Tom Brady will go down as the greatest quarterback ever to play in the NFL, but now he’s stepping into a new industry – and he seems to understand that he needs help. But his choice of mentor is not popular among fans.
As Tom Brady prepares for a new career as a broadcaster with Fox, he’s making a major move to help prepare himself, seeking guidance from Scott Zolak, who serves as color analyst for New England Patriots radio broadcasts on Boston’s 98.5 The Sports Hub.
“He actually called me two weeks ago and we went over calling games,” Zolak said last week on the ‘Eye on Foxboro’ podcast according to Masslive.com. “He tried to pick my brain as he gets ready to do games with Fox.”
Zolak, who is a former New England Patriots quarterback himself, revealed some of the advice he gave him.
“I’m just amazed he’s doing it. Going in, I told him the biggest thing you’re going to find out, these production meetings, everybody’s going to want to do story time with Tom Brady,” Zolak said. “He goes, ‘no, no, no,’ … but I told him, you’re a different guy. You’re not Troy Aikman, you’re not Tony Romo. You’re Tom Brady.”
“The thing I appreciate with Tom, is the attention to details,” Zolak said. “Same thing with (Bill) Parcells and (Bill) Belichick. Brady wants to attack this. He’s talking to everybody. The fact he even called me … I do a radio call for the home team, which is sort of a rah, rah call. I said, ‘You’re down the middle, and everybody is going to be hanging on every word you say.’”
Obviously, it’s pretty major news that Brady is preparing so hard for his new career, but people were not all that impressed with his choice of mentor.
Oof, I thought Brady was smarter than this!
— Zeke Ducker (@ZekeDucker) January 10, 2024
Good Lord.., could Brady have made a worse choice? Zolak is a clown.
— Mike Violette (@MikeyV1960) January 10, 2024
LMFAO he’s going to be so bad https://t.co/uhQJCke1Hq
— Al Horford Pacino (@alpacinogrunt) January 10, 2024
ARE YOU KIDDING ME LMFAOOOO CMON https://t.co/kiRXUDetBk
— not kev📿 (@dirtyaIbanian) January 10, 2024
“Don’t”
— Jeremy White 🚂 🚂 🚂 (@JeremyWGR) January 15, 2024
Even though this isn’t a popular pick for his mentorship, we’ll have to see how Brady does in his new career.
[MassLive]
