SB51 was Brady's revenge, not only against the league, but Bill too. I loved that episode.
Look at how Bill slavered all over his draft pick Jimmy for a regular season win @Arizona, then look at how he acted like a complete dick after a AFC championship win.
The episodes clearly illustrate that Bill changed after spygate. Pioli made that clear. Tom already had 3 SB rings and was already considered as one of the greatest QB's to ever play the game, yet Welker, Slater, Moss, Stallworth all say Bill was brutal with Tom. Literally disrespecting the QB who made him famous on a daily basis.
As Amendola stated, "We played for Tom." They only tolerated Bill.
Bill would be NOTHING without TB12. He needs to understand this. The similarities between his record at Cleveland and his post Brady record tell us everything we need to know. He has a losing record without TB12 and is a very average HC. Also, the way he forced Kosar out and how he forced Brady out, neither one with a replacement plan are very similar. Bill also has a bad habit of ignoring his QB when things aren't going so well. Belichick stopped talking to Kosar in CLE. He apparently stopped talking to Brady as well. We know he stopped talking to Mac this past season. Do you think this is the right thing for a HC to do to his QB1? It is immature.
What did TB12 do without Bill? He only went on to win yet ANOTHER ring. It was a very tough road too. He had to get past Brees, Rodgers AND Mahomes. It has to be one of the greatest SB runs of all time, if not the best. Mahomes is right when he said that Brady will always have that SB win over him. Remember, Bill said to Kraft that Brady was done
I would have fired him if I was Kraft after Brady won SB55.
Brady deserves everything that he has accomplished. He has had to fight and claw for everything, nothing has ever been easy for him. People always doubted him. It was tough in Michigan and it was tough in NE. Brady's career really is a cinderella story. I'll never understand why he has haters, he is one of the most humble athletes i've ever seen. I can fully understand why Bill has haters.