What are the chances of Brady-Belichick meeting in Las Vegas? Giardi and Curran give their opinion originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston
“I didn’t come here to leave.”
That was Bill Belichick’s response on whether he would consider leaving his new job at the University of North Carolina for an NFL head coaching position. Not even a month after making that statement at his introductory press conference, his word will be put to the test.
Tom Pelissero of NFL Media reported on Wednesday That legendary New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady, now a minority owner of the Las Vegas Raiders, approached his former head coach about the Raiders’ vacant position. Several NFL teams have asked whether Belichick would reconsider his move to college football, Pelissero added.
Would Belichick consider meeting Brady in Las Vegas? on Wednesday Early editionMike Giardi of the Boston Sports Journal was asked where he thinks Belichick will train in 2025.
“North Carolina,” Giardi responded without hesitation. “Look, he committed to them. He got his son to come there from the University of Washington. I wouldn’t be surprised if his other son, Brian, goes there at some point. I think there’s some other patriot…adjacent coaches who are They will lead in that direction.
“I think he’s a little intrigued by the challenge, and I think in his head, at least during this season, he’s turned the page and is thinking about being successful at the college level and not the pro level. Who knows what will happen next year. , but now it feels like I’ve been down the road with them, and to do what that would be is pretty crazy.”
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As compelling as the story is, Curran doesn’t see how the rebuilding Raiders would benefit from bringing in Belichick and his disciples.
“Apart from the simple fact that the Patriots always believed that bad teams stay bad because they make bad decisions, that would be what the Raiders were doing,” Curran said. “What are they going to do? They’re going to bring up Bill, and I have no problem with Belichick’s assistant coaches, but who’s going to be your general manager? Mike Lombardi? He really hasn’t been a general manager in the league.” … I just don’t know how that will immediately translate into a rebound for the Las Vegas Raiders for the rest of this decade.
“Bill’s record speaks for itself over the last four years he was here in New England, as does the relationship between Tom and Bill. They can enhance it and shine it as much as they want. And Tom Brady is a loving guy. He’s a guy. peaceful, and he has achieved it with Bill because Bill, who no longer has interest in Tom, has seen that it is better for the brand for those guys to be conjoined twins. “But there was a problem.” very fascinating if you went there.
Belichick has a $10 million buyout if he leaves before June 1, Pelissero reported. However, this seems extremely unlikely, since Athletic’s Dianna Russini reports Belichick “has no plans to return to the NFL” and his “sole focus” is “training and recruiting for North Carolina.”
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