"...here's the problem: we voted for three people. There are two other slots available. Bill Belichick definitely deserves to be in the Hall of Fame. Robert Kraft deserves to be in the Hall of Fame. L.C. Greenwood deserves to be in the Hall of Fame. Ken Anderson deserves to be in the Hall of Fame. But because of a change that the Hall of Fame made two years ago, none of those guys got in."
"Any list that doesn't include Bill Belichick at the top is absolutely wrong. And, a lot of those players that we mentioned, they're great players. But there's nobody more deserving to be in that Hall of Fame than Coach Belichick. I've seen his greatness, I've seen him design defenses to stop your offense...he's been unbelievable. When I look out across the Hall of Fame, even a guy like Tom Brady, Tom Brady wouldn't be Tom Brady without Bill Belichick."
Bill Belichick, the third-most winningest coach in NFL history and the winningest coach in Super Bowl history, was not voted in as a first-ballot Hall of Famer. Multiple respected figures named several deserving candidates including Belichick, Robert Kraft, L.C. Greenwood, and Ken Anderson, and one voter blamed a recent change in the Hall of Fame voting procedure for the exclusions. Former Patriots safety Rodney Harrison strongly rejected that rationale, asserting that no list should omit Belichick given his coaching achievements and his critical role in Tom Brady's success. The result prompted widespread disappointment and calls for reassessment.
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