Patriots: Alex Guerrero sheds light on Tom Brady’s Belichick divorce

Just in the nick of time to clean up Tom Brady Sr.’s mess regarding his son’s departure from the Patriots, Brady guru Alex Guerrero showed up on Thursday to refute the claims … only to reinforce them in the very next sentence.

Safe to say, these are the most satisfying type of quotes you can pull in a one-on-one piece. “That thing the other guy said? Preposterous! Ridiculous! But, you know, now that you mention it…”

In the wake of TB11’s fiery podcast appearance, the Boston Herald caught up with Guerrero, the fitness consultant who was often the center of Patriots sideline friction during Brady’s final years in New England.

According to the trainer, Brady Sr. doesn’t exactly speak for his son when he claims the entire family became fed up with Belichick funneling the QB out the door.

However, within the confines of the same quote, Guerrero did begin to unravel the yarn a bit, admitting a few things about the way Belichick treated Brady that irked the star — and, presumably, his partner.

They were at the tip of the tongue, after all.

Patriots QB Tom Brady might’ve been bothered by Bill Belichick treating him like a rookie, per Alex Guerrero.

Guerrero starts the interview by distancing his client from his father’s comments, stating, “I think those were the emotions that were spoken by a loving father. I don’t know if they were really Tom’s emotions.”

Of course … a few words later …

Quoth Guerrero — and remember, he claims he’s an “outsider” here, even though he very much isn’t — Brady did feel alienated by 20 years of stasis.

"“The interesting thing I think there — and this is just me, an outsider looking in — it was like Bill never really … I think his emotions or feelings never evolved with age,” Guerrero said. “I think in time, with Tom, as Tom got into his late 30s or early 40s, I think Bill was still trying to treat him like that 20-year-old kid that he drafted. And all the players, I think, realized Tom was different.“He’s older, so he should be treated differently. And all the players, none of them would have cared that he was treated differently. I think that was such a Bill thing. He never evolved. So you can’t treat someone who’s in his 40s like they’re 20. It doesn’t work.”"

Contextually, does this mean Belichick believed he could demand the same things from a 40-year-old Brady that he could demand from a subservient rookie, especially in the contract department? Are we discussing his expectations that he could repeatedly bait Brady into taking on more work (eg, worse receivers) for lower pay?

Or is this something else entirely? Perhaps we’re talking about demanding Brady get down in the muck with lesser players at intense practices? Either way, it seems clear that on the way out, Brady wanted to be treated like the superstar he is, either on the field or in his checkbook.

As far as Brady Sr.’s comments? They were more incendiary, but they hinted at the same degree of revenge that Brady’s play in Tampa has reflected so far.

Whether subconsciously or not, Brady (and Guerrero) are clearly sticking it to Belichick with every touchdown pass they collaborate on, long after being deemed both a nuisance and someone who couldn’t feasibly lead another generation of the Patriots dynasty.

How much longer can this last? Will a 50-year-old Tom Brady be begging Bruce Arians to stop treating him like a man in his 40s? That certainly seems like the goal.

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