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Bill Belichick Thanked The Patriots Organization For Their Support After Recent Tragedies

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Bill Belichick was very appreciative for all the support his family, and the family of James White has received in what has been a very tough couple of weeks for the Patriots head coach, and the organization.

Belichick’s mom Jeannette passed away on Sept. 16 and his girlfriend Linda Holliday’s father, James, passed away four days later. To make matters worse, Patriots running back James White’s father was tragically killed in a car crash last weekend prior to the Patriots game in Seattle.

Belichick thanked the entire organization for picking up the slack.

“First of all, on a personal note, I would just like to express my sincere thanks to everyone for the words and condolences and notes and emails and messages and so forth that I have received over the last week,” he said. “It was very moving and touching, much appreciated on behalf of Brian, Steve and Amanda, and Linda and her dad. We received an outpouring of support from really all different levels. Certainly our family and Mr. Kraft, the entire Patriots organization, can’t say enough how much I appreciate how everybody helped this week and how hard they worked when I probably wasn’t able to fully pull my weight here. I really give the team and the organization a lot of credit.

“We still continue to send out our thoughts and prayers out to James, his brother, his mother and the rest of his family. We’re thinking about him.”

The Patriots had a moment of silence for James White’s father prior to the game.

Belichick offered his support to the Celtics who are playing in Game 6 tonight against Miami in a game they must win.