Bill Belichick had a knack during his Patriots tenure for moving on from a player sooner rather than later, not wanting to wait until the production dipped.<\/p>\n
One of his former players, Ted Johnson, believes North Carolina needs to take a similar tactic regarding its new coach amid the alleged growing concern about the famous coach, particularly in the aftermath of his disastrous CBS interview<\/a> featuring 24-year-old girlfriend Jordon Hudson constantly interrupting.<\/p>\n Johnson said he believes Hudson has been \u201cembarrassing Bill.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI hold college coaches to a higher standard than I do NFL coaches when it comes to morally, they are supposed to leaders of men, set a good example that kind of thing,\u201d Johnson said on \u201cWEEI Afternoons\u201d on Tuesday.<\/a> \u201cI\u2019m surprised UNC never called Atlanta on why they passed on hiring Bill Belichick. My feeling is that the Atlanta Falcons are kinda looking at the UNC and going, \u2018You should have called us.\u2019<\/p>\n \u201cI say all that to say this: I think the \u2026 Tar Heels should consider firing Bill Belichick. They should consider letting him go at this point. It\u2019s a lot of money and they\u2019re deep into, obviously, their preparation for next year, but I look at Bill Belichick and I wonder if he\u2019s fit to coach an NFL team, let alone fit to coach a college team which, again, I put more onus on the character and personality and just overall character, if you will, of a college coach than I do a pro coach. I\u2019m worried that Bill Belichick just isn\u2019t fit to coach college kids and UNC should consider cutting ties with Bill Belichick.\u201d<\/p>\n Ted Johnson during a practice in 2003. AP<\/p>\n Johnson played for Belichick for five seasons from 2000-04, winning three championships under his tutelage. He spent 10 total season with the Patriots after being a second-round pick in1995.<\/p>\n His belief in moving on from Belichick, 73, is rooted in his idea of what a college coach\u2019s role should be, which is influenced by his time playing for late Colorado coach Bill McCartney.<\/p>\n Johnson referred to McCartney \u2014 the Buffaloes\u2019 coach from 1982-94 \u2014 as \u201cdamn close to perfect,\u201d praising him for setting an example and being a coach who made the university \u201cproud.\u201d<\/p>\n Bill Belichick (l) and Jordon Hudson (r) in February 2025. TheImageDirect.com<\/p>\n With Belichick, he\u2019s not sure how the Tar Heels can be proud since most of the storylines are focused on his relationship with Hudson and her role with the program.<\/p>\n Belichick has asked for her to be CC\u2019d on emails and Hudson sent the school emails<\/a> expressing concerns about social media comments and how son and defensive coordinator Steve Belichick is described.<\/p>\n Ted Johnson (l) talking with Belichick (c) during a practice. Boston Globe via Getty Images<\/p>\n Hudson released an email Tuesday after the CBS interview fiasco<\/a> in which she said \u201cwe\u2019re not talking about this\u201d in regards to a question about how the two met, in addition to other butt-ins.<\/p>\n \u201cThese big institutions are proud institutions and it reflects on the institution when you hire coaches that aren\u2019t reflecting the value of what you\u2019re all about and I just don\u2019t think Bill is doing that right now,\u201d Johnson said. \u201cIf I\u2019m UNC, I\u2019ve heard all of guys guy say \u2026 this is going to get worse before it gets better. So with that in mind, don\u2019t you think it\u2019s better to cut loose now than see this thing through?\u201d<\/p>\n Ted Johnson (52) making a tackle during a 2001 game. REUTERS<\/p>\n When pressed about what Belichick has done that would qualify as a fireable offense, Johnson cited the much-scrutinized relationship between the pair.<\/p>\n Those close to Belichick describe the relationship as \u201calarming\u201d and see Hudson as a \u201crunaway train,\u201d per The Post\u2019s reporting<\/a>, and UNC is concerned about her influence on Belichick, according to TMZ<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cWhat you\u2019ve seen so far, the behaviors with Jordon. That dynamic, her being on the football field, her just kind of embarrassing Bill,\u201d Johnson said. \u201cPeople say, \u2018Well, she\u2019s taken control of Bill. You think Bill doesn\u2019t have any say in how these things go?\u2019 Of course he does. He\u2019s OK with what she\u2019s doing. You don\u2019t think he knows that that email was being posted on her Instagram? Of course he knows. He\u2019s signing off on that. To me, those are bad decisions that makes him and the university look really bad and question whether or not he is of sound mind and should be running a football team at the University of North Carolina. I think it\u2019s something you have to really, really consider. Just question the decision-making from the head coach at this point for those reasons.\u201d<\/p>\n Beyond the off-the-field situation, Johnson also isn\u2019t sure if Belichick is really meant to guide young men in the way McCartney did for him and others.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019ve always said this about Bill. Bill Belichick never has really cared about his players, like genuinely cared. Bill Parcells genuinely cared about his players. Case in point, he\u2019s given millions of his own money to help players that have had problems post-football,\u201d Johnson said. \u201cBill Belichick would never do that, never even considering doing that. At the college level, you really need coaches that care about players and them as human being and them as men. Bill Belichick has never cared about his players and it\u2019s just not a good fit considering what I\u2019m seeing going on right now from Bill.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bill Belichick had a knack during his Patriots tenure for moving on from a player sooner rather than…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":12608,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2050],"tags":[3851,7,4406,1167,249,2326,2094,6,4717,208,9,10,203,33],"class_list":{"0":"post-12607","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-england-patriots","8":"tag-bill-belichick","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-jordon-hudson","11":"tag-new-england","12":"tag-new-england-patriots","13":"tag-newengland","14":"tag-newenglandpatriots","15":"tag-nfl","16":"tag-north-carolina-tar-heels","17":"tag-patriots","18":"tag-sports","19":"tag-sports-entertainment","20":"tag-sports-media","21":"tag-wags"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114427228763346731","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12607","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12607"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12607\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12608"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12607"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12607"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12607"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}