Since a Super Bowl championship will be delayed for many years to come to the New England Patriots, head coach Bill Belichick has a better plan.
A book by Seth Wickersham entitled “It’s Better To Be Feared”, details how Belichick treats his coaching staff.
According to Seth Wickersham’s new book on the New England Patriots, “It’s Better To Be Feared,” Belichick often gives the hardest-working coaches cash bonuses.
“Green balls,” as they’re known within the organization, can be worth hundreds, even thousands of dollars, according to Wickersham.
“Belichick would reward the coaches who made little, out of his own pocket,” Wickersham wrote. “During the season, he gave out what were called ‘green balls,’ wads of cash that could reach thousands of dollars. After the season, he would write a personal check to staffers who had overperformed – sometimes up to the six figures.” per Yahoo News.
It is also that Belichick was known for underpaying coaches and staff lower on the totem pole, but he would almost never fire anyone, so if you can handle being broke for a while the benefits would eventually come.
Who knows if working for or playing for Belichick is a curse when the DNA is rooted in greatness.
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