New England Patriots: Danny Amendola dishes on Bill Belichick
Former New England Patriots wide receiver Danny Amendola had some choice words to use when describing his former head coach, Bill Belichick.
The New England Patriots have been one of the best franchises in any sport over the past two decades. A big reason for that is Bill Belichick. The head coach and quasi-general manager put in the work and the results are evident.
The Patriots have been to eight Super Bowls under Belichick’s watch. They have won five of them. Belichick is the most successful head coach to ever grace an NFL sideline. However, to get those results, sometimes you have to rub some people the wrong way along the way.
New England is successful, in part, because they run a tight ship. Players are held to a different level of accountability they may not be in other places. New England has a plan in place, and they stick to it.
Sometimes that can rub players the wrong way. One player who opened up about playing for Belichick and the Patriots is wide receiver, Danny Amendola.
Amendola spent five seasons with the Patriots before signing with the Miami Dolphins in free agency this offseason. Recently, he caught up with Mike Reiss of ESPN and shared a lot of different things with him.
Amendola delved into why he decided to leave New England and join their AFC East rivals in the Dolphins. He also shared that he is not yet over the Super Bowl 52 loss to the Philadelphia Eagles, and not having cornerback Malcolm Butler on the field hurt the team. used a colorful name to describe his feelings of Belichick sometimes.
"“It’s not easy, that’s for sure. He’s an a–hole sometimes. There were a lot of things I didn’t like about playing for him, but I must say, the things I didn’t like were all in regards to getting the team better, and I respected him. I didn’t like practicing in the snow, I didn’t like practicing in the rain, but that was going to make us a better football team and that was going to make me a better football player. It wasn’t easy, and he’d be the first to admit, at the [Super Bowl] ring ceremony, that it wasn’t easy playing for him. The silver lining was that we were at the ring ceremony.”"
That is something plenty of people who have played for New England have probably wanted to call their boss. Belichick is a no-nonsense type of coach, something that players do not always take kindly to.
However, it is tough to argue with the results. The Patriots win and win a lot. While Amendola believes that Belichick is tough to deal with, he did praise him as well.
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Amendola added that Belichick is the best to ever coach the game, which would be difficult to argue against. Sustaining this kind of success is not an easy thing to do. Somtimes, it takes some tough love, but the end result of winning a Super Bowl is definitely worth it.