Bill Belichick focused on UNC, not worried about Patriots after his replacement got fired after 1 season

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Bill Belichick knows his former pupil and New England Patriots successor Jerod Mayo was fired after just one season. 

But what's happening with the team he won six Super Bowls with is the least of his worries at the moment. 

During his weekly appearance on "The Pat McAfee Show," Belichick, who was in suit and tie on a recruiting trip for his new gig as the North Carolina Tar Heels head football coach, said the Patriots never gave him a ring as they decided to fire Mayo after going 4-13 this year.

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New North Carolina head football coach Bill Belichick speaks to the crowd at Dean Smith Center during halftime of an NCAA college basketball game between La Salle and North Carolina in Chapel Hill, N.C., Saturday, Dec. 14, 2024.  (AP Photo/Ben McKeown)

"The Patriots’ situation, honestly, I don’t have too much of a comment on that," Belichick told McAfee and his crew. "Robert Kraft, Jonathan Kraft, Robyn Glaser, they’re the decision makers there.

"Mayo was hand-picked by Robert, but in the end, the decision-making is something they’d have to comment on.

"I really don’t know from the outside looking in. They haven’t called me and asked, so I don’t know."

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Of course, McAfee had to ask Belichick after his replacement being one-and-done in Foxborough, but a new journey for the legendary coach is well under way as he continues to try and build his first roster at Chapel Hill. 

As Belichick mentioned, Kraft hand-picked Mayo, who was already on Belichick’s staff, as the Patriots’ next head coach this