Tom Brady admitted that his exit from the Patriots in New England was caused by “tension” with the then coach on the head Bill BelikikS
47 -year -old Brady, who played a patriots defender under Belikik’s leadership from 2000 to 2019, detailed the couple’s dynamics on Monday, March 24, edition of his Weekly 199 BulletinS
“The reality was, after twenty years together, a natural tension developed between where coach Belikik and I headed in our career and where the patriots moved like a franchise,” Brady writes. “It was the kind of tension that could only be resolved by some split or one of us to reassess our priorities.”
Revelation came after Brady confirmed In February 2024, a documentary, DynastyThat the 72 -year -old Belikik, as his coach will not bring him back for the 21st season with the Patriots.
Bob Levi/Getty Images Tom Brady and Bill Belikik will forever be royalty of New England Patriots – even if none of them is part of the organization. “I am incredibly grateful to have played for the best coach in NFL history,” writes the 46 -year -old Brady via Instagram on Thursday, January 11, after the Patriots announced this (…)
“Me and the coach Belicik, we did what we loved and competed for 20 years,” said the seven -time Super Bowl champion in the documentary, Per, Perr AthleticS “But I would not sign another contract (in New England), even if I wanted to play up to (I was) at 50. Based on how things went, I would not register for more than that.”
Brady’s newsletter describes his decision to play for Buccaneers Tampa Bay in 2020 after careful consideration. “When Tampa Bay entered the photo as a serious option for me, all I did during these few days in March was to evaluate and re -evaluate my priorities,” Brady wrote before adding that his family also joined his decision. (Brady is the father of three children: a son, 17 years old whom she shares with an ex -girlfriend Bridget Moyahanand Gisele Bündchen.)
“I wondered when someone headed for their forties with children of school age and twenty years of battle, what really matters to me now?” Brady wrote. “What I finished with was a list of about twenty things that I then ranked and ranked on a weighted scale from 1 to 3.”
Despite the controversial end of Brady and Belikik, Brady expressed his gratitude for Belikik and his time in New England, in which he won three MVP awards. When Belicik left the Patriots itself on January 11, 2024, Brady climbed Instagram To pay tribute to him. (Belikik now trains the College of Football at the University of North Carolina.)
“I am incredibly grateful to have played for the best coach in NFL history,” Brady said this day through his account. “He was a great leader of the organization and for all the players who played for him. We have achieved some incredible things for a long period of time, many of which will be difficult to repeat.”
Brady continued, “He set the tone to the organization to never break up in the face of the disadvantage and do what we could do, and what was in our control, which was to go out and do the job. I could never be the player I was without you, coach Belikik.”
