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El_Marsh posted...

There were quite a few openings after last season and he expressed interest in a couple, but ultimately didn't get them. I think the league effectively put him on notice that he was done and honestly, the facts that he only had a single winning season after Brady's departure (vs 3 losing ones) and ended his tenure with the worst record of his entire career (including his seasons in Cleveland), I can't really disagree. Sure, maybe new scenery could have done him some good, but how many teams were in a position where he would certainly be able to win "immediately?" At 72 years old, Belichick isn't getting younger and if all he knows is Bill Parcells' old school approach, then he probably really isn't for the league anymore. Andy Reid and the Harbaugh brothers are probably the last active NFL coaches that we'll ever see from that era, yet the reason that they're still active and Belichick isn't is because they maintained success through major change after major change and Belichick struggled after the one major one during his exceptionally long Patriots tenure.

It's not that he isn't for the league anymore, it's just that he's picky at this point, and owners are leary because they know what he'll demand. He gave UNC a 400 page football bible to approve for fucks sake. I'm sure what he asked of Altanta last year was hefty as well. Also Belichick swung and missed on Mac Jones, in a draft he didn't really want to take him to begin with. There was really no choice. Don't forget that he had an 11 game win season with Matt fucking Cassell at QB.