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Despite an ugly ending, Robert Kraft wants his former chief coach recorded in the immortality of New England patriots.
Bill Belichick trained the Patriots for 24 seasons, winning six Super Bowls during his reign that began after he infamously renounced as the “NYJ HC”.
The organization honored Tom Brady with a statue earlier this year, despite its tumultuous end with the franchise. However, Brady and Kraft seem to have a solid relationship since Brady retired. Brady and Belichick, not so much.
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The New England Patriots chief coach Bill Belichick, and the owner of the Patriots, Robert Kraft, look at the field during the warming period before a match against the Kansas City Chiefs at the Gillette stadium. (Eric Canha/USA Today Sports)
The Belichick-Kraft dynamic does not seem to be all butterflies and rainbows, but Kraft knows how much Belichick meant for the organization, and wants a Belichick statue “right next to” Brady’s.
“When that great efficiency of 20 years ended, it was always my intention to order a statue for Tommy and Bill when their respective races ended, playing and training. When Bill’s race ends, we hope to sit with him and have a statue to be right next to Tommy,” Kraft told CBS News.
The owner Robert Kraft (L) speaks to the media as Chief coach Bill Belichick (R) of the New England patriots observed during a press conference at the Gillette stadium on January 11, 2024 in Foxborough, Massachusetts. (Maddie Meyer/Getty images)
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Belichick, Brady and Kraft attended the induction ceremony of the Hall of Fame of Brady’s patriots last year.
Belichick and the PATS separated after the 2023 season, which marked the third consecutive year in which England lost the playoffs. Jerod Mayo replaced him in 2024, but they let him go for Mike Vrabel after just a season.
Since then, the 73-year-old man joined the University of North Carolina, but the debut of his Tar Heels was one to forget, as TCU defeated them, 48-14. It was the largest number of points that a team trained by Belichick has ever presented.
The New England Patriots chief coach Bill Belichick announces that he will leave the team during a press conference at the Gillette stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts, on January 11, 2024. (Joseph Prezioso/AFP through Getty Images)
Belichick’s agreement is for five years.
