Could New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick do well as a TV analyst? Peter Schrager thinks so.
Schrager, who works for NFL Network, told Front Office Sports that while Belichick is often known for being tight-lipped and short with the media in press conferences, he absolutely has the personality for television.
“Belichick is super, super engaging with those he talks to,” Schrager said. “He knows the history of the game inside and out.”
Several players who played for Belichick in the Patriots dynasty era have since moved on to successful TV roles, and Schrager said the guys he’s worked with who played for Belichick agree that Bill would be great in front of the camera.
“I work with Edelman on Fox and McCourty on Good Morning Football. You look around the landscape, Brady is coming, Gronk is with FOX, Devin McCourty is on NBC,” Schrager said. “There’s a little Belichick tree of media guys. You better believe they all say, ‘If you really got to know Bill, you’d look at him in a different way. Or if you heard him in a meeting he’s hilarious. Or Bill is the smartest guy.'”
But while Bill Belichick hasn’t given any indication he wants to give up coaching the Patriots or coaching in general, Schrager believes that if Bill wanted to get into television, he would be a fan-favorite.
“If Belichick ever wanted to do this, I would be a captive audience to listen to him on one of these shows. He’d be great,” Schrager said.
