Bill Belichick and the New England Patriots parted ways officially on Thursday morning. The move signals the end of an era in Foxborough after Belichick spent 24 years as the Patriots head coach.nThis is an era-changing move, to say the very least. So it’s not surprising that plenty of people are taking stock at the moment. Legendary Patriots quarterback Tom Brady is fittingly among them.
“I’m incredibly grateful to have played for the best coach in the history of the NFL,” Brady said in an Instagram post the seven-time Super Bowl champion made on Thursday afternoon.
“He was a great leader for the organization, and for all of the players who played for him. We accomplished some amazing things over a long period of time, many of which will be hard to replicate. He worked every day to help us achieve the ultimate goal, in the ultimate team sport. And, although we were successful, some of the greatest lessons I learned were in the moments where we faced the most challenging adversities.
“He set the tone for the organization to never falter in the face of adversity, and to do what we could do, and what was in our control, which was to go out and DO OUR JOB,” he said.
Brady praised Belichick and claimed he “could never be the player” that he was in his career without him.
The two will forever be inseparable from each other, given their rise to prominence and then dominance in the 2000s.
