Bill Belichick can be described in several ways.
He’s the hoodie. The goat. A legend whose sense of football has NFL fame.
But for some, a nickname given to Belichick early in his training career can perfectly sum up the head of the New England Patriots.
Here’s an excerpt from “The Dynasty,” via Jeff Benedict, which The Athletic shared Wednesday after the book’s publication:
One of Belichick’s nicknames, Doom, was given bill Parcells when Belichick was his defensive Giants coordinator: “We used to call him Doom because every time he walked, it was the goal of the world,” said former Giants supporter Lawrence Taylor.”Oh, you didn’t make that move.” Oh, you didn’t stop by.”It’s the end of the world.”
The nickname corresponds to the austere behavior of Belichick, who has nurtured his tendency to concentrate and prepare for scenarios that the top coaches did not know about.”Looking at the negative and preparing for the negative has made him a better football coach because he’s preparing for anything that can go wrong,” said patriots defensive coordinator Romeo Crennel.And to tell you the truth, I think he partly liked the concept of other people calling him Doom because that way he didn’t want to be good to anyone..”
Benedict’s e-book continues to describe the scenario that existed when Drew Bledsoe fell with a terrible injury in 2001, paving the way for Tom Brady as New England’s starting quarterback.
Instead of projecting crises and pessimism, as was the case with Belichick, the Patriots’ coach chose to express his trust in his new interlocutor.The rest, of course, belongs to history.
So the nickname “Doom” still applies today? It’s probably up to who you ask, especially with his occasional bad mood at the press conference, however, there have been many players of Belichick’s good fortune in New England who said he was much more relaxed, more fun than the top audience came to recognize as his same usual player.Behavior.
However, Belichick’s “total joy” doesn’t look like his.
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