Patriots head coach Bill Belichick could be grooming the next head coach of the team right now but it’s not who you think it is.
Most think that offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels is the guy waiting to be the new head coach given he’s been with the team for a while and has head coaching experience but according to Chris Simms and Mike Florio the next head coach of the Patriots will have the same last name as the current one.
Steve Belichick is reportedly the next guy in line.
“This was the first year I started to get a sense Steve could take over for Bill, not Josh McDaniels,” Mike Florio said recently on PFT Live with Chris Simms.
Simms agreed.
“I feel like that is why Josh McDaniels got into the head coaching conversation, that maybe he saw a little bit of the writing on the wall that, ‘Woo, Steve Belichick is rising up the ranks and I might be the one without a seat here,’” he said. “Added to the fact that I think there are a number of people in football that look at it right now and think Belichick kind of screwed over Josh McDaniels with the coaching hires this year anyway — making him stay in the building, didn’t let him go down to Carolina and interview, never got a chance to interview with the New York Giants. So, those are things I look at too and go. ‘Man, how can Josh be happy with Bill Belichick at this point now?’ I think that would favor Steve Belichick even more.”
Simms spent a short time in New England, so he interacted with him at times.
“I was around Steve a little bit,” he said. “He’s smart. He’s a really hard worker. I think he’s trying to stay in his father’s shadow — not to be a kiss ass or anything like that, but he wants to learn truly every little thing his dad is thinking about during a week or before a game.”
Wouldn’t be the worst thing for Steve to be the next guy in line. He did start calling plays for the defense last season but Bill shouldn’t retire for some time to give his son more experience calling plays if that’s the plan.
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