as a stepping stone back into the NFL, which many coaches do. At the end of the day, Finebaum makes it sound like he's a bad guy or something, even if his attitude isn't something everyone, including Finebaum, likes.
