Will Bill Listen To Old Number 54?

Patriots head coach Bill Belichick is getting up there in age. The 69 year old is on the heels of Don Shula for the most regular seasons wins. Currently Belichick is 41 games behind Shula and with Shula's comments about Bill over the past few years, there's certainly no love loss between the two. Belichick should break Don Shula's record in 2027 if he chooses to coach that long.

One of the Patriots legends believes his former coach should continue to coach for a long time to come. And they tweeted it out to send a message to their former mentor.

Danny Jaillet wrote an article titled, "Tedy Bruschi wants Bill Belichick to stick around for the entire Mac Jones era." Now I don't know if he said for that long but I wouldn't mind seeing it.

Tedy Bruschi tweeted on November 18, 2021, "Bill always said he wasn’t going to coach as long as Marv Levy. Marv Levy coached until he was 72. Bill is 69. You got Mac Jones, Bill. Go for it!"

Now unless, I missed the comment by Tedy, I think The Mac Jones era will be longer than five years and I am pretty sure at the moment that Tedy Bruschi would agree with me. 

From those that covered Tedy's comments, It seems when it comes to the all time wins record, I'm right along with many others on think Belichick should hang in until he breaks the record. And it's been said in the past that his job is secure until he gives it up.

The Patriots head coach appears to have the franchise quarterback for the next decade in line with Mac Jones. Belichick has been good at retooling the defense, while the offense is in the middle of a rebuild. This up coming draft will be crucial with the number of big money veterans being free agents. If Bill gets it right, there is no need for him to retire unless he gets bored.

The oldest coach to coach an NFL game was Romeo Crennel at 73 and the oldest coach to coach a college game was Joe Paterno at 84 years old. In the NFL one has to win to coach that long or be a good coordinator and get lucky enough to coach a game while the team is without it's head coach. 2020's 7-9 record was the worst of Belichick's career since the 2000 season.

Currently the Patriots are currently looking at a playoff birth when they were projected to finish below .500 again this season. So it's unlikely the Patriots are going to be in a position to where Belichick could lose his job due to a losing record. I guess the question is if Bill stuck around for the entire Mac Jones era, could he put together one last dynasty? It's fun to think about but we're on to Tennessee. Let's just appreciate Bill now while he's here because great coaches are harder to find than elite quarterbacks.