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Wow!
Double-wow!!
That’s because it happened twice.
In a veritable blink of an eye the other day, former Browns head coach Bill Belichick was denied entry into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility. And then Jim Schwartz was denied the opportunity to be the head coach of the Browns.
Bill Belichick is a first-ballot Hall of Famer.
— Dov Kleiman (@NFL_DovKleiman) January 28, 2026
I don't care what the voters think. pic.twitter.com/UY6MVkgrki
A week ago — for that matter, four days ago — neither one of these, let alone both of them, seemed possible.
Come on, Belichick is the GOAT, and when it comes to all-time Browns defensive coordinators, Schwartz wound be in consideration to be the GOAT.
That they are indeed the GOATs, it makes me wonder how it happened. You don’t mess with the GOATs.
There’s no accounting for what passes for common sense with some people. Instead, it turns into nonsense.
I feel bad for belichick, but he will likely get into the Hall of Fame in 2027. However, he has to wait a year for it to happen. That’s just not right. The people in Canton at the Hall of Fame, will spend next year trying to explain what happened and why it happened. It makes everybody at the Hall of Fame, and everybody connected with the Hall of Fame, look bad.
Schwartz will never again have a chance to coach the team that he started his NFL career with over 30 years ago. His time came and went, and it didn’t happen. That’s just not right, either.
Jim Schwartz appreciation post. #Browns pic.twitter.com/kRUj2kdUEj
— Browns fan UK (@brownsfanuk) January 29, 2026
To be quite honest with you, it just seems weird.
I heard this on the radio the other day from Michael Holley, the Akron native who has written two books about Belichick and knows him very well. Holley said not to put it past Belichick to decide to boycott the induction ceremony next year or whenever he does get in as a sign of his displeasure. I agree with him. I could definitely see him doing that. Belichick is a stubborn guy at times, and when he sets his mind to do something, he will do it no matter to what lengths he has to go to fight back.
Early in the 1993 season, as the Browns were getting ready for a road game against the Los Angeles Raiders, they were complaining that Belichick was not being honest with his injury reports, that he was not listing people who were actually hurt. That ticked off Belichick to no end, and that week, he listed 24 players on the injury report, all but three of whom were designated as questionable. Anyone who so much as sneezed that week, it seemed, got onto the injury report. So, then, don’t put anything past Belichick.
I just wished it hadn’t come to this for either man, for they deserved a lot better than they got.
Steve King
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