Bill Belichick "Reached" out to Jets on Coaching Job

 Leave it to Bill Belihick to be the ultimate troll on his way out the door when it comes to the New York Jets. 

Multiple reports have reported Saturday, starting with Dianna Russini of The Athletic, that representatives for the ex-Patriots head coach had reached out to the Jets to express interest in the Jets vacant head coaching position. 

"A very small circle of people in the Jets building were made aware of his interest, though no meeting of formal conversation ever happened because the UNC opportunity popped up." 

It's amazing how this now comes out a mere couple days after Belichick was introduced as head coach at the University of North Carolina. 

This is not a dig at Russini, or any other reporter who has reported on this. They all got the information from a reliable source for sure.

 From all indications it is true that Belichick and his team reached out. UStadium even tweeted out that  Belichick "reached out to multiple teams, even those without openings, to gauge interest." 

In sort, Belichick, who is apparently short on friends in the NFL was desperately looking for an NFL job before committing to UNC. He found no takers. This was the problem for him last off-season when the Falcons and owner Arthur Blank balked on hiring Belichick because the front office in Atlanta was not keen on his hiring. 

The Falcons opted for Raheem Morris instead. 

 

There were also reports at the time that Patriots owner Robert Kraft was bad mouthing Belichick behind the coaches back, by warning Blank and the Falcons not to hire Belichick. Belichick is known as a control freak, and likes to do things his way. His way got stale around 2018 when the Patriots run was slowly coming to an end. Once Tom Brady left ahead of the 2020 season for Tampa, the bottom fell out for Belichick's Patriots. 

 The fact that the Jets get named specifically in this report feels to us like Belichick doing his last gasp troll job on the team he hates the most: the Jets. 

We all know about how Belichick was in line to become the Jets head coach back in the year 2000, but resigned a day later on a napkin. Two weeks later he became the Patriots head coach. Over a year later in 2001, in a game against the Jets, he had lady luck fall in his lap when Tom Brady came in for an injured Drew Bledsoe. The rest is history (or infamy if you are Gang Green). 

 

Since ending his tenure with the Patriots, Belichick has taken pot shots at the Jets and owner Woody Johnson while serving as a commentator on various networks including ESPN. 

“That’s kind of what it’s been like with the Jets,” Belichick said after Rober Saleh was fired by the Jets in October. “Barely won over 30 percent (of games) in the last 10 years. The owner, being the owner. Just ready, fire, aim.”

Yeah, it's hard to believe that after all these years, all the acrimony, Belichick would really want to coach in New York for the Jets. 

If anything he wanted to get a raise out of Jets fans who would inevitably target their ire at Johnson. 

No skin off his nose. Belichick gets to do it his way again, now in the college game.