Like most crazed sports fans, I always get alerts on my phone or laptop (so many sports alerts).

The one that popped up on my phone the other day–“The Falcons are set to interview Bill Belichick”–just looked so wild to me. It just seemed completely random.

First off, I didn’t have “Bill Belichick coaching the Falcons” on my bingo card when he recently announced that he would be leaving the Patriots after 24 years. Why do the legends always seem to wind up on non-descript teams when their careers are winding down? You had Johnny Unitas playing out the string with the Chargers. Tom Brady won a title with the Buccaneers.

Bill Belichick coaching the Falcons in the twilight of his career? That would be something.

Anyway, I realize that Belichick may not wind up in Atlanta, but even if he doesn’t, I can’t believe that organization forced that man to interview for its vacant head coaching job.

Do you think the person conducting the interview started things off by saying, “So, tell me a little about yourself”?

Did they make Belichick go up to a blackboard and devise a theoretical defensive game plan? Did they ask him about locker room culture and ultimate goals and/or aspirations?

Maybe the Falcons brass asked Belichick what he’d do with a 28-3 lead in the Super Bowl. Too soon, Atlanta? Sorry.

Falcons, aside, it’s so bizarre to me that Belichick would have to interview with any team for his next head coaching job. He’s Bill Belichick. He’s won six Super Bowls. How can you not know everything there already is to know about him?

When the producers of Rocky asked Rod Steiger to read for the part of Mickey, he reportedly said, “I don’t read for parts.” I can picture Belichick saying something similar to any team asking him to go through the usual interview process.

In my imagination, Belichick gets a knock on the door from an NFL team executive–who am I kidding? The damn owner–and is handed a contract. The terms of the contract include an 8-figure annual salary and total autonomy. He’s also given a week to think it over.

This isn’t to say Belichick hasn’t lost his touch. This isn’t to say the game of football hasn’t passed him by. This isn’t to say he wouldn’t have a personality clash with his new bosses–including the owner.

I understand the need to interview Belichick if only to see where he’s at physically, emotionally, mentally and spiritually at the age of 71.

I guess the moral of the story is this: If Bill Belichick has to interview for his next head coaching job, what does that say about any other coaching prospects who must go through the same process?

Hell, what does that say about the rest of us?

I suppose I won’t object to wearing a suit to my next job interview.

Nothing is approaching “Six-time Super Bowl winner” on my current resume.

I sure hope Belichick didn’t make any spelling errors on his resume. It’s an immediate turnoff for most employers.