Rich Eisen on the Impact of the “Perfect Pairing” of Bill Belichick & Tom Brady | Rich Eisen Show

Rich Eisen weighs in on the ‘can Bill Belichick do what Tom Brady did with the Buccaneers?” question.
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[@ILuvRum]

Danny Amendola hit the nail on the head, when he said, "We played for Tom, we worked for Bill". The classic managerial conundrum: positive vs negative motivation. The whole situation will make a great study on human motivational styles someday.

[@MS-hp2fm]

Absolutely nailed it with this one, Rich. Top tier analysis.

[@aneesabashir8496]

Rich is in his element when he reacts to big breaking news stories

[@vicprovost2561]

Also don't forget Josh McDaniels for his great offensive plays and game plans and Dante Scarneccia for coaching up Brady's offensive line, no matter was playing, and keeping him safe for most of his career there.

[@173jaSon371]

Also long timers Ernie Adams and Ivan Fears!

[@rons3634]

Scarneccia's contribution is often overlooked.

[@jamespreston7823]

Brady was almost an on-field OC But coaches take longer to effect change on the field Bill specifically needed an OC to cover where he wasn't his strongest, to have one as QB was a "perfect pairing"

[@zeppelinmexicano]

Bill made so many ballsy in game calls that it's hard to remember them all but the one that I will never forget was his fourth and two call in Indy. Brass balls. That was the most pressure packed, electrifying regular season moment I can ever remember and Bill had the balls to make that call to put it in Brady's hands on his own 30. Totally awesome. Only a totally confident and prepared HC could make a call like that. Most others would wilt and punt. Well, they were DEAD if they punted!

[@greenlantern7959]

Bang on. Without Bill, it’s entirely possible that Brady isn’t even the answer to a Michigan trivia question. Never starts, fades into oblivion like so many others. Without Tom, Bill might have won 1 of the first 3, and none of the last 3. Together they were legend. What a gift… and a curse for the rest of the league.

[@donywahlberg]

The gave up 3 points in the 2018 SB. More realistically it's 2001, 2004, 2018 to Bill and 2003, 2014, 2016 to Tom for the comeback drives and high scoring needed.

[@TILZBROS.]

Tom “terrific” Brady is and will always be the standard 🐐

[@JJ_5289]

He is. I understand it been a celebration of Bill the past couple days but lets not forget that Bill led the charge to drive Tom Brady out of town. Everyone wants to forget about that

[@mandelamontgomery7073]

Shaduer Sanders + Bill Belichick is match made in heaven

[@Drj-69]

Thank you Rich for pointing out the obvious. It was the greatness of the both of them that created this dynasty. There is a lot more that goes into winning any game that is more than just quarterback play.

[@supastar25]

Never heard it articulated this well before

[@MikeHarvey-ol7xr]

Brady: Secretariat Belichick: Ron Turcotte

[@piggy8761]

🐎 the goat

[@russellwalthall2437]

There is no Brady without belichick. No coach would have started Brady over Bledsoe.

[@stephanea5364]

Be;ichick had no choice to put Brady in after Bledsoe injuries and then he saw Brady was better for his team

[@jongrho602]

@@stephanea5364 He's talking about when Bledsoe was healthy enough to come back. Bledsoe had just gotten the largest contract in the NFL. 100 myn might sound tiny by today's standards but it was huge back then. It was a career ending gamble if it didn't pan out.

[@stephanea5364]

It just prove how amazing Brady was@@jongrho602

[@timothy4557]

Great comment yet seldom discussed. And absolutely TRUE.

[@chrish2112]

You're kidding yourself if you think Brady doesn't become a great player anywhere. His journey would be different, but he would have been a great player absolutely anywhere.

[@manniemanzone]

Man it was special bro

[@tiareyes6403]

Go Tom Brady 🏆 💚

[@remidemeere7894]

The NFL should thank Bill Belichick for allowing Tom Brady to even play. We don’t get the goat unless he’s on the field. That’s incredible courage and foresight. Will never see this sort of thing again

[@porfirioruelas9757]

Well said. Perfect for each other. The ying and the yang.

[@zeppelinmexicano]

Few people realize that without Bill, Willie McGinest would never have achieved monster pass rusher and edge setter status that helped them win multiple SBs. Willie and Tedy were nobodies, misused by Pete Carroll, until Bill found out how to utilize them to get the best out of them. That happened all the time even on offense, especially the OL, but how about Edelnut, Welker and a bunch of guys? They all rose from nobodies to somebodies and Bill had a lot to do with that. Tom even. Tom was not Tom in 2000 or even 2001. It took a lot of coaching, Charlie Weiss included.

[@pmpkmc]

Tom provided the skill and Bill provided the focus. It seemed clear to me when Tom's 2nd - 3rd seasons in Tampa. Where the team was too interested in being loose and having fun and not grinding out the season. Where Bill only knows how to grind it out and not be very fun. So removing one of those dynamics it is near impossible to have sort of success they had.

[@robertpesa4157]

Oh man! My dad was PISSED when he got rid of Bernie, and we drove all around Toledo looking for a Plane Dealer paper so he could reead about it.

[@EffTwoFiddy]

the most obvious comparison is lennon/mccartney

[@timl9cas5696]

BB and TB, they should have gone out together but BB didn't believe in getting a top WR1... Moss was really the only one

[@173jaSon371]

He tried a bunch of times to bring in WRs, it just never worked. They run a complex system which is why guys like Ocho didn't work out there. Since 2016 they brought in Cooks, Gordon, AB, Dorsett, Harry, Malcolm Mitchell(good rookie year, bad knees made him retire), Sanu, etc. They also had Welker and Gronk, who are absolutely worthy of WR1, even Gronk at TE. Welker had FIVE consecutive 110 catch seasons. Gronk had over 60 TDs his first 5 years with the Patriots and is the best EVER red zone threat. Plus they got tons of valuable RBs like Faulk, Woodhead, Burkhead, Vereen, Dion Lewis, Blount, Corey Dillon, James White, etc. Honestly, for all the "Brady had no weapons" talk, he had either Welker, Moss, or Gronk or multiple of them every year from 2007-2018 and before that had all-world defenses while his passing game was still developing, along with great RBs all the time, including receiving backs. They worked with RBs and TEs so well that they didn't need 2 or 3 great WRs.

[@stephanea5364]

He really named Sanu LOLLL@@173jaSon371

[@donywahlberg]

The bad takes on his drafting and roster building will never end. Even people saying he was fired because of his GM decisions are morons. Sure he didn't replace the WR position or TE position recently and he finally stopped finding slot in OLs in the last two years after losing Thuney but look across the roster. RB, OL, CB, S, LB, DL, and ST he seamlessly replaced via drafting to the point he didn't re-sign a single draft pick from 2013-2023 and won 3 Superbowls in that span.@@173jaSon371

[@gelarehkhoie3855]

Sorry, but you can't dismiss the TB12 stats just cuz it's a good intro.

[@pretzelhunt]

All my blunts are homeruns

[@marshallwacker4689]

Now say the same thing about Jordan and Phil Jackson

[@Zackeditz13]

Not to many coaches would have made the decision to give a rookie the job over newly signed franchise qb drew bledsoe. That decision would have been his job if it didn’t work

[@donywahlberg]

Brady was in year 2 and had earned a promotion to 2nd string from 3rd string over summer camp.

[@Xxxomar880]

U still need everybody get same page to win super bowl too

[@173jaSon371]

And a ton of luck. KC for example has had INSANE health across their roster since Mahomes showed up. No idea how they do it, but the one time their OL was beat up they got stomped in the super bowl. Health is a huge factor

[@SonnySinghGlobal]

You literally just said yesterday he’s not retiring .. now we are supposed to believe you lmao

[@mctaguer]

The answer is, "Yes, if he goes to a loaded team like Tom did." Frankly, I hope McCarthy does a McCarthy, Dallas opens up and he does exactly that. But yes, the debate is beyond idiotic. The fact it's football obscures that it's actually apples and oranges. More accurately, it betrays the self-serving nature, or simplemindedness of those who proffer it. Of course, the Tombos will insist that BRADY made Welker, Edelman etc into great players, not Bill (hmm, maybe Tom sat in the draft room and did that too) and that it's actually evidence of Tom making Bill's garbage into a rose garden. And if you respond with ordinary defensive players made into excellent ones (hmm, Vrabel?), they'll try to convince you Tom somehow "inspired" or "led" them too. Add special teams--hell, for all we know, Vinatieri soaked up some of Tom's gamma rays before the 2001 postseason, right? Add St Peter and God on Tuesdays to the list.

[@donywahlberg]

The hate is real. No dynasty or coach has ever done it without a pairing of two. Almost as if they are two parallel jobs both required for a fully functioning team.

[@bolo34lx]

Since Brady left: Who has Bill drafted and developed? Who has Bill signed who was underperforming but he has elevated? Has team discipline increase, stayed the same, or declines?

[@173jaSon371]

He literally has an UDFA Alex Austin at CB this year performing at a high level, after another team dumped him. Even JC Jackson was halfway ok when they took him back due to all their CBs getting hurt. He is still insane at calling and building defenses

[@LMCFalcon12]

I agreed with everything in this video except that Belichick will coach elsewhere. He's retiring, in my opinion. Why? Because there's nothing left to prove. He has more rings than any other human on Earth. I don't think getting one with another team in another division/conference is important to him.

[@donywahlberg]

Listen to Boston sports radio for 5min any day of the week and you find out that some idiots need him to break Shula's record in order to say what you are saying.

[@joewhitaker2839]

Mac Jones was overrated Bill made a mistake drafting Jones

[@Kitty8791]

So did his buddy Saban trick him? Is he just like Tua - only good w/ an incredibly talented receiving corps? He was the most ready to immediately play out of his draft class, but he would have benefited from sitting behind a veteran QB. Brady sat for 1-year (Rodgers for 3-years). Jones graduated from Alabama in 3-years, & entered the draft after winning the CFP. He already had a year less playing time b/c of that (vs. Brock Purdy playing 4-years at Iowa State, experience matters!). Also didn't Kraft really want Mac Jones? 🤔

[@SuperVt100]

What made Belichick's teams great, at least since McDaniel's was there, was he had the winning formula. In later years, it was Belichick, McDaniel and Brady. Belichick handle the defense, McDaniel the offense & Brady was their QB. Brady was, by the way, never the highest paid. He made so much money over his career, because he played for such a long time. Brady got paid pretty descent at Tampa, but that's another story.

[@dimoscondos]

Brady was in the field... the other 2 dudes were ust talking and talking and talking... we can talk as well.... but Brady was in the field with the ball in his hands

[@michelleblanc6377]

@@dimoscondos I love your take. I agree.

[@JustSomeGuy009]

Understand that being the coach and GM is way harder IMO than jist being the QB. Dude had to put together an entire team pf talent amd of any part doesn't work out, gets hurt, doesn't perform, etc then it looks like a failure. They're completely different jobs. Brady vs Belichick narrative pf who gets the credot would be like debating who has more credot for a plane flying and landing safely, the engineer designing the plane or a pilot. Come on, stop this stupid narrative.

[@keenannash2947]

If planes engineered by a guy can only land safely with 1 specific pilot but that same pilot shows he can fly different planes then that engineer sucks and that pilot is a miracle worker.

[@stephanea5364]

Ok say that for every QB then

[@stephanea5364]

Belichick without Brady is worse than Rex Ryan and Jeff Fisher. It's a fact, backed up by numbers.

[@thomasoneill5877]

All Brady!

[@timsnyder5152]

I would imagine over the next couple years the Patriots will evolve to where they came from that ownership group is subpar and will get down to the below average team they were before Brady came

[@chrish2112]

Kraft is maybe the most respected owner in the league. Absolute clown comment.

[@farhanatashiga3721]

​​@@chrish2112can you remind me how old is he again

[@173jaSon371]

@@chrish2112 Jealousy breeds hatred!

[@aurynnlarissa4957]

So bias !! Why can’t bill after Tom left get the best out of everybody on those 7th, 8th round draft picks. It’s so funny that suddenly all of his magic that you talk about was no where to be found like jezz just look at his last season they can’t even win a football game. My guess here Belicheck can teach and tell you how to play good football, but that alone isn't enough to motivate and unite a whole team, they have to all want it. And Brady's leadership on the field makes his teammates want to go through the trials and tribulations, especially since he puts in as much work as anyone can & What I think made Brady such a good teammate was that he held himself and his players to such a high standard and I think everyone could get on board with a player that is interested in everybody's bests. That's is also why Tom was the reason for the dynasty. He was the patriots way & when he left that building the dynasty is over. Clearly I don't ever gonna think bill can win a chip without Brady.

[@ollihro82]

blechick had little to do with edelman growth... thats was brady and welker...

[@williamhorton7535]

Literally Edelman would completely disagree with you. Just admit you don’t know what you’re talking about

[@ollihro82]

@@williamhorton7535 no edelman already said on several podcast what helped him become a receiver transitioning from college QB ... just admit u have no clue boy

[@thomasroach5150]

SO BB GAVE HIM AN OPPORTUNITY ...LOTS OF PEOPLE GIVE SOMEONE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THIS WE SHOULD BE GRATEFUL JUST LIKE U AND OTHERS RATHER ITS A TEACHER OR COACH PASTOR NEIGHBOR ....WE HAVE ALL HAD THEM ...BUT AT WHAT POINT DO WE GIVE TOM HIS FLOWERS WE DONT HAVE TO INCLUDE BB IN ALL OF TOM S ACCLALAIDS OR YOURS ...I DONT THINK ITS FAIR ..ITS LIKE SAYING TOM IS 1/2 A PERSON WITHOUT BB AND ITS BS ...SICK OF THIS BS ....ITS WHAT TOM DID W THE CHANCE...AN HE GETS CREDIT FOR THE REST...BB WAS 0 BEFORE TOM AND 0 AFTER AND HE GAVE LOTS OF PLAYERS CHANCES LOUSY ONES TOM ELEVATED THEM AND MADE THEM BELIEVE THATS THEIR SIDE REALITY IS REALITY QUIT TRING TO SELL A FAIRYTALE ...YOU NEED TO TELL THE REAL FAIRYTALE HARD WORK AND BE REAAAAAY WHEN THEY GIVE IT TO U AN BRDY DID IT EVERY STEP OF THE WAY ...EVERYTIME THEY SAID NO...WHAT ELSE DID HE DO IN THE DRAFT HIS DRAFT SUCKED ....RICH U DISAPPOINT ME ...TAKE OFF THE ROSE COLORED GLASSES ..DEFENSE MAYBE...GIVE CREDIT WHERE DUE .....BE FAIR

[@aurynnlarissa4957]

💯 I’m sick of the bias

[@abcdwxyz34]

It’s time for Bill to move on. He probably won’t ever see a QB like Brady again. Should suck it up and retire.

[@jayclue8581]

Brady threw 3 INTs in the NFC championship in TB. He got that SB because of TBs stellar defense led by Lavonte, White, Suh, JPP. NE had more SB teams with a top 5 defense than a top 5 offense. Including their 2nd SB where Brady's 12th ranked offense won beside Belichiks #1 ranked defense. Bill was winning Superbowls in NY when Brady was still pooping his pants.

[@stephanea5364]

Brady put on 31 points, don't forget that. You just see the negative and ignore the positive.

[@173jaSon371]

@@stephanea5364 Says the biggest troll on youtube, fuckin peak irony right here from stephanie

[@thomasroach5150]

TB BE READY SO WHEN U GET UR CHANCE U R READY...TB U R THE MAN AND THANK U BB FOR HIS CHANCE ..BUT HE EARNED AND GETS CREDIT FOR THE REST CUZ U GAVE HIM NOTHING ELSE INCLUDING NO RESPECT AND NO PLAYERS CUZ U THOUGHT IT WAS U

[@joesmith6524]

Perfection?cheating,refs help and the weakest division in the nfl only now is becoming competitive as well as the conference!

[@anthonygambitta6220]

This happens all the time in every industry. My team at work was great at our work, and we outperformed other teams in the company. but our Manager received all the credit, praise and awards. BB had losing seasons in Cleveland, and losing seasons after Brady left NE. With a good team(s) in NE and 6 SBs later, he is now considered the GOAT of all coaches. BS. Brady and his team made BB. BB would have a losing record in NE if it were not for Brady, Gronk, Edelman, Malloy, McCourty, etc.

[@412StepUp]

Every good coach in history won because they had great players. Like BillWalsh had Montana and Rice.

[@mauricetucker5050]

Don't minimize what was done. It was epic. You may not have been a fan, but it was one the greatest runs in sports history. You have no idea what Brady would've been if he wasn't in New England. Belichick's record is also a testament of how even with the success of 6 super bowls and 9 AFC Championships, just how flippin' hard it is to win in the National Football League. They made it look easy. It wasn't.

[@JH-pt6ih]

Go watch the 2003 and 2004 seasons - the whole games, not just highlights, and get back to me on how that was all Brady. Even the limited players you mention - Brady they carried 4 QBs to keep (there was a REASON he dropped to 199!) and by the time of Bledsoes injury he was the backup and people back then thought Belichick wanted Brady to eventually replace Bledsoe (Just as he had done in Cleveland) but the injury occurred, Gronk was considered a reach by many because of his back problems but that pick (with Hernandez) was part of the two TE play that was started earlier with Graham and Watson and developed, Edleman was a converted QB to WR from day one, Malloy was the tough decision that we all hated but he DID replace Malloy with a better player, and McCourty was converted to safety and he had a long career. When people say it was all Brady anyone who actually watched those years KNOWS it wasn't true and we remember having to DEFEND BRADY and tell people it wasn't just the Belichick and the defense with Brady hiding behind a "dink & dunk" offense powered by the running game! And as for Cleveland, besides the fact that a lot of people fail at the first job, learn, and then succeed; go read what that final season in Cleveland was like and tell me who was going to win games. This wasn't like San Diego moving to LA - there were congressional hearings, court injunctions, the possibility of the team not being able to play outside of Ohio (forfeiting half their games), and impacted other teams - Bengals got their new stadium, Seahawks brought to court to stop them moving. It was mess that happened right before the season and lasted throughout. Maybe there is a reason they went from 11-5 with a playoff win to a bad final season. And of course all the players who played for him and against him, and other coaches, talking about how great he was all know less than you, don't they?

[@Kitty8791]

You also conveniently left out 2 Super Bowl rings he won as Defensive Coordinator for the NY Giants. Do the math, Belichick has 8 rings! But people whine & say that doesn't count b/c it was before Brady or he wasn't the Head Coach. - all excuses to justify your version of history. Oh and if Brady's new coach Bruce Arians didn't have beef w/ AB, he wouldn't have run off the field mid-game. That coach cost Brady a 2nd ring w/ the Buccaneers . . . perhaps that led to his retiring as HC & becoming an advisor? Brady & Belichick were exponentially better together and far greater than the sum of the parts individually.

[@173jaSon371]

I think Belichick is just a little bit better at his job than you have ever been at any of your workplaces, sorry to tell you buddy. The NFL is a tougher environment than WalMart.

[@coolyo17]

First