If You Think Going to UNC Might Make Belichick Lose His Hatred for the Jets, He's Here to Show You Just How Wrong You Are

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Sometimes you'll hear a pearl of wisdom from a person in their Golden Years about how, as they got older, they came to realize how much time they've wasted on old grudges. How they mellowed with age and learned the value of forgiving and forgetting. So in their later years they made peace with their old adversaries. Became friends with old rivals. And found that, in the end, the real treasures of this life are the friends you make along the way. 

Which is horseshit. Real winners don't mellow with age; they just get better at hatred the longer they practice it. They're the ones who take a good grudge to the grave with them. The kind of people who put curses upon their enemies, their children, and their children's children with their last breath. 

And there's no better example than Bill Belichick and the New York Jets. His disgust for that wretched franchise began in 2000, and he's been perfecting it for a quarter of a century now. 

You might think he'd have let it go by now. That with a year spent away from the NFL, a fairy tale romance:

… and an exciting new adventure in which he gets to work with his sons once again:

… might have healed those old wounds. But he's here to remind us all that the fire in his heart still burns hot as a kiln:

Chapel Bill, you magnificent SOB. Time and distance away from football may have tried to smooth out his rough edges, but underneath there are only more, even rougher, edges. He's not going to stop hating the Jets in this life or the next. Nothing has changed over 25 years. From "i resign as hc of nyjs" to Fredo Mangini leaving to take the Jets job to the way he gave birth to Spygate to losing to Rex Ryan's team in the 2010 playoffs to they way they tampered with Darrelle Revis in 2015 and beyond, it's the same hatred. Just new and improved. His career record against them in New England was 39-13. And even a .667 winning percentage did not punish them enough. 

Also, on a minor note, he's not wrong on his point. The Jets do keep drafting quarterbacks, ruining them, and releasing them. Only to see less horrendously awful franchises (which is all of them) resurrect these guys' careers. Which is a thing to keep in mind given the rumors they're working to figure out a way to destroy Cam Ward next:

If the Jets pull this off, and let's say you're an NFL GM who has a quarterback you like but he's nearing the end of his career, it wouldn't be the worst strategy to keep your guy for the next two or three years, give him a dignified send off, then wait for the Jets to decide Ward isn't the answer, then scoop him up for practically nothing. You get the next Sam Darnold or Geno Smith at a clearance rack price, and once again their trash becomes someone else's treasure.

And best of all, if that happens, you know nobody will enjoy it more than the head coach of the UNC Tar Heels. That bad blood is here for all eternity.