Bill Belichick's legacy-altering beef with Eric Mangini destroyed a beautiful friendship

Bill Belichick took Eric Mangini under his wing in Cleveland. Back in the early 90s, Belichick was just starting out his head coaching career while Mangini was a simple ball boy for the Browns. Out of that meeting bloomed a beautiful friendship that lasted for many years... until Mangini took the head coaching job with the Jets and reported Belichick to the league for spying. Beef!
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[@balamkinich7968]

Mangini almost made the Grinch's heart grow 4 sizes. Instead he made him more of a introvert lmao

[@riderofrohan8840]

Lol, underrated comment

[@johnyoloer7286]

Never seen a more perfect analogy

[@AccountTermed]

@Menacing Individual Accurate

[@theswullnasty3353]

an introvert***

[@Gixsir]

@@theswullnasty3353 your fun

[@kevinstewart8054]

I just wanted to add how crazy it is that Mangini was a “ball boy” at 23 years old.

[@samuelstensgaard4828]

Ball man sounds weird

[@balamkinich7968]

That's what theyre called lol. And NFL jobs tend to go to grown ups.

[@kevinstewart8054]

@@balamkinich7968 that’s not always the case. Larry Fitzgerald was a ball boy for the Vikings during his childhood. I guess Mangini didn’t qualify for the quality control job.

[@balamkinich7968]

@@kevinstewart8054 that's true about Fitz. I would never refute that Theres a few minors here and there. But its overwhelmingly given to 'adults' and I meant 18+ lol so it's not like a 19 year old is really a grown up haha And yeah I guess not haha Quality wasnt his best job aspect lmao

[@nonamelegend_vapor]

Ben Stiller: "MAN! I'm a ball MAN!"

[@prathamk525]

Beef History: Cincinnati Bengals and winning playoff games Edit: they’ve done it, congrats Bengals

[@TheAltxatu]

Don’t they have to meet once in awhile to have beef?

[@djtrankilo231]

Cincinnati Bengals and an Indoor Practice Facility would be a better beef

[@djtrankilo231]

@@matthewdaley746 what about Mike Brown and. . . Spending??

[@gnielsen07]

@@matthewdaley746 okay but how good were the bengals without Marvin Lewis in the past 30 years? He’s the only coach that can attain a winning season there .

[@PhinPhan39]

Vontaze Burfict and Pacman Jones are solely responsible for the Bengals losing their 2016 wildcard game. Marvin Lewis may not have been great but he was good enough to put his team in contention and two known hot heads ruined it. I honestly feel bad for Bengal fans.

[@aseur3]

Bill with a wide, nice smile at 0:54, clearly not yet exposed to the dark arts of the Sith

[@tonysnflfootball6741]

The dark side of the force is a pathway to many abilities some consider to be unnatural.

[@xavierchavez8737]

@@tonysnflfootball6741 lmaoooo

[@DaDualityofMan]

Lookin' like Luke Skywalker

[@vindawg1760]

@@tonysnflfootball6741 is it possible to Learn this power? Not from a Jedi

[@tonysnflfootball6741]

@@vindawg1760 No, not from a Jet

[@samortmann5003]

Beef History: Paul Brown and the Cleveland Browns.

[@faizali2200]

Fax

[@thepassingstatic6268]

For sure

[@mattbuenzow2018]

thats the best beef history idea i have ever seen no kidding

[@garbanzobeans6228]

More like the Browns and Art Modell

[@thepassingstatic6268]

@@garbanzobeans6228 either that or Bengals v. Browns. I'd be down for either one

[@12packersfan]

I’d like to believe that Belichick finally completely cuts loose when he hangs out with his lacrosse buddies

[@underthetrees4780]

Going fishing or playing a round of golf with Bill and Dave Pietramala would be wild. I know Dave would bring the energy and I imagine it would loosen up Bill.

[@DreadPages]

@Larry Love Watching his other nfl production stuff. The nfl top 100 and hall of fame stuff. Hes super chill and seems like a really fun guy.

[@ryanf1508]

@Larry Love yep, outside of football he's a fun dude. I think there's a video of Moss talking about throwing a halloween party. Bill shows up as a pirate. Also when asked good questions he answers them. He loves to talk about special teams

[@sikecar534]

He has fun times with Jimmy Johnson on their fishing trips.

[@adambonesaw3689]

Bellichick seems to like Pat Kirwan. He is a different guy in some of the interviews they've done on moving the chains years ago

[@wonderfred]

Bill bodying that cameraman is hilarious

[@KristenNguyen009]

get the hell out my way so I can awkwardly shake this traitor's hand

[@matthewsawczyn6592]

"Move aside, I have to hug this man!!"

[@georgeg7769]

Dipshit

[@christianc.christian5025]

@Mr X Weird. Worshiping fat, old guys is insanely weird.

[@dominicmonacelli1585]

It’s crazy how many people don’t know this story. Love the work SB Nation, keep it up

[@FarRockRatedR]

Secret Base*

[@QellOmnyhydrax]

Weird, I’ve heard Eric mention it several times... I’m surprised that people apparently don’t know it.

[@fp8575]

@@QellOmnyhydrax if you follow football you'd know

[@patstreater]

I HAD NO IDEA SPYGATE WAS THIS DRAMATIC. I THINK I WILL MAKE A DARK COMEDY FILM ABOUT IT!

[@QellOmnyhydrax]

@@fp8575 yeah that’s what I thought too.

[@RobertLPeeters]

During Mangini’s first year in NY, the papers nicknamed him Mangenius. It didn’t age well.

[@tinchote]

Yes. But Bellichik was not a genius when he was with the Browns, nor did he looked like a genius last season. No doubt good coaching has a role, but there are other factors, too. Without knowing Mangini's story in detail, and knowing how the Jets have imploded again and again for the last twenty-something years, I'm curious on how much of Mangini's demise was his own.

[@codyvandal2860]

@@tinchote I know. Imagine if the Bucs win the next two superbowls. Are we going to start saying bruce arians is a genius? Or he was a genius all along but his genius didnt start until he was 70 years old. I'm sure he's thinking if he got Tom Brady 20 years ago be would be the one with all those rings.

[@RobertLPeeters]

@@tinchote That’s a good point. Especially as Belichick’s vaunted “system” seems to have been exposed as little more than having Tom Brady as quarterback for twenty years. Pretty hilarious how his arrogance has been exposed, he truly believed he could plug in any qb and keep the machine running. Hell, if he had his way, he would have traded Brady seven years ago in favor of Jimmy G. Maybe Cam Newton clicks and makes Belichick look brilliant once again this season, but I highly doubt it.

[@gnarboots423]

@@RobertLPeeters y'all forget the Patriots had like 8 players opt out the season for covid and had no off-season cap space. His real test is this year, he will make cam a SB champ

[@RobertLPeeters]

@@gnarboots423 Lol, I’ll make a cash bet with you right now that doesn’t happen. The Pat’s window is closed, Cam is old news.

[@alec1115]

"Eric Mangini was never my friend." - Bill Belichick after Spygate

[@mazdakmina9493]

Exactly! Actually, as the video made clear, he basically started acting as such even *before* Spygate! He basically started acting as such *the moment* Mangini left the "family!" Except, we have the records! Not only were they *very obviously* friends, but Belichick was going well out of his way to *tout* Mangini's accomplishments and claim he was a *very* important part of the team! And yet, the moment Mangini left the crime family, mob boss Belichick immediately started acting like the two were never really friends, and of course, when Mangini revealed the crime family's secrets, Belichick basically vowed to destroy his life (and essentially did! Mangini's career was completely destroyed, in large part due to Belichick's relentless and neverending efforts to ruin his reputation post-2007)! So yes, I completely agree! That's a very mob boss-like line, and organized crime leader Belichick essentially acted it out!

[@ThunderCleez66]

6 rings

[@TheLocalLt]

@@mazdakmina9493 haha bill b. learned that from big bill parcells

[@tdb4763]

I love that quote

[@BeeHatGuy]

I can't say I wouldn't do the same as Mangini, if I were in his shoes (in regards to the Jets), but god every decision he made after leaving the Patriots showed he never should have left

[@thepassingstatic6268]

@@matthewdaley746 I think that Flores will do good this year. It sounds like he has the respect of the team and the culture doesn't look too toxic, from an outside perspective anyway

[@djtrankilo231]

@@matthewdaley746 if destroying the culture of the Texans franchise and having them suck for years is success, then yes. BoB is successful

[@codycopeland6179]

@@matthewdaley746 the Texans didn't let BOB finish the season either

[@philthornton1382]

@@matthewdaley746 Joe Judge?

[@philthornton1382]

@@matthewdaley746 maybe don’t make Eli throw to Manningham or have wilfork say ‘let them score’ if you want to actually win 😏

[@12packersfan]

When I think of Eric Mangini all I think about is Skip Bayless saying he knows more football than Mangini because Mangini got fired twice as a coach

[@JWex-jy7sk]

Dang I’ve been fired less times as an NFL coach than Mangini. So according to Skip you’re saying I have a chance! 😁

[@Eynd297]

@@JWex-jy7sk lol

[@dionruffin3996]

Skip has never coached middle school so I would listen to Mangini

[@tyronewilliams1984]

@@dionruffin3996 skip is the goat in his profession, Mangini is a bust. I’d listen to skip

[@DGautham7]

Tyrone Williams I wouldnt listen to either

[@Shteeeeeeeve]

I'm not a huge Football guy but I found this to be super fascinating. The Teacher and the Student, betrayal, regret, makes for a very compelling story regardless of the context. Thanks SB!

[@stephenaspliff3763]

Damn Belichick tossed that cameraman 😭😭

[@The-Big-Boss]

Where?

[@menotyou9836]

THIS needs a movie. Gimme anyone but Kevin James as Mangini and Willem Dafoe as Billy B

[@denimchicken104]

Too bad, you spoke it into existence.

[@Aryeh487]

Lmao why not Willem DaFoe

[@southsider3542]

Willem Dafoe is awesome, though

[@leorickt.9604]

I love willem dafoe but i dont see him as bill

[@jordangate7742]

This is perfect casting, but they might make it Jonah Hill as Mangini to get an Oscar nomination though.

[@manugn5216]

What I’ll never understand is the fact that the reporters were calling Bill a baby when he was doing what should be done: Let the football talk, talk just enough to be nice and focus on the next game

[@oliverdennis3115]

Belichek looks like he has always been head butted 2 seconds before each photo and was completely angry with the whole situation.

[@roguishpaladin]

Well, I mean, look how many media people are pressing around him for those post-game handshakes. He probably *did* get hit in some fashion on a few of those occasions.

[@TL2354]

Belichick

[@mistercucknball4855]

Beef History Video Idea: Bill Belichick vs sleeves

[@matthewstlouis9736]

I still think Mangini could come back and be a damn good defensive coordinator. There are far less successful guys in NFL working in that position right now.

[@jrbrennan8246]

Joe Barry

[@khanhnguyen-tt3ff]

He cant the NFL now is more mobile and faster back then.

[@jeremyjames787]

Yeah there's a lot of them because Owners keep hiring retreads. Same coaches that flame out going to another franchise to be bad also

[@theALMIGHTY987]

He's ruined his reputation w/this situation. He's an opportunistic whistleblower...can't be trusted.

[@geordiejones5618]

For real DC is the worst talented team position in maybe all sports. Its rough out there.

[@spottyblanks5199]

Belichick shoving that camera man was hilarious.

[@BondandBourne]

Beef history: Steelers and playing down to their competition

[@GlobalWarmingSkeptic]

But those two things are BFFs.

[@ChiefBlue4298]

@@GlobalWarmingSkeptic UrinatingTree would agree with you

[@randlemarsh]

Or maybe they just aren't as good as their fans try to hype them up to be 🤷‍♂️

[@duskthunder9274]

@@randlemarsh talent wise they definitely have been but coaching and maturity was always a issue that held them back every year

[@duskthunder9274]

@@randlemarsh also it’s usually the Nfl that hyped them up not Steelers fans

[@FIFODavid]

Shout out to Mangini for beating the Pats in Cleveland with Colt McCoy and Peyton Hillis

[@ChannelyChannel]

Madden Cover Athlete Legend Peyton Hillis*

[@thepassingstatic6268]

Such a shame about Hillis

[@MrNoose00]

I like how mangini went to the 2 teams belichick hates and beat him at least once lol I think that's funny a bit

[@ThunderCleez66]

he lost the other times lol

[@christianc.christian5025]

@@MrNoose00 I like both of these comments… He did nab a win from my boys in each place, he just did little else. That win in Cleveland was all I needed to see to know the 2010 season was doomed for the Patriots. 34-14 against a terrible Browns team.

[@bangaamen501]

Actions speak louder than words but what's even more deafening than either one of those is not saying a God damn thing

[@DiabloSpiritus]

When it came to taping signals, Mangini broke a code shared amongst division rivals and that's why he hasn't gotten another coaching job. They just don't trust him.

[@mrhumble2937]

He was just on sf. He hasnt got a big job because he didnt win. Thats all that matters.

[@mazdakmina9493]

Uh, there's *no* code against division rivals! If anything, the whole point of rivalries is that the two sides hate each other so much, they'll often do things they *wouldn't normally* do to beat them! It's actually *very* common to see teams straight up "play dirty" to try to beat a rival (a fact *so* obvious, I can't believe I'm being forced to explain that right now)! So no, your entire argument is clearly made up! Mangini hasn't gotten another coaching job because of what the video itself quite literally made clear! Mob boss Belichick hated him so much for exposing the crime family's secrets that he did everything in his power to destroy Mangini's reputation and hurt him as much as possible! www.theguardian.com/sport/2015/sep/08/report-patriots-spied-on-rivals-40-times-and-stole-play-sheets-from-locker-rooms www.espn.com/espn/otl/story/_/id/13533995/split-nfl-new-england-patriots-apart And the other people commenting on this are right as well! Yes, Mangini, just like *pretty much all* of Belichick's former coaches, *also* was a *historically horrible* NFL head coach, which made it increasingly obvious that *cheating* was why Belichick was winning, not "hiring the best people," as he had so often tried to claim! Mangini, Crennel, McDaniels, all of whom were supposedly "the best minds in the game," were badly exposed as being frauds and *terrible* head coaches, putting up *historically* abysmal seasons (Crennel, in particular, in his only full season as Chiefs head coach, took a Kansas City team with *six* Pro Bowlers- the same number as the team had the year they *won* the Super Bowl, and the same number of Pro Bowlers as *that season's* Super Bowl-winning team, the Ravens- and went *2-14,* statistically the worst season all-time in Chiefs' history and statistically the worst team in the league that year! It was a season so *astonishingly* bad that it almost makes it forgivable by comparison that Mangini and McDaniels coached two of the worst single-season collapses in all of NFL history in Mangini's final season coaching the Jets and McDaniels' one and only head coaching season in charge of the Broncos)! The horrific record, plus exposing the mob boss of the league, which *of course* made him so angry that he acted *exactly* like an organized crime leader does when someone at one point a part of their organization reveals the criminal acts of the organized crime ring, was why Mangini was blackballed!

[@louiskarmes9447]

@@mazdakmina9493 I think this isn't aging well because Brian Flores is doing a damn good job

[@christianc.christian5025]

@@mazdakmina9493 I’ve heard a lot of strained takes on this but this is one of the worst. If cheating was why he was successful and his assistants learned to cheat from him… I’m sure you can figure out the rest. Belichick’s assistants are bad because he compartmentalizes and is *not* a good GM. He does a poor job of managing a lot of things, including the players’ and staff’s personalities and draft picks. But he also game-plans exceptionally well, works salaries and roster rules and is a great play-caller. The whole coordinator vs coach debate is stupid because Belichick didn’t teach any of his coordinators to coach, seeing as how that wasn’t what they were doing in New England. The myth that they’re transferable is just that. A myth. If all coordinators could successfully coach, then no one would be a coordinator. Even McDaniels only stayed in New England under the terms that he got “special” access to tutelage which Belichick wasn’t granting before the offer from Indianapolis.

[@mazdakmina9493]

@@christianc.christian5025 LMAO That is the dumbest analysis I've ever heard! Starting with the fact that you just said that coordinators aren't there to coach, when that is *literally* what they're there to do! To *coach* the part of the team they are assigned to! And I could go on, from the fact that you just tried to defend Belichick's cheating by claiming he didn't need to cheat to win, when even *Belichick* doesn't agree with you, as proven simply by the fact that *he cheated!* If he didn't believe he needed to cheat to win, he *never* would've cheated! He cheated, therefore even *he* disagrees with you, and therefore, that's the dumbest take you could possibly make! And that's not even mentioning the fact that you're not exempt from a crime just because you failed at it spectacularly (which is *exactly* what you're claiming! You're claiming he cheated when he never needed to, which means that he spectacularly failed in his cheating attempts and put all that effort and time into cheating and it added *nothing* to his resume)! If someone organizes a bank robbery so poorly that they end up *losing* money on the operation, they *still* go to jail for committing a bank robbery! They *still* are a criminal! Belichick *still* is a cheater, even if, as you apparently are trying to claim, he *did* fail so spectacularly at cheating that he put in all that time and effort to cheat and it added *nothing!* And there's so much more wrong with this, from the fact that Belichick does not call the offensive plays (and all indications are that he does not call defensive sets either), to the fact that McDaniels *got caught* cheating at Denver during his 6-0 start, and shortly after the operation was exposed (and he presumably was forced to disband the entire operation), suffered one of the *biggest* single-season collapses in NFL history, finishing the season 8-8 after a *6-0* start to the season! Overall, this has to be *the dumbest* take on common sense logic of *all time!* But you did get *one* thing right! Belichick clearly *does not* teach his coordinators to coach *at all* (which is their *entire* job, despite your ridiculous take on how coordinators are not coaches)! This is evidenced by the fact that the year after McDaniels left in 2010-2011, the Patriots had *no* offensive *or* defensive coordinator for the *entire* year, yet still went 14-2 and *far* outperformed their previous year's numbers (which makes sense when your team has been caught cheating in every which way and your only real job is to sit there, wait for the stolen footage, and then relay that information to the players)! Yes, the job of New England Patriots coordinator is *so* useless, that their coordinators could literally *not exist* at all, and it wouldn't matter; which is not even a hypothetical, because it's *happened* (not once, but *twice!* That 2010-2011 season was the *second* entire year they had gone without at least one coordinator position *completely* vacant all season)!

[@joeb1151]

The background music is so dramatic it's awesome

[@sensationalmedia9505]

lmao I was thinking the same thing, reminds me of the Arcanum OST

[@frankabbeduto9045]

2:50 btw Asante Samuel Jr. is in the NFL draft this year.

[@eriks.uperpatriot5817]

So should the Pats draft him & bench him for his career? 🤣 Because you know his father is hoping the Pats don’t draft him.

[@odysseus2656]

Yes, I forgot who drafted him but now Brady is playing with his team mates' children. Wait until Brady is playing with his original team mates grandchildren.

[@odysseus2656]

@@eriks.uperpatriot5817 Why not? Assante Samuel was a key part of the 2007 team. Without that pick 6 he got in the first minutes of the regular season game against Philadelphia, the Pats would have lost that game and never got to 16-0. He got a better offer as a free agent.

[@erikmerrill8280]

@@odysseus2656 Cough cough he could have caught that Super Bowl winning interception cough cough

[@JoseRamirez-yh2ll]

Wow no way. That's crazy, he was my favorite CB and now his son is playing in the league

[@brendantreynor7876]

Lol I remember this, and I remember the 07 season as a jet fan Dark times still here

[@noahk6476]

Yay more Will! He is so underrated. Everyone is, including Jon Bois!

[@Jammermaker]

Bois Boys still.

[@farischugthai5598]

Guys this is Will talking not Seth

[@salmanahjum-mathee9055]

It's not Seth. Its Will

[@noahk6476]

@@salmanahjum-mathee9055 sorry just changed it

[@Jammermaker]

@@noahk6476 now I look like a dumbass thanks lmao

[@insertclevername4123]

Man, do I not like defending Belichick, but the "actions speak louder than words" thing seems pretty clearly to be a reference to how his repeated hiring of Mangini demonstrates how he feels about him. In other words, looking at the three bits of the quotation the newspaper uses, he's basically saying, "I like him, he did a good job, and to prove I'm not just saying that because it's boilerplate coach-speak, look how many times I hired him."

[@salt27dogg]

Rex Ryan however was one of the few coaches Belichek actually had affection for

[@corys9456]

Secret Base puts out some of the best content I’ve seen on KZbin. Digging up source material, quotes, old images and videos plus the narration is A+. Keep up the great work. The rest of y’all take some notes!

[@josephtrum5422]

this video omits the Jets bizarre defensive formations vs the Pats where the front 7 would all be milling about presnap instead of getting set so brady couldn’t read them. kind-of exposed some trade secrets about how the pats ran their offense

[@rileyhogan8202]

Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton please. That has to be one of the best beefs in sports history. Started as friends and became enemies as teammates in the best dynasty f1 has seen which is still going. Ending to the rivalry is an absolute banger too

[@philv2099]

Gretzky playing the last stanley cup finals of his career and launching the Habs current drought needs a deep rewind

[@hmmwhatname37]

Hockey sucks

[@chrissood3436]

bro...where you guys been. Sports Beef was and is always the best!!! It's the reason I would stay at work until like 8pm. Great to have you back. Another great episode....looking forward to more!

[@user-ye1nh6xj7h]

Thanks for all your hard work making this video.

[@michaelscalzo6716]

Another banger from SB

[@bangaamen501]

Instant classic 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@ryanreynolds3630]

My man is back!!! Love you as a narrator man good work.

[@robdean704]

Beef history, some of the best sports content on KZbin. Outrageously good

[@The090919900222]

Will... Your a Quality Service to us all 👌

[@TL2354]

You're

[@187mrsmith]

Once best friends now worst enemies!

[@austinesithole949]

I really enjoyed watching the video good job🙌🏿

[@alexanderguerrero347]

Eric still has his win vs Patriots coaching the browns in 2010. That was one of the patriots only lost that season, they went 14-2

[@JPK169]

@@matthewdaley746 u sound stupid asf and what does arod have to do with any of this

[@TL2354]

losses, not lost

[@Re-InCarNation]

Please do a rewinder of the 2008 Brazilian GP.

[@davidlawrence6119]

I asked for this YEARS ago...still waiting lol

[@Jumpsomedrops]

Hey SB Nation / Secret Base, You guys are friggin‘ epic! I have one request: Could you do a video about Willians Astudillo‘s seven pitch inning against the Angels? I have not the slightest clue which format that would fit in, probably something for Jon? Would be greatly appreciated!

[@tski3458]

You guys are great. Really . Best sports documentaries

[@jbtreshawn]

Damn it's about time Will welcome back

[@alsteiner7602]

Dude you put this story in context. Well done

[@Badguy10472]

Spygate got swept under the rug thanks to the Goddell and the league destroying the tapes instead of releasing them.

[@sheepdavis]

There was nothing to see

[@Badguy10472]

@@sheepdavis if there was nothing to see then there wouldn't have been a fine, and a loss of draft picks. Goodell used both his buttcheeks to protect the pats. Of course none of this mattered when deflategate came around. Pat fans were crying fire Goodell and completely forgot they he looked out for you guys the first time around.

[@mazdakmina9493]

Exactly!

[@SmoothCriminal12]

@@Badguy10472 Well Godell absolutely overstepped with deflate gate, regardless of what happened with Spygate. There was no real evidence that the Pats were deflating footballs Only reason they got punished was because they bruised Roger's ego.

[@SquirtleCODM]

I love you beef history... till we meet again ❤ p.s don't keep me waiting too long

[@jasont.dingess4985]

I misinterpreted the rules, and that's how you reach these kids. According to Eric Cartman.

[@skyefox]

Can we get a beef history of Greg Williams vs. every team he's ever played against?

[@Football__Junkie]

Gregg Williams vs QBs

[@christianc.christian5025]

Just make the video a closeup of Brett Favre’s leg for 20 minutes.

[@yearight7956]

Mangini went from thinking he could build a better team than BB, to singing his praises on ESPN every morning Monday-Friday during the NFL season.

[@Otis151]

Great video, thank you! Just subbed.

[@rogerszmodis6913]

Mr. I resign as HC of NYJ can’t really say anything about loyalty.

[@TL2354]

Why? It was the best move in history

[@DJS12345678]

4:10 it's weird how absolutely awful the misinterpretation was here. He so very, very clearly means "he did a great job for me, obviously, since I've hired him 3 times now on new teams for promotions." I know y'all are trying to make this more fun and dramatic but he very clearly did not mean what was implied by the narration and it's hard to interpret unqualified praise as underhanded insults to character so easily.

[@mukundgorty9846]

I've always wanted this to come....it finally had

[@sinjinamianda-cook8299]

I love the content. Thank you :)

[@rmm3803]

0:24 Wrong. Belichick's conversation skills have never been "lacking" in any way. He just dislikes mundane questions. Ask him an intelligent question and watch him take off an a detailed soliloquy. Or watch the 100 NFL years series from last year where he was constantly waxing lyrical so much he actually got an Emmy for his immense knowledge of the NFL and its players' history.

[@desean3402]

Bill hit that boy with the no look handshake. 🤣

[@jjfeit]

I sent this to my dad and he said I can’t watch this as a Jets fan it hurts too much

[@wvu05]

Well, it was pretty sweet exposing to the world the secret of Belichick's success.

[@legionwatchessports4029]

Basketball player beefs are great and all, but this right here is what I'm here for.

[@chrisyoung8301]

Please, please, please ,please do a rewind on Rulon Gardner at the 2000 Olympics. His opponent was Alexander Karelin whos record was 887-1 and hadn't given up a single point in 7 years-ish.

[@odysseus2656]

Oh, also ensure that you point out that Goodell was a NY Jets executive in the prior year and had just become commissioner and had an axe to grind with his rivals, the Patriots.

[@avacadomangobanana2588]

it’s honestly criminal you guys don’t upload full length documentaries, or more often

[@bigdumbjay]

Excellent job, well-researched, and very compelling while still being objective and playing it "down the middle."

[@staciemohler4624]

0:40 thanks for explaining that

[@hjluke4807]

One of the greatest beef ever.

[@bigbadzeus8321]

Beef History: Jose Mourinho vs any club he manages/coaches

[@jesterking27]

I want my tombstone to read, "This Time a Hug, This Time a Hug!" 🤣

[@silentwulffff]

Blessed

[@sostdm617]

And now Eric is in TV and Bill is still coaching and the jets are absolutely horrible another win for New England lol

[@tryhardfinessedyou]

13:04 I know you were trying to be deep with that.. but you literally just defined the phrase Bill used. Actions... Louder/more deafening than words.. sounded pretty good though. Great vid 8/8

[@zaboss1069]

Rewind of Jose Bautista Bat Flip 2015 ALDS Game 5

[@alechagopian8070]

The content we want to see

[@demetriabrooks2502]

Beef history: Reggie Jackson vs russ and kd

[@SecretBaseSBN]

Well, right after publishing this we found out Beef History has been nominated for a Webby for best sports series. If you enjoyed this and have a sec/feel inclined to vote, I certainly won't stop you - vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting#/2021/video/video-series-channels/sports

[@azahrmalik2259]

Wasn't Bill Parcells a high school basketball coach before he got hired to be the Giants head coach. Ok college basketball.

[@FallingToPieces10]

yo, when y'all gonna do Aquib Talib Vs. Michael Crabtree, suprised that one hasn't made it on here!

[@sarcastichillbilly9910]

Baker vs Lamar.

[@williamc4329]

were gonna need Kwame vs Everybody next

[@dirtmcgert3139]

I was just watching that episode of The Sopranos with ManGenius in it too 😁

[@serisothikos]

Did a great job making me interested to tune in to Pats-Jets, though, even if the spread was 24 points.

[@matthewbanta3240]

In 5 years as a head coach, Mangini has a winning percentage of 0.413. That isn't so bad when you consider that he coached the Jets and then the Browns. I wonder if this beef with Belichick is part of the reason why it seems to be difficult for Mangini to even get a coordinator job in the NFL. He briefly served as coordinator for the 49ers before getting fired and as far as I know hasn't been a coordinator since.

[@pete6705]

As a Pats fan I always wonder if other fans really think the Pats are big cheaters, or if they just like to say that because they hate how much the Pats win. I followed the Spygate and Deflategate stories closely and thought they were both ridiculous and blown way out of proportion, and have seen other teams do equally or worse controversial things over the years and not get 1% of the media coverage

[@Brain_With_Limbs]

It's because the media blown it up, since the Patriots are a big names team it draws a lot of ratings.

[@booradley6832]

No, we really do think they cheated as frequently as possible and much more than they got caught doing. At points it did appear that they used Kraft's ins with the league and other powerful people to cut things short too. Regardless if everyone did it, the patriots did it harder and more often. Like, orders of magnitude of difference. Everyone speeds, the patriots go 125 through a school zone.

[@chrislewis5069]

I don’t think belichecks conversational skills are lacking. He understands the media and how social schisms work and he’s just not a fan of playing along.

[@grammervausa]

Good video

[@markjackson6431]

Michael Jordan and Isiah Thomas beef history

[@geordiejones5618]

The main beef is the media. People wanted Jordan to win but the Pistons were better for longer than expected.

[@ashleymoreau1247]

A 23 year old “ball boy” just shows the passion,love,work ethic and drive to do whatever necessary to accomplish his goals and dreams and become a head coach.

[@Football__Junkie]

Oh please. He’s an idiot. An idiot that Belichick convinced the Jets to hire. Then, as we see, the Jets are idiots, too. Idiots leading idiots.

[@wvu05]

@@Football__Junkie So, that's why he got so mad that he went to a division rival?

[@JambiPot]

And then openly betrays the person who is most responsible for getting him there

[@wvu05]

@@JambiPot If Belichick hadn't pulled the spying stuff in the previous game, no one would have ever known about his cheating.

[@justinpeterson3686]

Eric is that you?

[@brianquinn8570]

Do a beef history on Roger Clemson vs Mike piazza

[@DDAWGY1]

Secret base is the absolute best period! I love your guys work and insite no one else seems to posses!

[@EmmanuelAniTheSchism]

Honestly the story people who hate on the pats needed to see. I can't tell you how often I was ridiculed for liking the pats after Spygate. Then everything became about how they "cheated".

[@roguishpaladin]

Spygate is the stupidest "scandal" in the history of sports. Oh no, they filmed people who are already on national television. The scandal is that they didn't do it from the right spot. Oh, wait, Deflategate was even stupider. That's when the NFL literally ignored the laws of physics (i.e. the ideal gas law) as they punished the Patriots. Oh, and let's not forget how instrumental an ex-Colts executive, mad at the Patriots for not letting Manning be the best QB of his time, was for driving that scandal and leaking information to the press about it.

[@mazdakmina9493]

LMAO Classic pathetic excuses to justify *proven* history of pathological and purposeful cheating for *two decades!* XD XD XD XD XD XD XD XD Your team *did* cheat, *pathologically,* again, and again, and again, and my favorite part is that Patriots' fans try to gaslight and cry that "they" are the ones who are hurt by the fact that *their* team and the players and coaches *they* keep defending are some of the biggest frauds sports have ever seen! Seriously, if you hate being a Patriots fan so much, do what my family (lifelong Patriots fans) did and root for another team! Because when you actively support pathological cheaters, you're sending a very clear message about where you stand on pathological cheating! 😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤡🤡🤡🤡 www.espn.com/espn/otl/story/_/id/13533995/split-nfl-new-england-patriots-apart www.bostonglobe.com/sports/2015/07/28/shaughnessy/T32IKjU6IVYjEWml2YfrMI/story.html www.nbcsports.com/philadelphia/eagles/bill-belichick-sports-uncovered-patriots-cheating-scandals slate.com/culture/2015/01/stats-show-the-new-england-patriots-became-nearly-fumble-proof-after-a-2006-rule-change-pushed-by-tom-brady.html www.documentcloud.org/documents/2073728-ted-wells-report-deflategate.html www.espn.com/boston/nfl/story/_/id/12833542/wells-report-finds-new-england-patriots-probably-deflated-balls This is exactly how the fans of Lance Armstrong, Marion Jones, and Barry Bonds acted! They bullied people and then acted like *they* were the "victims" for rooting for pathological cheaters and insulting anyone who *dared* to tell the truth and call those frauds *exactly* what they were! It was beyond pathetic and we are all *laughing* at them now for being *so dumb* and *so pathetic* and trying to *hurt* and *insult* others for telling the *obvious* truth! And the same *will* happen (if it hasn't already) to Patriots' fans, hence why my family jumped off that train! XD XD XD XD XD XD XD XD XD You can root for another team, like my family did! If you keep supporting pathological cheaters and gaslighting everyone who calls them what they are, *you* are literally *everything* you claim to hate everyone else for doing! XD XD XD XD XD Again, you can't stop this train! You know *exactly* where it's headed! Don't pretend you don't (because even *you* couldn't admit to yourself that your team didn't cheat. You can only cry about how "that's all anyone can talk about." You are clearly well aware of the fact that your team are pathological cheaters, and yet want gaslight and lie and bully everyone else into participating in your fake and fraudulent storyline rather than simply *root for someone else)!* 😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡

[@user-bz9sj8mh5d]

@@mazdakmina9493 You need to get over your butthurt over the Patriots' success. It's not healthy.

[@tinchote]

@@mazdakmina9493 I'll be waiting here for you to explain me how you win games and championships by deflating balls. Which they didn't, but let's assume they did.

[@jcore0981]

@@mazdakmina9493 Spygate got blown way out of proportion for something that most professional teams do. Deflategate time and time and time again has been debunked. Don't want to listen to me, fine listen to the facts. It's a proven scientific fact that cold air makes air contract. There are other instances of this happening to other teams but did you hear about it? No. Ignoring that if the deflated balls were the real reason they won, how come the Colts couldn't put up more than 7 points. Let me repeat that again for you...7 points. Also how exactly do deflated balls help a running back? Cause Blount rushed for 148 yards and three tds. Also the only reason that Brady was suspended at all was cause he refused to hand over his phone. Well he's guilty then right? Uhhhh no. Would you want the entire organization looking through your personal emails, texts, search history over an investigation 2 years later! Hell no. Truth is nobody likes winners. Also don't forget this was a Pats squad that crushed the Colts earlier that previous season. So what's more likely, a massive conspiracy, or a team that didn't want to admit they got blown out twice by the same team in one year.

[@lishtins]

Belicheck isn’t as cold as ppl make him out to be. He’s a pretty cool guy just very forward

[@wiltpak4753]

Belichick is someone who’s maxed out on intelligence but has 0 Charisma lol

[@TL2354]

Belichick

[@thedremexin8281]

Rewinder on Liverpool’s 2005 champions league comeback win against ac Milan

[@skill14]

As a Jets fan, I still don’t understand why the hell Mangini would stab Bill in the back and take the Jets job. He could’ve went anywhere else. This wasn’t just a head coaching tree branching off, that was his guy and Eric owed his career to Bill

[@trollkenobi6727]

1985 Bears or 1973 Knicks collapse I’ve said it once. I’ll say it again: TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT

[@matthewdaley746]

For the former, they couldn't defend the pass, at all, for the latter, they were just an old team, that got older.

[@elijahechicagobearsboyd5734]

I'll tell you what unfortunately happened, George hallas aka the heart and soul of the franchise died, and Jim mcmahon was never the same after suffering a disgusting cheap hit from a piece of crap on the fudge packers... So, without a good quaterback or owners who actually cared it's depressingly been downhill ever since...

[@matthewdaley746]

@@elijahechicagobearsboyd5734 Yeah, Virginia McCaskey just cut the team apart, if her name were Virgil McCaskey, the NFL would step in, she's still alive merely out of spite.

[@BeeHatGuy]

@@matthewdaley746 that's not true. Jim McMahon couldn't stay healthy, and in 86 they had an even better defense than the 85 squad. Charles Martin of the Packers deliberately hurt McMahon, but had he not, the Bears almost certainly win back-to-back championships. In 1987, the Bears still could have won, but Walter came up a few yards short on a chance to keep the game alive against the eventual champions. After that, the defense was old, Jim Harbaugh was a rookie, and 91 was basically the death knell of that era of the Chicago Bears

[@elijahechicagobearsboyd5734]

@@matthewdaley746 And sometimes, I wish she wasn't alive,OUT OF SPITE...

[@chaseduncan2876]

Beef History: Everyone vs Rob Manfred

[@matthewdancy6606]

Please do Nyjer Morgan and his antics. Dudes gotta have beef somewhere.

[@ryanouimet]

Let’s go!!!

[@ajfkexperience1040]

Please do a Miami Hurricanes vs FSU beef history or a Miami Hurricanes collapse

[@matthewdaley746]

For the former, Miami got outplayed many times before being bailed out by bad kicking, for the latter, once they quit winning, they couldn't get away with breaking the rules.

[@sdvard3]

Love these videos but it would be cool to see a Nico Rosberg vs Lewis Hamilton or some soccer ones, even though y'all are are mainly focused on US sports

[@briantneary2248]

The best narrator out of the bunch. Just saying. Lol

[@-C.S.R]

That defense was pretty amazing what they did to the Broncos in the Super Bowl! I can’t remember ever seeing a beat down like that? Seems like they got a touchdown in every single way you could get a touchdown?!?