As the New England Patriots took on the New York Jets Monday night, the ESPN “Monday Night Football” telecast discussed Bill Belichick’s resignation from “gang green” 20 years earlier in January 2000.
For backstory, at the time, Belichick was expected to take over as Jets head coach from Bill Parcell’s, rising from defensive coordinator.
However, Belichick’s confidence in the Jets franchise began to deteriorate when then-owner Leon Hess passed away before the 1999 season.
With the situation at owner unknown heading into the new millennium, Belichick began to express his doubts towards the new candidates in Woody Johnson and Charles Dolan.