Bill Belichick, the eight-time Super Bowl-winning coach, is not a first-ballot Hall of Famer.
In voting earlier this month, Belichick fell short of the 40 out of 50 votes needed for induction to the Pro Football Hall of Fame during his first year of eligibility, four sources with firsthand knowledge of the outcome told ESPN. Belichick received a call from a Hall representative last Friday afternoon with the news that he won’t be inducted into the Hall in Canton, Ohio, this summer.
Sure, if you ignore all the wins, he didn’t win much. But the fact is, he did. He won more than anybody else. History speaks for itself. Plenty of coaches are in the HOF with fewer accomplishments, and plenty of “better” teams accomplished less. There’s no rational argument for not including BB in the HOF.
People are seriously acting like his SB 25 defensive plan being in the HoF is “noteworthy”… over accusations that were literally proven to be fabricated.