Add Ross Tucker to the checklist of former Patriots who aren’t bought on Bill Belichick being a school head coach.
During his weekly look on WEEI Afternoons in Boston with Christian Arcand and Andy Hart on Tuesday, Tucker—who performed for New England in 2005—was blunt about his ideas on the 72-year-old doubtlessly taking the pinnacle teaching job at North Carolina.
“Based on my expertise taking part in faculty soccer, which isn’t the present period, and primarily based on my expertise taking part in for coach Belichick—which was virtually 20 years in the past—he can be in all probability, by far, the worst faculty head coach I might ever think about,” Tucker, host of the Ross Tucker Podcast, informed the present with a chuckle.
“He can be, in all probability by far, the worst faculty head coach I might ever think about.” 🤣
Former Patriot @RossTuckerNFL would not see Bill Belichick having success on the faculty stage.
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“I imply the concept of the man that I used to be round, recruiting,” he continued. “Or like going into the lounge of a 17-year-old—I need this to occur so unhealthy I can style it. I imply, in the event that they do it, they’ve gotta have cameras in every single place. The man, after I was in New England, was like 100% unfavourable reinforcement. I’d love to only see how rapidly these youngsters go into the switch portal.”
While he appeared to be talking in jest, this was fairly the staunch evaluate of Belichick from Tucker.
As of now, the Belichick-to-North Carolina story is quiet on all fronts. The former Patriots head coach has reportedly interviewed 3 times with the college and in keeping with NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport, Belichick’s curiosity is actual and “if Belichick desires it, they might work out a approach for him to get it.”
