Why Bill Belichick got thrown out of NFL after Patriots split: Pablo Torre

Bill Belichick’s circle apparently left prospective NFL employers uneasy.That’s according to Pablo Torre, who expanded on the limited post-Patriots opportunities for Belichick following his split from the organization in January 2024, claiming the eight-time Super Bowl winner’s “ability to surround himself with the right people” was viewed as a red flag.“The reason I was told that Belichick did not get any NFL jobs – logically, you think also isn’t it weird he reached the end of the line with New England and he can’t get a job in the NFL — it’s because, A) he wanted to be the GM and the coach … and what NFL teams told me is that, what they stopped trusting was Bill Belichick’s ability to surround himself with the right people, as in, they didn’t trust who he would bring into the building,” Torre said during a recent appearance on the “Joe Budden Podcast.”Warning: Explicit languageBelichick, 73, spent 24 seasons in New England and won six Super Bowls alongside future Hall of Famer Tom Brady.Four seasons after Brady’s departure in 2020, Belichick and the Patriots parted ways.

The defensive guru was only linked to the Falcons vacancy during the 2024 hiring cycle, a job that went to Raheem Morris.Belichick then pivoted to sports media before linking up with North Carolina in what’s been a lightning-rod of a first season in Chapel Hill.Torre, known for his headline-making investigations into Belichick’s romance with 24-year-old Jordon Hudson, then noted how one’s coaching tree can measure an individual’s success before picking apart Belichick’s.“All these guys try to do Bill Belichick karaoke when they get a full-time job, they fail.And so, at this point, the thing that I think about in terms of what’s so weird about this guy who lived his life in public one way and is now living his life in public in a totally opposite way, is that he gets thrown out of the NFL, and part of the reason is they don’t trust who he’s g...