How Patriots coach Bill Belichick the found perfect soldier in Tom Brady

Tom Brady and coach Bill Belichick have a special understanding, writes Kieran Shannon.

How Patriots coach Bill Belichick the found perfect soldier in Tom Brady

For a man who likes to go about his public job as discreetly as possible and can be taciturn with the media, Bill Belichick has still let his guard down and the cameras in often enough for us to have some idea how he’s made the New England Patriots one of the two most consistent, successful and admired franchises in all of 21st century north American professional sport.

Back in 2009, he allowed NFL films for the purposes of a documentary access to team meetings, practise sessions, and in one particularly fascinating scene, a meeting in his office with his quarterback, one Tom Brady.

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