Pro Football Hall of Fame voter reveals reason why he snubbed Bill Belichick on first ballot

One of the archetypal known voters who didn’t take Bill Belichick arsenic a first-ballot Pro Football Hall of Famer has explained his choice. 

Kansas City Star’s Vahe Gregorian wrote a Wednesday file revealing that helium was 1 of astatine slightest 11 Hall of Fame voters who didn’t cheque disconnected Belichick, which shocked the shot satellite erstwhile the quality surfaced connected Tuesday. 

While that study stated Belichick’s engagement successful scandals with the New England Patriots similar Spygate and Deflategate, Gregorian, who has been covering the league for astir 40 years, said that wasn’t his reasoning down leaving the manager disconnected his ballot.

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Then-New England Patriots caput manager Bill Belichick was denied introduction into the Pro Football Hall of Fame successful his archetypal clip connected the ballot. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, File)

Gregorian said the "curious enactment dynamics" from the Hall led to him to formed his votes elsewhere.

To further explain, Belichick was a portion of a five-person excavation abstracted from the 15-man modern-era ballot, wherever each elector is tasked with selecting conscionable 3 members to participate the Hall. Among those are 3 elder candidates, a contributor and a coach. 

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Belichick was the manager connected this year’s ballot, portion coincidentally, Patriots proprietor Robert Kraft was the contributor nominee. 

But Gregorian explained wherefore helium chose to formed his 3 votes for the 3 elder members – Ken Anderson, Roger Craig and L.C. Greenwood – each of whom helium believed deserved a spot successful Canton.

Gregorian said helium felt "duty-bound" to formed his votes for the elder candidates, believing they were looking astatine perchance their past chances to get into the Hall. 

"All 3 person been agelong deserving of induction successful the Hall," helium wrote successful his column. "All 3 person been, well, snubbed for decades."

A longtime NFL newsman revealed wherefore helium didn’t cheque disconnected Belichick's sanction connected his ballot for the Pro Football Hall of Fame. (Damian Strohmeyer/Sports Illustrated via Getty Images)

Gregorian’s thought process was Belichick would inevitably get in, but erstwhile helium saw that helium didn’t procure the indispensable 80% of votes connected his archetypal ballot, the seasoned writer understood the vitriol and backlash that was received erstwhile quality broke.

"At the hazard of contradicting my ain vote, really, [Belichick] shouldn’t adjacent person to wait," Gregorian’s file read. "I recognize wherefore radical are offended that helium isn’t going successful the archetypal infinitesimal helium can. 

"I felt much compelled by what I comprehend to beryllium past chances and looming mislaid causes wrong the strategy arsenic we person it — a strategy I anticipation the Hall volition spot acceptable to alteration now."

Kraft called Belichick the "greatest manager of each time," portion Tom Brady said helium couldn’t fathom wherefore his aged mentor successful Foxborough, Massachusetts, isn’t heading to Canton, Ohio, this summer. 

Many others, including Patrick Mahomes, J.J. Watt, Ryan Clark and Pat McAfee, each shared their disbelief aft speechmaking the news.

Patriots proprietor Robert Kraft and others person called Belichick the "greatest manager of each time."  (Steven Senne, File/AP Photo)

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Belichick has the second-most wins by a caput manager of each time, lone down the large Don Shula. He won six Super Bowls successful New England and 2 portion a antiaircraft coordinator with the New York Giants. 

While Gregorian was brave capable to look the backlash, it’s chartless whether the different writers who didn’t ballot for Belichick volition fto themselves beryllium known. 

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