The Tremendous Bowl trophy is called after Vince Lombardi, the legendary Inexperienced Bay Packers coach who led his workforce to wins within the first two Tremendous Bowls.
Nonetheless, Invoice Belichick mentioned coaches cannot win video games with out the gamers and instructed the Lombardi Trophy be renamed after Tom Brady, who gained an NFL-record seven Tremendous Bowl rings in his profession — six with Belichick as his head coach.
Belichick, the previous New England Patriots head coach who’s now the coach on the College of North Carolina, made his feedback on the “Let’s Go!” podcast this week in a dialog with co-host Jim Grey.
“Possibly they need to title it the Brady Trophy. He gained seven of them.”
Invoice Belichick, on the Tremendous Bowl trophy
“Gamers win video games. You may’t win video games with out good gamers. I do not care who the coach is, it is not possible. You may’t win with out good gamers. , I discovered that out once I had [Lawrence] Taylor and [Carl] Banks and Harry Carson, Pepper Johnson, Jim Burt, Everson Partitions, all these guys on the Giants,” mentioned Belichick, who has gained eight Tremendous Bowl rings, together with two as an assistant with the Giants. “And identical factor once we received good at Cleveland after which at New England. I imply, it is [Tom] Brady, it is [Willie] McGinest, it is [Mike] Vrabel, it is [Tedy] Bruschi, it is Corey Dillon, it is Randy Moss, Troy Brown, Lawyer Milloy, Ty Regulation, Rodney Harrison. These are guys that gained the video games, man. I did not make any tackles. I did not make any kicks. That was [Adam] Vinatieri that made that kick in 4 inches of snow.
“You bought to have good gamers and as a coach, you wish to give your gamers an opportunity to win. You wish to put them ready the place in the event that they go on the market and play effectively, they’re going to have an opportunity to win. That is what Coach [Bill] Parcells taught me, is there’s all the time a method to win. You simply received to determine what it’s, and it’s important to give the gamers an opportunity.”
Grey, nonetheless, identified, “They do not title it the Starr Trophy,” referring to Bart Starr, the Packers’ quarterback for these first two Tremendous Bowl wins. “It is named the Lombardi Trophy.”
Belichick responded, “Possibly they need to title it the Brady Trophy. He gained seven of them.”
Brady gained six Tremendous Bowls because the quarterback with the Patriots and one other with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. He’s a five-time Tremendous Bowl MVP, essentially the most by any participant in NFL historical past.
