Tom Brady ‘stunned’ Invoice Belichick wasn’t employed for HC job

The NFL’s teaching carousel has stopped with out Invoice Belichick touchdown a head teaching job, stunning many, together with Tom Brady, his former star quarterback.

“I do not know the standards for hiring coaches. I’ve by no means been part of it.” Brady mentioned this week on his “Let’s Go!” podcast. “I imply, I am stunned that the best coach ever would not have a job, completely. However I am stunned [by] lots of issues within the NFL.”

Belichick, who mutually parted methods with the New England Patriots after 24 seasons and 6 Tremendous Bowl titles, had solely two interviews throughout this 12 months’s cycle — each with the Atlanta Falcons, who determined to rent Raheem Morris for the job as a substitute.

The final two of the seven head-coaching vacancies have been stuffed final week when the Seattle Seahawks and Washington Commanders employed Mike Macdonald and Dan Quinn, respectively.

If Belichick would not take a job as an assistant coach, subsequent season would be the first time since 1975 that he won’t be teaching within the NFL.

Belichick, 71, left New England with 333 profession victories (together with playoffs), second all-time behind Don Shula’s 347, and received six Tremendous Bowls with Brady as his quarterback.

Brady mentioned he can relate in a solution to Belichick not touchdown a job primarily based on his expertise in free company when he left the Patriots after 20 seasons in 2020.

“After I was a free agent, there [were] lots of groups that did not need me,” Brady mentioned on his podcast.

Brady finally signed with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and received a seventh Tremendous Bowl in his first season with the Bucs, taking part in two extra seasons in Tampa earlier than retiring final 12 months.