What were your thoughts on the Bill Belichick interview?

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00:00Imagine you're Robert Kraft, and instead of spending all this time and energy on the Bill Berry series known as Dynasty,

00:10and instead of hiding behind mutual decision, after the Patriots went 4-13, you fired Bill Belichick, you made the stand,

00:17you said, I know this is difficult, he's the greatest coach we'll ever have, one of the best coaches in all of sports,

00:22but it's time to move on. And then everything else happens. So no Dynasty docuseries,

00:27no awkward press conference where the audience knows you're not being truthful,

00:31you just say you're fired, and then everything else goes as it is,

00:36the backlash is almost non-existent at this point for Robert Kraft.

00:41The fan base would say, okay, clearly, you know, things were off with him, must have been a weird ending,

00:46thank you for what you did, but there wouldn't be the, you know, like the anger that is existent among Patriots fans

00:53for Robert Kraft would not be there in any way like it is now, had he just done those two things.

01:00You're assuming, I think, that those who are cringed out by Bill and the relationship that he's in

01:09are somehow going to have a bias against Bill and his coaching ability.

01:15No, that he never got another NFL job, and that clearly he was done coaching,

01:20so you made the right decision at that point. It wouldn't mean that he was a bad coach or anything that he did was bad,

01:26it would just mean that Robert Kraft made the right decision at the right time to say goodbye.

01:29The only thing that hurts Bill is if he goes to UNC and he's not productive down there.

01:35If he goes down there and he's not able to turn the program around,

01:38and he's not able to make them a legitimate competitor,

01:41that's the only thing that I think hurts Bill.

01:45And when you start to look at, like, some of the things that people will say,

01:50it won't, like, necessarily, like, destroy his legacy on anything.

01:54How long do you think he coaches for? Another five years?

01:57Yeah, I would say three.

01:59He's 73, right?

02:00Yeah, I would say.

02:01So when you say turn the program around,

02:03like, what does he have to accomplish so that it doesn't tarnish his legacy?

02:08Bill Belichick, five more years?

02:10You think it's only three?

02:11I would be shocked if he's there for year two.

02:15Wow.

02:15No way.

02:17At least three.

02:18Yeah.

02:19Like, why would he do all of this to just be there for a season?

02:22Unless you think that UNC will part ways with him after a year.

02:25Why work so hard to get a buyout to come down after year one?

02:28Maybe he's thinking an NFL job will open up after year one.

02:32But he doesn't have roots in North Carolina.

02:34He wants to have the ability to leave as soon as possible.

02:36See, Jordan is definitely, and you've encountered a million of them in your playing career, and I have in my radio career.

02:45She is definitely the type of wag, as Courtney would call them, who says,

02:51Our record at UNC is this.

02:54Oh, totally.

02:54Our career.

02:57We made it to the cheese it ball.

03:01A thousand percent.

03:02Totally.

03:03That's the kind of person that she is.

03:04Well, she gave up her life to move to UNC and be with them.

03:07She gave up her life.

03:08She did.

03:09Well, not entirely.

03:11She's in the Miss Maine contest.

03:12Right.

03:12Yeah, she comes back.

03:13And she's probably got a promotion, you know, going to be working for Bill.

03:17Well, but do you think it's a paid, like, do you think it's a paid gig she gets?

03:20Which one?

03:21Yeah.

03:21Well, he just buys her anything she wants.

03:23That's her payment.

03:24Yeah, but she's not making an income off of, like, helping.

03:27But what was she doing before Bill?

03:29But she was COO of Belichick Productions.

03:32Right, so she's getting paid to do that.

03:33But what was she doing before that?

03:34She was a student.

03:35Right, so, of course, then she uprooted her life for a great opportunity job-wise.

03:41Now she's the COO of, you know, Belichick, whatever.

03:44Belichick Enterprises.

03:45Yeah, so.

03:46Curtis, one of the judges at last year's Miss Maine competition had an issue with the competition.

03:52Do you know what it was?

03:52No.

03:53Not enough.

03:54F*** clams.

03:56Well, it is Maine.

03:57It would be lobsters, probably.

03:59Right.

03:59Not clams.

04:00Clams are an aphrodisiac.

04:01I think he has to be competitive, Greg, like, for the playoffs.

04:04Aren't they?

04:04No.

04:04Didn't we literally talk about this earlier?

04:07Oysters.

04:07Oh.

04:08You know there's a difference between oysters and clams, right?

04:10Yeah.

04:10What's the difference?

04:12No, there is a difference.

04:14Oh, okay.

04:14I thought there was a joke lined up there, so I'm just, like, ready for it.

04:17No, they are both mollusks, but there is a difference between the two of them.

04:21They're a different species.

04:23Got it.

04:24Or whatever.

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