You can say a lot about the Belichick family, but you can’t say they don’t have a sense of humor.
Admittedly, it’s a very dry sense of humor, but it’s there, as Bill Belichick’s son Steve showed during a press conference on Wednesday.
The younger Belichick was hired as the University of Washington’s defensive coordinator last month and spoke to reporters alongside head coach Jedd Fisch and offensive coordinator Brennan Carroll, who also happens to be the son of former Seattle Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll.
Carroll and Belichick were both asked about the differences between themselves and their very famous fathers. Carroll gave a rather diplomatic answer, calling him his “mama’s son,” while Belichick went straight for the throat:
“We certainly have similarities. I have a job, he doesn’t. He knows that. I look up to my dad, he’s a mentor to me, but I’m me and all that [Carroll] said, excited to get on the field and work with these guys and work with the kids and recruit kids. I’m just going to be myself, I’m not going to try to be him.’
The elder Belichick parted ways with the New England Patriots at the end of last season after 24 seasons as the team’s head coach. He applied for just one head coaching job, the Atlanta Falcons, in the offseason cycle but didn’t get it, leaving him out of the NFL this season for the first time since 1974.
There has been some buzz about Belichick taking a job in media, but it seems likely he will have to wait until next offseason before finding another job in NFL coaching. Until then, Steve’s joke will remain accurate.
