What Bill Belichick said about Aaron Hernandez

Warning: Spoilers ahead for American Sports Story.8-time Super Bowl champion Bill Belichick is portrayed in the FX/Hulu series American Sports Story. Josh Rivera leads the American Sports Story Cast as Aaron Hernandez, the former collegiate and NFL superstar tight end who was convicted of murdering semi-pro football player Odin Lloyd in 2015. The first two episodes of American Sports Story Gain a basic understanding of Aaron Hernandez’s complicated upbringing, tumultuous family life and accelerated path to becoming a Florida Gator before joining the NFL’s New England Patriots in 2010. American Sports Story Depicts several NFL players and coaches including Hernandez.

Hernandez was selected in the fourth round of the 2010 NFL Draft and was in the same draft class as legendary Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski. As the Patriots head coach and de facto general manager, Belichick played an integral part in selling Hernandez to join the Patriots. Led by superstar quarterback Tom Brady and a formidable two tight end formation with Gronkowski and Hernandez, Belichick led the Patriots to the Super Bowl in 2012, only to come up short to the New York Giants. Belichick is portrayed by Norbert Leo Butz, known for his roles in blood line And The girl from Plainville.

Bill Belichick held a press conference in 2013 to field questions about Aaron Hernandez

Belichick unsurprisingly revealed a lot about his experiences and relationship with Hernandez

Known for his stoicism and being a man of few words during his coaching tenure with the New England Patriots, Bill Belichick held a press conference in 2013 after the arrest of Aaron Hernandez And the Patriots’ quick decision to release him. He said earlier:As the coach of the team, I am primarily responsible for the people we bring into the football operation. Our players are generally highly motivated and talented athletes who come from very different backgrounds. As far as the whole process goes, I can tell you that we look at each player’s history from the moment we start discussing it.”

Belichick fielded questions from various reporters afterward July 24, 2013 press conferencewhat was Held nearly a month after Hernandez was arrested on June 26 of that year. “We will learn from this terrible experience. We will become a better team. I was advised to address the situation once and it is time for the New England Patriots to move forward.” Belichick basically repeated those sentiments throughout the 22-minute press conference and was generally unwilling to open up about his personal experiences and opinions of Hernandez and the situation.

Bill Belichick briefly reflected on Aaron Hernandez during Apple TV’s Dynasty Series

Belichick has yet to publicly express his views on Hernandez

In episode 6 of the Apple TV+ docuseries The Dynasty: New England PatriotsBill Belichick still revealed many personal details about Hernandez, but called it an “Poor situation“. He also said he didn’t.”Something to add to it“In response to Hernandez asking him to be traded to an NFL team on the West Coast in 2013.

Patriots owner Robert Kraft, on the other hand, was much more open about it, saying he was “duptKraft asked Hernandez if he did it or not and believed Hernandez when he said it wasn’t him, a scene that will likely be depicted in American Sports Story. Kraft said about Aaron:He really changed my life and the way I look at people, because it just – I, to this day, can’t believe I was so snookered.”