It is safe to say that there is no love lost between Patriots head coach Bill Belichick and the New York Jets.
On Ordway, Merloni and Fauria Tuesday, the group told Belichick that there was a clip of him resigning from the Jets during the ESPN broadcast. The normally reserved head coach indicated that resigning from the Jets was one of the best choices he made in his career.
If anything, the trade that sent Belichick to the Patriots catapulted his career, and allow him to carve his own path as he worked up the ranks of the National Football League.
“Well, not only one of the most defining, but you know, one of the great moments of my career,” Belichick said Tuesday. “That combined with Robert [Kraft] giving me the opportunity to come here, I couldn’t have asked for anything more. That wasn’t a good situation for me and I didn’t want to be part of it, so I wasn’t. The other half of that was Robert giving me the opportunity to come here and trading, he gave up quite a bit to get me to come here, and that was a big trade.
“I am very thankful that it worked out. I appreciate all the support from Robert, the Kraft family, the Patriots organization and all the New England fans and I’ll keep trying to do my best for this team and this organization — give them the very best that can and I very thankful for the opportunity to come here. I just wasn’t going to stay there in that situation.”
It is safe to say that the trade worked out for the Patriots. If anything, it laid the foundation for the tremendous success the organization as accomplished over the past 20 years.
