5. Belichick Says Bye-Bye
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Introductory press conferences are usually celebratory affairs. But celebration and Bill Belichick have been strange bedfellows from the start. Minutes before he is to be introduced as the Jets' successor to Bill Parcells' coaching throne, Belichick calls an audible, resigning via a handwritten note. Ouch. A month later, Belichick is announced as head coach of a different team: the Patriots. And the rest is NFL history.
