Bill Belichick Will Likely Never Coach Again

VinSaint said

Honestly, I think Belichek's primary motivation for coaching again was simply to claim the all-time wins record, which would've essentially required two full seasons (or one really, really good one) for him to obtain. He would be 74ish by then, which seems hard to imagine anyone feeling confident in him coaching beyond that point anyway and forces them into another coaching search.

Add on to that his mediocre (at best) track record outside of any Tom Brady-led team and it's easy to see why no one outside of Arthur Blank even gave him a look.

Hell, as a Saints fan, I'm disappointed the Falcons didn't hire him. There's enough evidence in recent years to show that today's game has passed ole Bill by.

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IMO, despite Belichick's smug, aloof, sort of jerkish mannerisms, and his many controversies like Spygate, Deflategate, it must be extremely frustrating to know you're about 15-16 wins away from breaking Shula's all-time wins record, so close you can feel it, all he needed was two very decent seasons, and yet, more then likely, he'll never reach that mark.

That would, ultimately, make Belichick 0-2 overall in trying to match or out-perform Shula's accompishments of a a perfect season and the all-time NFL wins mark.

Belichick's situation sort of mirrors Saban's at Alabama, except for perhaps Saban realizing the NCAAF landscape, one-sided power dynamic that he had long manipulated and dominated was radically changing and he wouldn't be able to recruit (and keep) 4-5 star recruits as long as he used to due to the transfer portal, so he decides to step aside and retire.