It hardly qualifies as breaking news that Bill Belichick — professional sports’ unofficial all-time leader in press-conference grumbles, snorts, and non-answer answers — had little use for the media during his 24 seasons as Patriots coach, occasional engaging lectures on football minutiae notwithstanding.
But the reminder of his decades of dismissiveness with the media — save for the highest-profile, mutually beneficial friendships with the likes of Chris Berman, or esteemed producer Ken Rodgers and the brilliant folks at NFL Films — does serve a couple of purposes.
It amplifies Belichick’s hypocrisy in the two years since he was fired by Patriots owner Robert Kraft.