{"id":1124084,"date":"2020-03-25T16:54:26","date_gmt":"2020-03-25T20:54:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/?p=1124084"},"modified":"2020-03-27T12:09:02","modified_gmt":"2020-03-27T16:09:02","slug":"patriots-coach-bill-belichick-doesnt-like-to-publicly-praise-his-players-until-they-leave-new-england","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/patriots-coach-bill-belichick-doesnt-like-to-publicly-praise-his-players-until-they-leave-new-england\/","title":{"rendered":"Patriots Coach Bill Belichick Doesn't Like to Publicly Praise His Players Until They Leave New England"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>While New England Patriots head coach <a href=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/bill-belichick-confirms-his-time-in-new-england-might-not-be-over-anytime-soon\/\">Bill Belichick<\/a> is a serial winner, he's not the most beloved man outside of Foxboro. Between his hoodie,<a href=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/bill-belichicks-emotional-response-about-tom-bradys-future-with-patriots\/\"> his grumpy demeanor<\/a>, and his <a href=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/super-bowls-has-tom-brady-played-in-won\/\">consistent claim to the Lombardi Trophy<\/a>, it's easy to understand why many fans <a href=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/bill-belichick-gives-perfect-response-for-nfl-fans-to-hate-patriots-even-more\/\">can't stand the coach<\/a>. Patriots players, however, always seem to buy into his message.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Although Belichick <a href=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/patriots-player-learns-about-trade-at-dentist\/\">might not seem warm and fuzzy<\/a>, he does sometimes break character for a brief moment. He'll occasionally praise some of his players, but he usually waits for them to leave New England first.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Bill Belichick and the Patriot way<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=KMjJAVrrleE\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Bill Belichick took over the New England Patriots in the year 2000. While the club <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/coaches\/BeliBi0.htm\">finished 5-11<\/a> during his first season in charge, things have been markedly different ever since.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Over the years, Belichick's team has been based around the principles of &#8216;the Patriot Way.' While the head coach has publically stated that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsports.com\/boston\/patriots\/whats-patriot-way-new-england-bill-belichick-isnt-so-sure\">he isn\u2019t familiar with the concept<\/a>, the notion has taken on a life of its own.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theplayerstribune.com\/en-us\/articles\/kevin-faulk-patriots-way\">players like Kevin Faulk<\/a> have distilled the concept into one simple reality\u2014winning football games\u2014the Patriot way has <a href=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/life-without-tom-brady-will-put-bill-belichick-and-the-patriot-way-to-the-test\/\">grown into something larger<\/a>. As far as the public understands it, everyone on the team has a job to do; you then master that job and do what it takes to win, regardless of your individual role. In theory, that system has allowed players to be cogs in a greater system, which explains how Belichick manages to let players leave New England without sacrificing overall performance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Stephen Gostkowski receives some rare praise from the Patriots coach<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Statement from <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Patriots?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Patriots<\/a> Head Coach Bill Belichick on Stephen Gostkowski <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ilv9EUjyf2\">pic.twitter.com\/ilv9EUjyf2<\/a><\/p>&mdash; New England Patriots (@Patriots) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Patriots\/status\/1242571472125808642?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 24, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>During his time in New England, Bill Belichick hasn't publically praised many of his players. While there were a few notable exceptions\u2014the coach recently highlighted <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsports.com\/boston\/patriots\/bill-belichick-pays-marcus-cannon-rare-praise-playing-sick\">a linesman who played through illness<\/a>, for example\u2014it's safe to assume press conferences aren't the highlight of his day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Belichick, however, does praise players in one specific circumstance. If a key contributor is leaving New England, regardless of the reason, the Patriots head coach will make a point of acknowledging.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/story\/_\/id\/28943576\/patriots-release-kicker-stephen-gostkowski-14-seasons\">cutting kicker Stephen Gostkowski<\/a>, the coach did just that. &#8220;I have had the privilege of coaching some of the best specialists in the NFL and Stephen Gostowski is one of them,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Patriots\/status\/1242571472125808642?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1242571472125808642&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fsports7.us%2Fwp-admin%2Fpost.php%3Fpost%3D1124084%26action%3Dedit\">Belichick said in a statement<\/a>. &#8220;Stephen is a great teammate who made outstanding contributions over a decade of championship football.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Bill Belichick shows his appreciation for the greats<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Belichick on Rob Ninkovich&#039;s retirement\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GI-qvZtm9p8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Tuesday's statement wasn't the first time that Bill Belichick has praised a player after they've left the Patriots, however. While the coach doesn't make a habit of issuing public statements about his troops, he has made an exception for some major names.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Earlier this offseason, the coach<a href=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/bill-belichicks-honest-reaction-to-tom-bradys-departure-from-patriots\/\"> heaped praise on Tom Brady<\/a>. While things may have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/story\/_\/id\/28936050\/the-story-split-tom-brady-bill-belichick-patriots\">broken down behind the scenes<\/a>, Belichick still <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patriots.com\/news\/statements-from-robert-kraft-and-bill-belichick-on-qb-tom-brady\">hailed his quarterback <\/a>as &#8220;a tone setter and a bar raiser&#8221; and both &#8220;a special person and the greatest quarterback of all-time.&#8221; In the past, he's also paid tribute to <a href=\"https:\/\/247sports.com\/nfl\/new-england-patriots\/Article\/Bill-Belichick-calls-Adam-Vinatieri-greatest-kicker-all-time-122823680\/\">Adam Vinatieri,<\/a> Rob Ninkovich, and <a href=\"https:\/\/profootballtalk.nbcsports.com\/2009\/08\/31\/emotional-belichick-says-goodbye-to-bruschi\/\">Tedy Bruschi<\/a> after their time in Foxboro had come to an end.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While we'll never know what Bill Belichick is like in the locker room, it's safe to say that he doesn't like to praise his players publically. When a key contributor leaves New England, however, even the Patriots coach can't help but show his appreciation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While Patriots head coach Bill Belichick isn't the most forthcoming speaker, even he can't help but praise some of his former players.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":117,"featured_media":1124139,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[4992,4904],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.3 (Yoast SEO v22.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Patriots Coach Bill Belichick Doesn&#039;t Like to Publicly Praise His Players Until They Leave New England - Sports7<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"While Patriots head coach Bill Belichick isn&#039;t the most forthcoming speaker, even he can&#039;t help but praise some of his former players.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/patriots-coach-bill-belichick-doesnt-like-to-publicly-praise-his-players-until-they-leave-new-england\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Patriots Coach Bill Belichick Doesn't Like to Publicly Praise His Players Until They Leave New England\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"While Patriots head coach Bill Belichick isn&#039;t the most forthcoming speaker, even he can&#039;t help but praise some of his former players.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/patriots-coach-bill-belichick-doesnt-like-to-publicly-praise-his-players-until-they-leave-new-england\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Sports7\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-03-25T20:54:26+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-03-27T16:09:02+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Bill-Belichick-5.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1024\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"708\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Joe Kozlowski\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@JoeKozlowski_\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Joe Kozlowski\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/patriots-coach-bill-belichick-doesnt-like-to-publicly-praise-his-players-until-they-leave-new-england\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/patriots-coach-bill-belichick-doesnt-like-to-publicly-praise-his-players-until-they-leave-new-england\/\",\"name\":\"Patriots Coach Bill Belichick Doesn't Like to Publicly Praise His Players Until They Leave New England - 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