Bill Belichick is difficult for reporters to get information from. He’ll shy away from giving detailed injury reports. He makes it tough to get into his thinking and his planning about his team. But, John Powers of The Boston Globe found out Belichick tells reporters more than you can imagine!

In his book Fridays with Bill: Inside the Football Mind of Bill Belichick, Powers did a remarkable job of digging through 10 years of Belichick press conference transcripts. From those transcripts, he wrote about what made Belichick the football coach considered to be one of, if not THE, the best in NFL history.

He detailed some of the philosophies in personnel that make the Patriots strong. He grabbed great anecdotes about things Belichick likes on and off the field. From those Friday interviews, you learn more about Belichick that you would imagine. That’s this week on Schooled.

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