Former New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick failed to acquire a coaching job this offseason after parting ways with the Patriots organization. And Baltimore Ravens star cornerback Marlon Humphrey seems to believe this is a negative mark on his overall resume as a head coach.
Belichick has of course accomplished as much as any coach in NFL history, winning six Super Bowl championships in New England.
However, it has always been a debate whether Belichick was the driving force of those Super Bowl victories, or whether Tom Brady was.
Marlon Humphrey seems to believe that the latter was truly the reason for the Patriots’ success, which he detailed in a social media post on Thursday that questioned Belichick’s greatness as a coach.
“The ‘greatest coach of All time’ did not get hired out of 6 Head Coaching jobs open. I think that debate can be put to rest now,” tweeted Humphrey.
The “ greatest coach of All time” did not get hired out of 6 Head Coaching jobs open . I think that debate can be put to rest now.
— marlonhumphrey.eth (@marlon_humphrey) February 1, 2024
Naturally, Humphrey was met with a ton of pushback from fans on Twitter/X from those who believe Belichick is indeed a great coach.
Would Tom Brady get a starting job at age 71? Worry about Lamar throwing into quadruple coverage with the game on the line…. https://t.co/E2F1mJHrun
— Dave Portnoy (@stoolpresidente) February 1, 2024
Belichick did not want to coach the Carolina Panthers. Throw his 8 rings in the garbage. https://t.co/tmuDq4Dm2A
— Wildes (@kevinwildes) February 1, 2024
Lombardi is the GOAT but all this dunking on Belichick is so dumb. The dude is 71 years old. Seventy. One. No shocker teams aren't stumbling over themselves to hand the keys to grandpa. https://t.co/nHJIByUNig
— Aaron Nagler (@AaronNagler) February 1, 2024
We did it boys.
We found the dumbest tweet of all time. https://t.co/675eNWoTwi
— Savage (@SavageSports_) February 1, 2024
Yeah, because it has nothing to do with him being 72 years old next year and half the teams are in full rebuild mode
Come on man, don’t spew nonsense https://t.co/0iE4p0wfSr
— Matt Couture (@MattCouture5) February 1, 2024
Truthfully, a big reason Belichick likely didn’t get hired by a team is that there are realistically very few landing spots that even make sense for him at this point of his career.
If you are a rebuilding team as many who were searching for a new head coach were, you don’t really want to bring in a coach like Belichick who is likely looking to compete as soon as possible.
On paper, it seems pretty unfair for Humphrey to completely discredit all Belichick has done as an NFL coach because he wasn’t hired at 72 years of age.
Regardless, it sure seems like Humphrey believes Belichick is not the “G.O.A.T.” of NFL coaching like most see him to be.
[Marlon Humphrey on Twitter/X]
