A new book says that Tom Brady has long been worried about being rebuffed by Bill Belichick

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On the basis of interviews with 350 people (Belichick did not cooperate), the book, published on September 25th, indicates that Brady was so angry with his coach that he was not sure at the end of the month from March he was returning to the Patriots. "But in the end, even if he wanted to, Brady could not leave the game and he could not ask for an exchange," wrote O & # 39; Connor. "The moment Belichick moved [Jimmy] Garoppolo in San Francisco, and relying on Brady's often stated desire to play until at least mid-40s, was the time when Brady was practically locked up in the next season and beyond. If he had retired or asked for an exchange, he would have risked turning an adorable New England audience into an angry mob. "

ESPN's Seth Wickersham and several Boston outlets reported escalating tension between Brady and Belichick last season, largely around the coach's decision to cut back on the ## 147 ## ######################################################################### 39th team access to Alex Guerrero. Belichick no longer gave his quarter the most favored nation status he had enjoyed in the past. New York Yankees general manager Brian Cashman recalled in the book that Belichick had told him years earlier about a disagreement between Brady and a Patriots coach. Belichick said, "If Tom Brady wants it, Tom Brady understands it," said Cashman. "If you get a player at this level, you give him what he needs, even if the strength trainer says the opposite. "

Brady was the only starting quarterback in the league not to participate in volunteer operations in the spring; Malcolm Butler, who was fighting in Philadelphia's loss to the Super Bowl, was also angry. Asked by broadcaster Jim Gray at the end of April, if he felt appreciated by Belichick and owner Robert Kraft (the quarterback has a close relationship with Kraft), Brady replied, "I plead the fifth!

The transactional relationship between the five champions, Brady and Belichick, had been reduced to a point of view that did not surprise those on the pitch. According to the book, Brady's family has long felt that Belichick would release his longtime franchise player before he was ready to retire. Brady's sister, Nancy, reportedly told people that her brother believed "Belichick will certainly make it one day what the Colts did in Peyton [Manning]. "

Brady began to worry about his job almost immediately after Belichick cited his age and his contract status – and the coach's own desire to be "early rather than late at this position" – When the Patriots fished Garoppolo in 2014. An assistant from New England The general feeling among staff members at that time was not that the Belichick system could make the Super Bowl quarterbacks among the 32 starting from the NFL. "But if you gave us one of the top 15, we could do it," said the assistant. "I do not think coaches think Tom is as special as everyone else in football, Mr. Kraft thinks Tom is the best gift of all time, but not the coaches."

Another notable material in the book includes:

Deflategate

• In the early days of the case, Belichick was among the Patriots' officials who had "serious doubts" about Brady's claim that he had no involvement in the potential deflation of the balloons used in the Championship win. AFC January 2015 on the Colts.

• A person close to Brady said that his entire family was "angry" in Belichick for telling reporters to ask him what his preferences were on the game balls and "very angry" for having reluctantly announced in 2015 that He would not fight a gambling ban. One of Brady's close friends said, "I thought Bill was terribly busy, especially when it came to a guy who had done everything to help your career. as a coach and that you had hung him to dry. "

• Brady told his friends that his weak response to the issue of the press conference, namely whether he was a cheater – "I do not believe it" – did not betray Deflategate's guilty conscience, but The belief that at least some of the suspicions over the years regarding the alleged tactics of the Patriotes Black-ops were likely.

Spygate

• In the Patriots-Jets 'first game in 2007, after a Patriots' camera confiscated for illegally filming Jets coaches from the sidelines, three police officers held a heated debate in a Giants office Stadium. FBI agent Bob Bukowski and Meadowlands security officials Jim Crann and Pat Aramini, who had secretly infiltrated the Genovese family, listened to Patriot security chief Mark Briggs, who was in charge. 39, reprehensible acts. Crann said Briggs continued to blame the Meadowlands agents for stealing the camera from New England. Bukowski of the Patriotes and the Spygate Band: "They knew what was there, and they wanted to get it back, they were trying a reason, but there was no way."

Urban Meyer / Aaron Hernandez

• While coaching the University of Florida, Urban Meyer warned at least one NFL team that she should not call on Aaron Hernandez. Meyer told this team, "Look, this guy is a football player, but he's lying to beat the system and teaches all our other guys to beat the system." With the marijuana stuff, we've never caught this guy, but we know he's doing it … Do not touch that guy. "An official from this NFL team said he was surprised when Meyer's friend, Belichick, recruited Hernandez in the fourth round. "I never understood that," said the manager.

Bill Parcells

• Parcells and Belichick have repaired much of the damage caused by Belichick's stormy start to the Jets after 1999, but Parcells is quoted in the book as to why the game plan of his former defensive coordinator in the Super Bowl XXV against Buffalo ended up in Canton "I do not know who had the idea to put it in the Hall of Fame," Parcells said. "If anything were to be in the Hall of Fame, it should be [offensive coordinator] Ron Erhardt's game plan. We had the ball for 40 minutes and a few seconds. It takes work, a coherent game. We were only in defense for 19 minutes. For me, we had a good game plan against them. We thought well, two things we did, the two-player lines in this game. But I do not diminish anything. I tell you I do not know how it happened. I do not hit anyone here. "

Nick Saban

• Although longtime friends formed a devastating tandem in 1994, while the Browns' defense gave them a minimum of 204 points, Belichick and Saban had their moments in Cleveland. Saban had little use for Belichick's restrictions on the access of his assistants to journalists and for Belichick's conservative philosophy of defense. "Nick was so upset with Bill," recalls Rob Burnett, Pro Bowl defensive end. "He wanted to do so many things and he was paralyzed by Bill, I had used to meet Nick all the time, and Bill would not bend as far as changing defenses. The ice was like … Oh, dude, do you remember training camp when they could not block us in this blitz? "He said," I know, I know. "But sometimes I put it in the game plan and Bill will not run it on Sunday … In the end, it was not the best relationship.

giants

• George Young, chief executive of the long-time Giants, made it clear that the defensive coordinator of the team, Belichick, would never succeed Parcells. "I was there when [Young] says staff man Chris Mara. He said, "He will never become the Giants head coach." … George, like the others, said, "He's a former lacrosse player. It's a messy mess most of the time. George was big in this case with regard to appearance, that's why he was so high on Ray Perkins, who took command of everyone around him and was a born leader. I do not think he saw that in Bill Belichick. "

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