The Bill Simmons Podcast
Belichick’s ‘Legacy,' a Texas NBA Gauntlet, Boston’s 3 Party, Ja’s Big Season, and Week 6 NFL Picks With Kirk Goldsberry, Chris Vernon, and Joe House
10 Oct 2025
The Ringer’s Bill Simmons is joined by Kirk Goldsberry to check in on the exciting Texas NBA teams, react to the NBA GM survey, and talk about the trends around the league (8:39). Then, Chris Vernon joins Bill and House to discuss the Grizzlies and other NBA topics before making their Ringer 107 picks (01:03:57). Host: Bill Simmons Guests: Kirk Goldsberry, Joe House, and Chris Vernon Producers: Chia Hao Tat and Eduardo Ocampo Get Gameday Deals all season long only on Uber Eats. Order Now. The Ringer is committed to responsible gaming. Please visit www.rg-help.com to learn more about the resources and helplines available. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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I wanted to say one thing about Bill Belichick because I've been watching people just delightedly pile on him. Look, I'm biased. He was my favorite football coach. We won six Super Bowls with him, had two plus decades with him. And two of those decades were fantastic. But I keep seeing, I don't know how this North Carolina thing is going to go. Obviously, it's not going well.
It's probably even going worse than we thought. And will he be coaching there next year? If I had to bet my life one way or the other, I would bet that he will not be coaching there next year. And I would bet that it's probably headed toward an Urban Meyer Jacksonville. This was a bad idea. Let's just get out of this. Maybe NFL coaches shouldn't coach college.
Maybe college coaches shouldn't coach NFL. I don't know the answer. I do know Belichick's in his mid-70s. And more importantly, I do know this. Nothing that happens to him at North Carolina short of him pulling his pants down and tweaking on fentanyl on the sidelines during an ACC game is going to change everything he did when he was at the Patriots and all the stuff he did in the NFL.
It doesn't really matter. And what is annoying to me about all of this is We always talk about legacy in sports. Now, I'm not saying I'm innocent. I've certainly brought it up a few times. But it's legacy, legacy, legacy. What is this going to mean for his legacy? We don't even understand how to talk about legacy. We don't know what a legacy is.
Because think about some of the great players, coaches we've had over the last 100 plus years of professional sports. Did it matter how the end happened for a lot of them? Do you care that Babe Ruth played for the Boston Braves? Do you care that Vince Lombardi coached the Washington Redskins?
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