Dick Vermeil Says He Feels ‘Responsible’ Being In Corridor of Fame With out Invoice Belichick

Dick Vermeil has seen all the things the NFL can throw at you … however leaving Invoice Belichick out of Canton has him fully shocked.

The Corridor of Fame coach didn’t maintain again with TMZ Sports activities whereas speaking about Belichick’s first-ballot snub … saying the brand new voting course of flat-out doesn’t work for coaches — and the Patriots legend being omitted proves it.

Vermeil mentioned he felt the identical frustration final 12 months when Mike Holmgren obtained handed over … stating that beneath the Corridor’s revamped system, coaches maintain getting squeezed out whereas different positions cruise in.

And on the subject of Belichick? Vermeil didn’t hesitate.

“If anyone belongs within the Corridor of Fame no matter voting, it is Invoice Belichick,” he mentioned, including that he truly feels “responsible being in there with him not there.”

Belichick was certainly one of 5 finalists within the coach, contributor and seniors classes, through which voters can solely choose as much as three, whereas candidates want 80% approval.

Vermeil additionally rattled off Mike Shanahan and Tom Coughlin as no-brainers, saying elite coaches merely don’t get the identical respect anymore as star quarterbacks … “and I assume that’s why they pay them a lot cash.”

As for the controversies that critics nonetheless deliver up round Belichick? Vermeil waved them away with a long time of perspective.

“It is baloney,” he mentioned, explaining that after beginning within the league again in 1969, he’s seen loads of issues that had been “not authorized or moral” that by no means noticed the sunshine of day — and had been simply as severe as something getting used in opposition to Belichick now.

Vermeil did say he trusts Corridor president Jim Porter to repair the issue ultimately, however made it clear the voting course of has failed.

“Once you miss a Invoice Belichick,” Vermeil mentioned, “the system doesn’t work.”