Bill Belichick and his legion of disciples would like you to believe that he voluntarily passed on a return to the NFL, and a possibly a job with the Dallas Cowboys. Somehow ignoring the 72-year-old’s numerous warts, Thursday morning’s ESPN shows acted as if Belichick was thumbing his Hall-of-Fame nose at professional football to go reinvent the game at the college level.
“Bill Belichick is already a success at North Carolina,” said NFL insider Adam Schefter. “He’s brought more attention to their football program in three days than its gotten over the last three decades.”
Added analyst Dan Orlovsky, “I expect North Carolina to be a Top 20 team and a contender for the College Football Playoff within two years.”
And a story published on ESPN ‘s website boasted that Belichick was “willing” to consider an offer to coach the Cowboys.
“Dallas was a potential spot – nobody can take a collection of talent and turn it into a team like Belichick – but nobody knew if owner Jerry Jones would move on from Mike McCarthy,” the story reads. “He was willing to work with existing staff, whether it was Falcons general manager Terry Fontenot or Commanders general manager Adam Peters or Jerry Jones or Howie Roseman, if the Cowboys or Eagles, respectively, had decided to change coaches.”