Given his "success", if he was that admired and respected across the league, he would have been in on his first ballot. He just isn't. He is paying the price for his arrogance.
NE has always had very good player development types who are now scattered around the league as successful GMs. Belichick never really acknowledged their contribution to "his" -- really NE's overall success -- and lots of these folks resent it. You add the incessant cheating by NE and you have what I will call the "Ron Santo" effect. A guy who, by the numbers, should have been in the HOF but only got there after his death because he treated lots of people like shit.
The fact that no one wants him as their head coach even in the current dearth of good candidates further demonstrates that he isn't respected in NFL circles.
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Replies to: "I think it is more about a failure to share credit"
- Belichick denied HOF on first ballot. - Hensou - 2:20am 1/28/26
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- It’s his record - ndinga - 7:31am 1/29/26
- Plus he didn't win before Brady, and he didn't win after Brady. 2nd ballot seems about right. [NT] - BaronVonZemo - 2:06pm 1/29/26
- The Pro Football Hall of Fame is a joke, and these possible reasons for excluding him are moronic - MAS - 1:57am 1/29/26
- "It's nice to be important, it's more important to be nice." Too many enemies! [NT]
- irishslovak - 2:19pm 1/28/26
- He's such an ahole no NFL team wants him even though he might win them a SB. He's just not worth it [NT] - Jerseymick - 12:23am 1/29/26
- Maybe it’ll stop people from wearing cut up sweatshirts…? [NT]
- TakethetrainKnute - 1:53pm 1/28/26
- I think they're jealous of Bill's young girlfriend. - ELP - 2:47pm 1/28/26
- I could throw a rock and hit a woman better looking than Jordan. - AlbanyIRISH - 8:45pm 1/28/26
- When you're 73...you can't throw a rock as far as you used to... - TakethetrainKnute - 8:53pm 1/28/26
- I actually think very few are jealous of Bill's young girlfriend [NT]
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- humbaba - 6:14pm 1/28/26
- Guys say that on the outside but the inside tells a different story. - ELP - 8:17pm 1/28/26
- The "Jordon Rules"...? [NT] - TakethetrainKnute - 3:07pm 1/28/26
- I could throw a rock and hit a woman better looking than Jordan. - AlbanyIRISH - 8:45pm 1/28/26
- I think they're jealous of Bill's young girlfriend. - ELP - 2:47pm 1/28/26
- I think it is more about a failure to share credit - D2 - 4:15am 1/28/26
- Then let him wait. And he can wait a good long time until after Tom Brady gets in. [NT]
- humbaba - 2:54am 1/28/26
- The biggest recipient of the scandal and the refs hosing the games...smh [NT] - Rocketman84 - 3:09am 1/28/26
- It’s his record - ndinga - 7:31am 1/29/26
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