Belichick explains 'less is more' approach with coaching staff

New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick is operating on a different tier than the rest of his profession and provided further insight into how he governs his coaching staff Monday.

Belichick was asked why the Patriots routinely employ less coaches than the average staff, and he responded with an unusually detailed answer.

"My philosophy, really, is that less is more, so I'd rather have fewer people doing more work than more people doing a little more work," Belichick said to Paul Rabil on the "Suiting Up" podcast. "As long as everybody is busy, as long as everybody feels productive, they feel good about what they're doing and they feel like they're contributing; I think when people have lag time and kind of not enough to do, that leads to getting distracted and complaining or being less productive. So even though you have more people, sometimes less work gets done."

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Belichick also articulated that it's easier to communicate a common goal with less people involved.

"From a 'getting everybody on the same page' standpoint, which is critical, the fewer people you have to manage, the easier it is to get everybody on the same page," Belichick said. "So if you're talking to 10 people, it's hard to get all 10 people doing the same thing or doing the right thing. Now you make that number 20, instead of 10, it's even more difficult.

"If you have five people supervising another 15 people, now you have another layer there where you're not dealing directly with everybody, and now you're somewhat dependent on other people to relay the message the way you want it done and to monitor it that way. Certainly, there's a degree of that, but as much of that I can eliminate, I think works better for me."

Belichick's governing philosophy seems to be working extremely well, as the Patriots look to defend their title this fall.