So I’m chilling on my couch Sunday afternoon, watching the Pats game, and man… Steve Belichick’s grumpy sideline face cracks me up every time. Right then it hits me – why not make a killer meme collection? Football Twitter loves that stuff. Grabbed my laptop and started digging.
Step 1: Hunting Down the Raw Material
First thing? Google image search for “Steve Belichick angry” and “Steve sideline facepalm”. Got like 200 pics instantly – but most were potato quality. Spent an hour sorting through Getty Images and sports blogs for high-res shots. Found this gold one where he’s mean-mugging a ref while chewing gum like it owes him money.
Then I opened up my meme generator tool – not gonna say which one cause they all kinda suck but get the job done. Uploaded the cleanest 30 images and started experimenting:
- Added bold white text on dark pics
- Threw in sarcastic captions like “When someone asks if Mac Jones is elite”
- Made one with him side-eyeing a Gatorade cooler – labeled it “Monday Mood”
Step 2: The Great Filtering
Had 30 decent drafts. Time to slash’em down to 15. Called my buddy Dave – huge Pats fan – for live reactions. When he legit snorted coffee seeing my “When you realize it’s only Tuesday” edit? Knew that was top-5 material. Trashed anything that got a “meh” or took longer than 3 seconds to understand.
Biggest headache? Copyright paranoia. Cropped out all NFL logos manually. Almost used one where Belichick’s hoodie had the Nike swoosh visible… nope. Scrapped it.
Step 3: Slapping on Final Touches
Spent forever on stupid details:
- Checked every pixel for blurry edges
- Standardized font sizes so they’d look clean on Instagram grids
- Added 🔥 emojis to two captions cause… algorithm bait?
Realized meme #12 wasn’t landing right. Swapped the text from “My diet starting tomorrow” to “Me pretending to care about your fantasy team” – way funnier.
Final Push & Reactions
Scheduled all 15 using Buffer. Dropped the first three at peak NFL traffic time – 4 PM EST Monday. Within an hour, my phone was blowing up. Best reply? Some dude tagged his boss under the “Explaining why my report is late” meme. That alone made the whole grind worth it.
Honestly thought this would take two hours tops. Wasted my whole damn Sunday night. But seeing those retakes hit 500+ likes already? Might just do a Bill Belichick edition next…
