Tom Brady memecah lompatan tebal Bill Belichick ke UNC – dan apa yang terjadi selanjutnya
Tom Brady is just as intrigued as we all are about his former head coach’s foray into the college game.
In the most recent episode of “The Joel Klatt Show: Big Noon Conversations,” Brady shared that he’s “very interested” to see how Bill Belichick does at North Carolina. But as he expects Tar Heels players to be coached well, there is one area that Brady could see Belichick needing some time to adjust to.
“What they’re going to get is, obviously, the most prepared, the most hard-working coach that I had ever been around,” Brady said. “If you go to that school, you will be prepared to play at the next level. He’s going to teach you the right fundamentals, the right techniques. He’s going to have a high expectation for you, and you’re going to develop a lot. That’s what I know.
“I think the challenge for him is he’s dealing with a lot of probably underdeveloped players, because he’s dealt with guys that are four, five, six years further along than what he’s normally had to deal with. So I think there’s probably a learning curve for him, and this is just me hypothesizing. I don’t have much knowledge of it, but I’m sure it’s different coaching a 17 or 18-year-old than even a 22 or 23-year-old.”
Belichick, who won six Super Bowls as Brady’s head coach with the New England Patriots, has never coached college football. Beyond the obvious difference in the ages of the players, the college game offers several challenges the NFL doesn’t. Student-athletes have a practice time limit during the season and can’t watch film for hours on end with their coaches.
As Belichick battles those time constraints, Brady wondered how that’s going to impact his old coach from getting the most out of his top trait.
“He’s a very deep thinker of the sport,” Brady said. “I think what makes Coach Belichick so unbelievable, tactically, he can break down an opponent. He watches so much film. He is so smart with how he approaches defensive schemes and offensive schemes.
“How much can these young kids retain? That may be an interesting challenge as well, because in some ways, they’re not professional. They don’t have as much time as we had as professional athletes to go in there and study film and practice and meet and all that. They don’t have that amount of time at the college level.”
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Ada beberapa cerita legendaris selama bertahun -tahun tentang bagaimana taktik Belichick terbukti menjadi perbedaan dalam kemenangan, yang berasal dari hari -harinya sebagai koordinator defensif dengan New York Giants. Dalam pertandingan terakhirnya dalam peran itu, ia menyusun rencana untuk memperlambat pelanggaran oktan tinggi Buffalo Bills, yang bekerja sangat baik sehingga tidak hanya membantu Giants memenangkan Super Bowl XXV, tetapi juga menempatkan rencana permainan Belichick ke Pro Football Hall of Fame.
Tom Brady dan Bill Belichick memenangkan enam Super Bowl dalam 20 musim mereka bersama dengan Patriots. (Foto oleh gambar Adam Glanzman/Getty)
Tapi Belichick tidak akan memiliki Lawrence Taylor di daftarnya di UNC. Bahkan, dia mengambil alih tim yang pergi 6-7 pada tahun 2024, memimpin sekolah untuk memecat Mack Brown.
Namun, ada beberapa optimisme seputar UNC memasuki 2025 di luar rekam jejak Belichick. Brown mengklaim sebelumnya di offseason bahwa sekolah telah berinvestasi lebih banyak ke dalam program sepakbola dengan Belichick yang bertanggung jawabyang membantu UNC mendaratkan kelas portal transfer terbaik kesembilan (melalui 247 Sports).
Total kemenangan North Carolina ditetapkan pada 7,5 kemenangan, sementara itu memegang peluang terbaik kesembilan untuk memenangkan ACC, melalui DraftKings Sportsbook. Tetapi jika Tar Heels melakukan lari CFP, itu bukan pertama kalinya Belichick memimpin tim pemula untuk melakukan kejutan.
Itu hanya bagian dari alasan mengapa Brady melihat Penyewaan UNC dari Belichick sebagai kemenangan untuk program ini.
“Ini manfaat besar bagi semua pemain yang pergi ke program itu, karena mereka mendapatkan pelatih terbaik yang pernah dilihat NFL, dan sekarang dia berada di tingkat perguruan tinggi,” Brady mengatakan selama NFL di Fox Broadcast tak lama setelah Belichick dipekerjakan pada bulan Desember.
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