Appearing on a podcast, Belichick said he and Kraft achieved plenty of success by remaining on that same page, but that cohesiveness slipped away over his final seasons.

Bill Belichick does not have much to say about his former team's latest move. The current North Carolina head coach parted ways with the New England

After Bill Belichick was fired by New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft, after 24 seasons as head coach of the team and six Super Bowl trophies in nine appearances, the expectation around the NFL was that the legendary coach would have little trouble finding a new job at the helm of a different NFL franchise.

Jerod Mayo lasted just one season as head coach of the Patriots. Did Bill Belichick, Mayo's former coach and later boss, play a role in the failure?

Bill Belichick gave a hilarious reaction after the Patriots fired former head coach Jerod Mayo after Week 18's win.

After trying to move on from the Bill Belichick era, the Patriots are now going right back to a successor much more like him.

This is a defining moment, one Kraft needs to align more with boldly stealing Bill Belichick from the Jets than pushing Mayo to the top spot before he was ready.

It looks like Robert Kraft got lucky. The Patriots owner probably should have hired Mike Vrabel a year ago, when the former Titans coach was unexpectedly available. But he’d already made his ill-fated contractual promise to Jerod Mayo which left him stuck.

The Patriots’ decision to fire Jerod Mayo just over an hour after the 2024 regular season wrapped has led to several strong reactions from former Patriots players — many of whom believe that the first-year head coach was put in a bad spot by Robert Kraft and Eliot Wolf.

New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick, right, and linebacker coach Jerod Mayo, rear left, watch from the sideline during the second half of an NFL football game against the Jacksonville Jaguars, Sunday, Jan. 2, 2022, in Foxborough, Mass. (AP Photo/Paul Connors) AP

With the New England Patriots already moving on from his replacement after one season, Bill Belichick was candid in his response to the news as he continues focusing on UNC.

The long-time Patriots coach said that it was Robert Kraft’s decision to oust his successor, but once again pointed to a Jonathan Kraft and Robyn Glaser having the owner’s ear. Belichick then added that he believed a “shared vision” was key to his success in New England, but said it evaporated during his final four seasons.