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Originally Posted by mooby

Calia normally I agree with you on things but not on this. The man had a direct hand in 8 super bowl titles. Went to 12 title games overall. The cheating stuff - every coach will take advantage of a loophole if they see a grey area where things aren't clearly defined. Shit, even if things are clearly defined coaches and players will push the envelope, because winning in the NFL is a matter of inches. He paid his dues for those scandals.

If Belichick is not a first ballot HOFer, idk who is. This includes Tom Brady.

Keeping him out (especially if it's for one year) just because you don't like the man is playing politics, and it casts the HOF voting process in a terrible light.

The people who left him off their ballots need to do a public op-ed and explain why they did it and take the heat that they absolutely deserve. If nobody stands up for their reasoning it makes it even worse.

To be clear, it's not because I don't like him, and I do not disagree he is HOF worthy, as I noted above. But I also don't feel a lot of sympathy for a guy who was caught cheating and then less than 2 years later was caught cheating again. I know he was fined and the team was sanctioned, but I still feel like what he did was an affront to the game. In any event, until Joe Jacoby is inducted, I think the HOF is not worth giving a lot of thought.

On a separate note, I'd be curious to know if anyone has heard anything further about additional coaches. I assume that Blough may rely mostly on guys already in the building, as he has been here, but I'd be curious whether our new DC has leanings about defensive coaches he wants to retain or bring from outside.