Here’s Why The Patriots Didn’t Hire Bill O’Brien

The New England Patriots made a lot of changes to their coaching staff. Head coach Bill Belichick will work with new assistants. Josh McDaniels left the team to join the Las Vegas Raiders as their new head coach. His departure triggered big changes within the organization. The Patriots won’t have an offensive and defensive coordinator in 2022. Belichick reunited with some of his former assistants. The Patriots didn’t hire Bill O’Brien despite the fact that he was linked with the team early in the offseason.

O’Brien will stay in Alabama and it seems like the Patriots had a good reason to keep him away from their roster.

Patriots didn’t hire Bill O’Brien for a reason

Greg Bedard of the Boston Sports Journal discussed O’Brien’s chances to join the Patriots. He has a two-year deal with Alabama and Belichick didn’t want to snatch Nick Saban’s top assistant. They are great friends, remember?

“Finally got to the bottom of the Bill O’Brien mystery, and why he’s not back here as offensive coordinator. A) O’Brien made a two-year commitment to Saban. B) Belichick just wasn’t going to put Saban, his good friend, in the position of giving his blessing on O’Brien leaving. Sure, you and I can say it shouldn’t be that hard to pick up the phone and say, “Hey Nick, you can just tell me no and I’ll go away… but do you think you could stand to lose Billy?” That seems reasonable and follows the old adage of it never hurts to ask… but Belichick knew that wouldn’t be fair to put Saban in that position, so he didn’t touch it with a 10-foot pole. Now, don’t rule out O’Brien for next season if the Matt Patricia-Joe Judge plan does not work well.”

There’s still room for O’Brien to come to New England next season. Belichick has to make a good decision before he brings another familiar name to New England. The Patriots coaching staff looks really good right now. The only thing we can do right now is wait for the new season to begin.