Tom Brady dealt with Bill Belichick for 20 seasons.
Through highs and lows – mostly highs – Brady got an idea how the Patriots coach handled the tough times.
During the latest episode of his SiriusXM show “Let’s Go! With Tom Brady, Larry Fitzgerald and Jim Gray,” Brady was asked how Belichick would likely be dealing with a 1-4 start.
For starters, Brady doubted that Belichick would change his approach just because the team is losing.
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“I think that he’s got a very consistent approach that he’s always taken and, you know, it’s the right approach,” said Brady. “It’s try to prepare the players, give ‘em the best opportunity to succeed . . . in the end, once the play is called in, the players gotta go do it.
“And it takes a great coaching staff to win. It takes great players to win. It takes great front office support to win. It’s an organizational win. It’s an organizational loss,” he went on before adding: “As a leader, when you lose you take the blame and you give the credit when you win. But at the end of the day it’s a team sport.”
The former Patriots great, who won six Super Bowls with the team, then talked about the many variables that go into a team’s success, citing his own experience.
“There’s a lot of things that need to go right in order to have team success. And I was a part of a lot of those teams and I didn’t take any of those things for granted,” he said. “I needed a great defense. I needed a great kicker. Obviously I needed a great coach. I needed great receivers and a great o-line. If I was gonna be successful as a player, I needed all those things. And I was fortunate to have a lot of those things over a long period of time.
“So, the teams that lose, they’re putting a lot into it. The teams that win, they’re putting a lot into it. It’s a relentless sport and nothing is given to you. It’s all hard. Losing is hard, winning is hard. To be in it year in and year out is hard. To lose and have a horrible season is very hard.”
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