Tom Brady admitted that its release from the Patriots from New England was triggered by a “tension” with the head coach then Bill Belichick.
Brady, 47, who played the quarter-Arrière for the Patriots under the direction of Belichick from 2000 to 2019, detailed the dynamics of the pair on Monday March 24, edition of his Hebdomedary Bulletin 199.
“The reality was, after twenty years, a natural tension had developed between the place where coach Belichick and I are heading in our career and where the Patriots were in franchise,” wrote Brady. “This is the kind of tension that could only be resolved by a kind of split or one of us reassessing our priorities.”
The revelation occurred after Brady confirmed in the February 2024 documentary, The dynastythat having Belichick, 72, as his coach would not be able to hold him back for a 21st season with the Patriots.
“Me and coach Belichick, we did what we loved and contributed for 20 years together,” said the seven times Super Bowl champion in the documentary, by Athletics. “But I was not going to sign another contract [in New England] Even if I wanted to play until [I was] 50. Depending on the way things had gone, I was not going to register for more. »»
The Brady newsletter detailed its decision to play for the Buccaneers of Tampa Bay in 2020 after special attention. “When Tampa Bay came on stage like a serious option for me, everything I did during these few days in March was to assess and reassess my priorities,” wrote Brady, before adding that his family also took his decision into account. (Brady is the father of three children: son, Jack, 17, whom he shares with the ex-girlfriend Bridget MoynahanAs well as his son, Benjamin, 15, and his daughter, Vivien, 12, whom he shares with the ex-wife Gisele Bündchen.)
“I wondered, when someone was heading for their forties with children of school age and twenty years of battle scars, what really had for me now?” Brady wrote. “What I finished with a list of about twenty things that I then classified and classified on a weighted scale of 1 to 3.”
Despite the controversial end of Brady and Belichick, Brady expressed his gratitude for Belichick and his stay in New England, in which he won three MVP prizes. When Belichick left the Patriots himself on January 11, 2024, Brady took Instagram To pay tribute to him. (Belichick now leads to university football at the University of North Carolina.)
“I am incredibly grateful to have played for the best coach in the history of the NFL,” shared Brady that day via his account. “He was a big leader for the organization, and for all the players who played for him. We have accomplished incredible things over a long period, many of whom will be difficult to reproduce.”
Brady continued: “He set the tone for the organization never to weaken in the face of adversity, and to do what we could do, and what was under our control, which had to go out and do our work. I could never have been the player that I was without you coach Belichick. ”
