The dream, for those who were harboring it, that Bill Belichick was going to ride in and save the New York Giants in 2025 is dead. Belichick, of course, stunned the football world this week by taking the job as head football coach at the University of North Carolina.
Reporting from ESPN’s Seth Wickersham on Belichick’s decision makes it seem like the Giants were never a realistic destination for the 72-year-old Belichick. Wickersham wrote:
Belichick knew that it would be a rebuild, with the New York press at his heels. Plus, he believes the team would do best to retain its current coach, Brian Daboll.