Bill Belichick's Hall of Fame snub is 'asinine,' Rob Gronkowski says

The fashionable sentiment successful shot circles is that Bill Belichick was snubbed from Canton.

It was revealed earlier this week that the eight-time Super Bowl champion was not selected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame successful his archetypal twelvemonth of eligibility.

ESPN archetypal reported that Belichick would not beryllium going into the Hall of Fame this clip around. The outlet, citing sources, reported that Belichick was "puzzled" and "disappointed" with the determination and wondered what much helium had to bash arsenic a caput manager to get successful connected the archetypal ballot.

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Head manager Bill Belichick and Rob Gronkowski of the New England Patriots look connected during a crippled against the Seattle Seahawks astatine Gillette Stadium connected Nov. 13, 2016 successful Foxboro, Massachusetts.  (Adam Glanzman/Getty Images)

Belichick's erstwhile prima choky end, Rob Gronkowski, is successful that aforesaid boat.

"It's precise asinine that helium was not a first-ballot Hall of Famer. It's conscionable perfectly absurd," Gronk told Fox News Digital successful a caller interview. "Guy has 8 rings, second-most wins of each time, astir wins successful the playoffs.

"This feline not lone has a large resume, but helium has besides touched truthful galore lives successful the crippled of shot successful precise affirmative way. From players to coaches, helium gave truthful galore radical opportunities and just opportunities arsenic good to win successful life. And that's what helium definite has done. And it's conscionable unbelievable that helium wasn't selected. He's evidently going to beryllium a Pro Football Hall of Famer, but it was conscionable absurd it wasn't the archetypal ballot."

It's been reported and speculated that Spygate and Deflategate were points of contention that led to a deficiency of afloat enactment for Belichick, starring immoderate to person different voters that Belichick should beryllium punished by waiting 1 twelvemonth to get in. The 2007 spying ungraded outgo the squad a first-round prime and $250,000, portion Belichick was fined $500,000. Deflategate resulted successful a four-game suspension for Tom Brady and $1 cardinal successful fines and yet reached U.S. courts.

New England Patriots choky extremity Rob Gronkowski gets a precocious 5 from caput manager Bill Belichick aft his 3rd 4th touchdown against the Miami Dolphins astatine Gillette Stadium connected Sunday, Dec. 14, 2014.   (MediaNews Group/Boston Herald via Getty Images)

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Brady, of course, was progressive successful some scandals, but Gronkowski said helium does not envision a script wherever helium gets robbed of a bust successful a fewer years. However, helium didn't precisely regularisation it out.

"Absolutely not. I conscionable can't spot that. I conjecture it makes consciousness due to the fact that Bill Belichick deserves to beryllium in," Gronkowski said candidly. 

"I can't archer you the existent crushed [Belichick stayed out]. I'm not a feline that has a vote. The radical voting, the lone happening I tin travel up with is they person immoderate sick volition towards Coach Belichick. That's the lone crushed I tin travel up with. There's a batch of rumors retired there, but you conscionable gotta look astatine the guy's resume and what he's done for the game."

The finalized database of Pro Football Hall of Fame inductees volition beryllium released up of Super Bowl LX. Belichick was among the candidates successful a abstracted radical from the modern-era players category, on with Ken Anderson, Roger Craig, L.C. Greenwood and Robert Kraft.

Six of Belichick's titles came arsenic caput manager of the New England Patriots, and the different 2 came arsenic the New York Giants' antiaircraft coordinator.

Head manager Bill Belichick of the New England Patriots celebrates with the Vince Lombardi Trophy aft defeating the Seattle Seahawks 28-24 to triumph Super Bowl XLIX astatine University of Phoenix Stadium connected Feb. 1, 2015 successful Glendale, Arizona.   (Christian Petersen/Getty Images)

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Belichick, presently the caput manager of the North Carolina Tar Heels, was 302-165 successful his vocation arsenic a caput manager with the Patriots and the Cleveland Browns. He and the Patriots mutually parted ways pursuing the 2023 run aft 24 seasons.

He had a arguable extremity with some the Browns and the New York Jets. The Browns moved to Baltimore and became the Ravens nether the screen of darkness, leaving the entirety of the franchise successful the city. As helium was acceptable to instrumentality the Jets’ caput coaching job, helium resigned arsenic "HC of the NYJ" astatine his opening property league and decided to instrumentality the New England occupation instead.

Fox News' Ryan Gaydos contributed to this report.

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