Confirmed: Glaser is out (resigned, not fired)

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Another positive step.
A meaningless step. Robyn Glazer was never the problem with this organization, and her deparute doesn't make things better. I think it is only in the bizarro world of sports talk radio that can hatch up conspiracy theories that somehow blame her.
 

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Hard to know the details but usually not a positive when someone with that much organizational experience leaves.
 

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A meaningless step. Robyn Glazer was never the problem with this organization, and her deparute doesn't make things better. I think it is only in the bizarro world of sports talk radio that can hatch up conspiracy theories that somehow blame her.
Meaningless at best. Can’t help but wonder if the otherwise faceless Robert Glazer still gets blamed by the lowbrow radio trolls and/or resigns.
 

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This is so stupid. You think she was whispering "Ja'Lynn Polk" in Wolf's ear or something?
I’m not sure if you are agreeing with me or castigating me…so I’ll be more clear.

I think she has been targeted by sports media in general and BB in specific and it resonates essentially because she has an obviously female name. I don’t think she Fed up the draft, and have no reason to suspect she Fed up anything (or was great either fwiw).

I cynically connect the dots between this and her resignation. I must be astonishingly difficult to be a woman working in the NFL. I think that calling it ‘meaningless’ is the most charitable interpretation, where gender focused social bullying more likely. Not accusing BB specifically of misogyny here, just assholery :) He seems to have a genuine axe with entire FO, her included.
 
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When Mayo was fired, BB said 3 people are making the decisions for the Patriots: Mr. Kraft, Jonathan Kraft, and Robyn Graser. Two of those people are owners. The other is a lawyer. Most people are here think the Krafts are meddling in the football decisions. I don't know either way, but one third of that group is now gone. How is that not a positive step? Bruschi said there are people in the Patriots Org that need to step back. We were looking for change and so far we are getting it. Vrabel was hired. I am fully on board.
 

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When Mayo was fired, BB said 3 people are making the decisions for the Patriots: Mr. Kraft, Jonathan Kraft, and Robyn Graser. Two of those people are owners. The other is a lawyer. Most people are here think the Krafts are meddling in the football decisions. I don't know either way, but one third of that group is now gone. How is that not a positive step? Bruschi said there are people in the Patriots Org that need to step back. We were looking for change and so far we are getting it. Vrabel was hired. I am fully on board.
I think Bill was being a prick to troll the Krafts, and Glaser resigned because it was clear she would keep getting unwarranted abuse because a bunch of Patriots fans (and radio personalities) are misogynistic garbage people.
 

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When Mayo was fired, BB said 3 people are making the decisions for the Patriots: Mr. Kraft, Jonathan Kraft, and Robyn Graser. Two of those people are owners. The other is a lawyer. Most people are here think the Krafts are meddling in the football decisions. I don't know either way, but one third of that group is now gone. How is that not a positive step? Bruschi said there are people in the Patriots Org that need to step back. We were looking for change and so far we are getting it. Vrabel was hired. I am fully on board.
I highly doubt Glazer was making football decisions for the organization.
 

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I don't fully buy the "Robert Glazer would be safe jn his job" theory. Whether or not the hearsay from Granite Sox's post is accurate regarding perception of the organization, the role she stepped into in 24 seems to have been specific to an unusual situation with a (very) inexperienced coach. Once Vrabel comes in and makes it clear such a role isn't necessary, she's either taking what is in effect a demotion or she's moving on.
 

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I think Bill was being a prick to troll the Krafts, and Glaser resigned because it was clear she would keep getting unwarranted abuse because a bunch of Patriots fans (and radio personalities) are misogynistic garbage people.
If this is what happened then Bill’s a massive asshole and really hurt someone that didn’t deserve it at all….not to mention that’s a really ineffective “troll” of the Krafts
 

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When Mayo was fired, BB said 3 people are making the decisions for the Patriots: Mr. Kraft, Jonathan Kraft, and Robyn Graser. Two of those people are owners. The other is a lawyer. Most people are here think the Krafts are meddling in the football decisions. I don't know either way, but one third of that group is now gone. How is that not a positive step? Bruschi said there are people in the Patriots Org that need to step back. We were looking for change and so far we are getting it. Vrabel was hired. I am fully on board.
Bill has proved impossibly petty and small and anyone trying to keep the train from going off the tracks during the last years of his reign would have drawn his fire. His media appearances were high comedy of self serving pettiness.

As far as I can tell she resigned and we don’t know why. Folks like you clearly are clearly psyched as was much of talk radio. I hope what you wanted actually corresponds to more than just BB hitting back at the only place he could and the piling on working because she’s a woman.

Thank god a generationally connected white male like Eliot gets through unscathed!

I’ll tap out here…don’t want to end up in P&G :)
 

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I don't fully buy the "Robert Glazer would be safe jn his job" theory. Whether or not the hearsay from Granite Sox's post is accurate regarding perception of the organization, the role she stepped into in 24 seems to have been specific to an unusual situation with a (very) inexperienced coach. Once Vrabel comes in and makes it clear such a role isn't necessary, she's either taking what is in effect a demotion or she's moving on.
This right here. Supposedly she was one of the people sitting in on coordinator interviews last year. Vrabel has no use for her in the current role.
 

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If this is what happened then Bill’s a massive asshole and really hurt someone that didn’t deserve it at all….not to mention that’s a really ineffective “troll” of the Krafts
I have no trouble believing he’s a colossal asshole. It’s part of his charm.

This right here. Supposedly she was one of the people sitting in on coordinator interviews last year. Vrabel has no use for her in the current role.
I hope that’s it.
 

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I have no idea what kind of job she did, or didn't do, but is it really that outlandish to consider that BB might've been right, she didn't belong, and had an oversized role in football operations, relative to her past experience? The knee-jerk default position to assume dark, petty, misogynistic motives that some have here, isn't based on anything more tangible than any other analysis.
 

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I have no idea what kind of job she did, or didn't do, but is it really that outlandish to consider that BB might've been right, she didn't belong, and had an oversized role in football operations, relative to her past experience? The knee-jerk default position to assume dark, petty, misogynistic motives that some have here, isn't based on anything more tangible than any other analysis.
Yes, it’s possible.

One note: an assumption isn’t an assumption when hosts like Felger explicitly acknowledge what other of his ilk so cowardly wont: they are dumb men attacking a woman because it’s easy and she can’t defend herself. His words.

Others may differ and yes perhaps I’m unfairly lumping some posters together for their glee for her resignation with the slack jawed Eei.
 

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The only thing we heard was that she was a part of the coordinator interviews, which generally seemed to not go well (at least as far as we can tell from not being in the room). There has been a media narrative that people who interviewed for the coordinator position left feeling like the Pats were a bunch of morons (I'm exaggerating a bit, of course). But, the perception of the interview team was not good. How much Glazer was a part of that perception we don't know, and we also don't know if the perception of her by the coordinators was justified. Maybe she asked good questions and they said "Why is this woman asking me questions?" Or, maybe she asked stupid questions. Or maybe she said nothing at all. We have no idea, really.
 

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Patriots fans and this forum in general are so influenced by Boston sports talk radio. Given the lack of Lombardis of late I would rename the forum "Blinded By WEEI".
 

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Patriots fans and this forum in general are so influenced by Boston sports talk radio. Given the lack of Lombardis of late I would rename the forum "Blinded By WEEI".
Would be more like blinded by the sports hub. Weei has been dead for years even though they still operate.
 

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Patriots fans and this forum in general are so influenced by Boston sports talk radio. Given the lack of Lombardis of late I would rename the forum "Blinded By WEEI".
I don’t live in Boston, have no idea what their talk radio sounds like. What exactly is being influenced by Boston sports talk radio right now in this forum?
 

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I don’t live in Boston, have no idea what their talk radio sounds like. What exactly is being influenced by Boston sports talk radio right now in this forum?
This topic for example. But there are many more.

Nobody has explained what Glazer did so wrong that it caused the Patriots to have rough draft, Mayo to fail and the team to go 4-13. Or even contributed to those outcomes. If being present when bad decisions are being made is fireable, I suspect a lot of us have had that exposure but I am not sure that changes those outcomes.

I also don't recall a suit getting not one but two threads here when they departed the team. Maybe Glazer was the cause of the team's struggles this season but nobody has provided any evidence. Its really weird.
 

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Maybe Glaser just wanted to move on, but if she was pushed out, obviously the Krafts know why because they did it. And if they did, I'm sure they had a reason.

Lots of changes happen when an organization is struggling. An executive moving on doesn't seem like a big deal.
 
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Not cool, j-man
Why?

People talk about Jimmy G's looks or Jaylen Hurts' handsomeness all the time. Nobody says it's not cool. They laugh and agree.

Note, I don't even know what Robyn looks like. I just wonder why people get defensive when someone calls someone else cute.
 

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I think she has been targeted by sports media in general and BB in specific and it resonates essentially because she has an obviously female name. I don’t think she Fed up the draft, and have no reason to suspect she Fed up anything (or was great either fwiw).
OK, I get it. Misunderstood your original comment.
 

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Does anyone have a link to what Belichick actually said about Glaser? Not defending Belichick here, as he has indeed made petty remarks about the Patriots since his firing (world ends at 10, news at 11). But am just curious if what BB said is being spun to create some shitty talk-radio narrative about Glaser.

From the linked ESPN article above:

Glaser initially joined the Patriots in 2007 as a senior adviser to ownership and club counsel. Her first day on the job coincided with the NFL's investigation of the Patriots' videotaping procedures, referred to by some as "Spygate," which ultimately cost the team its first-round draft pick the following season.
She discusses this in the Dynasty series, and her perspective was definitely interesting.

She became vice president in 2011 and senior vice president in 2018, before another breakthrough in 2022 as senior vice president, business affairs and chief administrative officer of football.

Throughout her tenure, she was principally responsible for all league business and legal relations, including league compliance.

In 2024, Glaser's responsibilities evolved further as she was a senior adviser to former coach Jerod Mayo. Over the years, she also handled oversight and management of all football department budgets, expenditures, capital expenses, as well as business and technology agreements.
So she's obviously had her hands in a number of different operational aspects of the organization. As Senior VP of Business Affairs and Chief Administrative Officer of Football, it's easy to see why Belichick said she, along with the Krafts, were the 3 people running the organization once BB was fired (again, assuming I have Bill's quote correct). Wolf, Groh, et al were basically underlings to Bill, running their own departments. However, nothing says she was involved in anything related to making football decisions. I highly doubt she was recommending who the Pats should sign or draft or even having any influence in those decisions, as I've yet to see a single report that indicates that from anyone.

The note about "senior advisor to ...Mayo" is consistent with the report that she was involved in the interviews for his assistants. Obviously, we don't have a lot of information. But one way to interpret this aspect is that Mayo really had no clue about the legal/HR aspects of hiring/firing or interviewing, having never done it before. Your typical OC or DC would have had a lot of say in hiring the lower level assistants, and certainly would be interviewing them. Same with a former college head coach. The reports seem to speak to Mayo's inexperience than Glaser's ability to do her job.

It's safe to say that Vrabel does not need such assistance (although saying he has "no use for her" can come across as a bit misogynistic). She could have remained in her Senior VP role handling the budgeting, capital expenditures, agreements, etc. According to a quick google search, she's 56 years old, and been with the organization for 18 years now. So she may very well see this time as the last opportunity to move into a bigger role, either with another sports team or some other private practice - stuff like that happens all the time. 18 years is a long time to be in any organization, and working relationships do change over that time. We should try to at least give her the benefit of the doubt here before assuming she was incompetent at her job and therefore had to go. And as for those that think the team will be "better off" without her:

https://www.boston.com/sports/sports-news/2023/11/16/how-put-me-in-is-helping-children-of-incarcerated-parents-live-out-their-sports-dreams/?fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAabLsKXSAG_TfCMIiqWjeNmQWrfEEmVxIzDNGQCSLJ_L3F0DrL55diTs-pA_aem_dvpHAkBSGz3JEmS0rqjMsg

Today, he is the President and Chief Program Officer of Put Me In!, a non-profit whose mission is to increase access to sports for children of incarcerated parents.
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Put Me In! co-founder Matthew Blodgett, who spent nearly two decades working as a private equity investor, stepped away from his career for two years to launch the program. Driven by his experience growing up with an incarcerated father and playing college football at Yale, Blodgett felt compelled to help children who come from a similar background as he did.
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The program’s connection to Boston comes from Robyn Glaser, who is Senior Vice President of Business Affairs for The Kraft Group. She co-founded Put Me In! with Blodgett and now serves as its chairman.
 

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She had a role in cleaning up SpyGate. Symbolically, that included walking the halls with a hammer (revealed later in The Dynasty). SpyGate was humiliating for Belichick. Glaser worked for RKK. Ergo, Glaser earned a place on Bill Belichick's Enemies List (BBEL™). Belichick will take every opportunity (now and forever) to slag anyone on the BBEL™. Not too difficult to discern in that regard. See Messrs. Goodell, Mayo, Mangini, Casserly et al...

As @lexrageorge says, I'm guessing she was included in the interviews to address compliance with league rules (e.g. Rooney) and to support Mayo and/or re-direct any questioning that may have approached or gone out of bounds. I'm fairly confident this was outside her normal scope of responsibilities. Anyone who's worked in a big company understands how valuable good corporate lawyers can be (except for maybe Belichick).

It's been reported in the last couple of days that the 2024 season was very difficult for her. Again, all RKK's fault.

All the Sports Hub/WEEI crap is way, way out of bounds; they seem to think it's funny and good for ratings, but I find it pretty sexist, misogynistic, and disgusting actually.
 

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Why?

People talk about Jimmy G's looks or Jaylen Hurts' handsomeness all the time. Nobody says it's not cool. They laugh and agree.

Note, I don't even know what Robyn looks like. I just wonder why people get defensive when someone calls someone else cute.
J-Man meant to say, I think, that she doesn't know football but she is cute. You know the sexist trope about women in power? They don't belong there - they just got there because they are attractive. That trope. That's not cool. Pretty but stupid is usually applied more to women then men (notice I said more - it definitely applies to men, it's even a Shakespearean theme) and no one is suggesting that Jimmy G or Hurts got there because of their looks. Plus it's poor form to objectify women. I think that's why E5 would say that. I agree with him. Not cool.

Edit: No snark, respectfully, have you not gone through a corporate USA 101 sexual harassment training? I have to do it each year and it goes over stuff like this. Again, no snark. I come in peace.

Edit 2: not going to delete this but apologies… I don’t think J-Man meant anything bad by it. Sorry dude I thought you were making a mean-spirited joke but you weren’t. That’s my bad.
 
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Does anyone have a link to what Belichick actually said about Glaser? Not defending Belichick here, as he has indeed made petty remarks about the Patriots since his firing (world ends at 10, news at 11). But am just curious if what BB said is being spun to create some shitty talk-radio narrative about Glaser.

From the linked ESPN article above:


She discusses this in the Dynasty series, and her perspective was definitely interesting.


So she's obviously had her hands in a number of different operational aspects of the organization. As Senior VP of Business Affairs and Chief Administrative Officer of Football, it's easy to see why Belichick said she, along with the Krafts, were the 3 people running the organization once BB was fired (again, assuming I have Bill's quote correct). Wolf, Groh, et al were basically underlings to Bill, running their own departments. However, nothing says she was involved in anything related to making football decisions. I highly doubt she was recommending who the Pats should sign or draft or even having any influence in those decisions, as I've yet to see a single report that indicates that from anyone.

The note about "senior advisor to ...Mayo" is consistent with the report that she was involved in the interviews for his assistants. Obviously, we don't have a lot of information. But one way to interpret this aspect is that Mayo really had no clue about the legal/HR aspects of hiring/firing or interviewing, having never done it before. Your typical OC or DC would have had a lot of say in hiring the lower level assistants, and certainly would be interviewing them. Same with a former college head coach. The reports seem to speak to Mayo's inexperience than Glaser's ability to do her job.

It's safe to say that Vrabel does not need such assistance (although saying he has "no use for her" can come across as a bit misogynistic). She could have remained in her Senior VP role handling the budgeting, capital expenditures, agreements, etc. According to a quick google search, she's 56 years old, and been with the organization for 18 years now. So she may very well see this time as the last opportunity to move into a bigger role, either with another sports team or some other private practice - stuff like that happens all the time. 18 years is a long time to be in any organization, and working relationships do change over that time. We should try to at least give her the benefit of the doubt here before assuming she was incompetent at her job and therefore had to go. And as for those that think the team will be "better off" without her:

https://www.boston.com/sports/sports-news/2023/11/16/how-put-me-in-is-helping-children-of-incarcerated-parents-live-out-their-sports-dreams/?fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAabLsKXSAG_TfCMIiqWjeNmQWrfEEmVxIzDNGQCSLJ_L3F0DrL55diTs-pA_aem_dvpHAkBSGz3JEmS0rqjMsg
BB said it on the Pat McAfee show. It was widely quoted. I'll look for it.
 

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Patriots fans and this forum in general are so influenced by Boston sports talk radio. Given the lack of Lombardis of late I would rename the forum "Blinded By WEEI".
I live in California. I only watch the pre and post-game wirh Curran and Johnson and the others. I admit it is a steady diet of misery. But they were miserable when they won, too.
 

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BB said it on the Pat McAfee show. It was widely quoted. I'll look for it.
Here are his remarks:

“The Patriots situation, honestly, I don’t have too much of a comment on that,” Belichick told McAfee. “Robert Kraft, Jonathan Kraft, Robyn Glaser, they’re the decision-makers there. Who exactly does what and so forth? Mayo was hand-picked by Robert, but in the end the decision-making is something that they’d have to comment on and identify. They’re the ones that are really making the calls there and so they’re the ones that should comment on that, I really don’t know from the outside looking in.”

Belichick added with a smirk: “They haven’t called me and asked so I really don’t know.”
 

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Here are his remarks:

“The Patriots situation, honestly, I don’t have too much of a comment on that,” Belichick told McAfee. “Robert Kraft, Jonathan Kraft, Robyn Glaser, they’re the decision-makers there. Who exactly does what and so forth? Mayo was hand-picked by Robert, but in the end the decision-making is something that they’d have to comment on and identify. They’re the ones that are really making the calls there and so they’re the ones that should comment on that, I really don’t know from the outside looking in.”

Belichick added with a smirk: “They haven’t called me and asked so I really don’t know.”
People are saying Bill is killing her and that's the quote? My god talk about a mountain out of a mole hill. That is totally innocuous.
 
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My two scents Glaser took one for the team. They needed a FO suit to sacrifice to make it appear there was a fix in place to root out problems and she got the job. She probably also got a decent package and one of RKKs friends or law firms has something lined up for her. Silence has benefits. She probably had zero impact on the suckage on the field for either the last 6 years, or the most recent year. A statement that would not hold for the smirking Tar Heel.