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President Donald Trump thinks Bill Belichick should have been elected to the Hall of Fame \u2014 hinting that a \u201ccontroversial\u201d recent history may have led voters to snub the celebrated coach.<\/p>\n
In an exclusive Super Bowl interview, \u201cNBC Nightly News\u201d anchor Tom Llamas asked the president for his thoughts on Belichick \u2014 who won six Lombardi Trophies as head coach of the New England Patriots \u2014 not securing election to the Pro Football Hall of Fame on his first ballot.<\/p>\n
Belichick\u2019s failure to secure the honor has been a hot topic of discussion<\/a> in the run-up to this season\u2019s championship game.<\/p>\n \u201cI thought it was terrible,\u201d Trump said. \u201cI mean, he\u2019s won so much, won so many Super Bowls. Great coach. Became a little bit controversial, I guess, after that, this little period after that. During it, he was just a great coach. I thought it was very inappropriate.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s like what have you done for me lately?\u201d Trump continued. \u201cWell, you know, you have a great career and he has had a little bit of a controversial year and a half, two years maybe. But, what difference does that make? No, he should\u2019ve \u2014 he should be in there right at the top.\u201d<\/p>\n Belichick, who is now head football coach at the University of North Carolina, needed to secure 40 out of a possible 50 votes to secure a spot in the Canton, Ohio, hall. Voters have suggested Belichick\u2019s role<\/a> in sign-stealing and underinflated football<\/a> scandals, dubbed “Spygate” and “Deflategate,” in the middle of his Patriots career may have motivated some of their decisions.<\/p>\n More recently, Belichick, 73, has been the subject of discussion stemming from his relationship with girlfriend Jordon Hudson<\/a>, who is 49 years his junior.<\/p>\n