That is fair. But, it is clear that the move was not rushed. There was a succession plan in place and Kraft executed it.
They love him, for now. If they don’t get their offense in order in the next two years, starting with a QB, he will lose favor really quickly. They have to get the #3 pick right.
First of all, who cares about being boring in the press? Wasn't BB pretty much the epitome of that?
Hard disagree. I think the lack of openness to modern day analytics has permeated the entire organization: From bringing in talent through the draft, to putting the right players on the field to game day strategy. My hope is that a (much) younger coach will embrace this fundamental shift in team building as well as game planning and inject some new thinking into a a system that already has a good infrastructure that Bill built over time.
Its not absolutely critical. If Mayo and whomever they hire as GM and the other coordinators don't get it done and/or whomever they draft at three busts, the Pats will reset and do it again. Like most NFL teams.
Kint Kubiak, the 49ers passing game coordinator
Probably a good thing the Titans were willing to take a chance on a promising defensive coordinator with no head coaching experience when they hired Vrabel.
Equally hard disagree on gameday stuff at least. With 2 exceptions, that team was very well prepared to play this year, particularly on defense. And it was, IMO, the complete disaster at QB, and for long stretches, offensive line, that did them in. Not poor game plans or strategy. It was a fatal talent deficit at a few key positions.
I’ll take the overblown scandals (not even sure how his pressers made it difficult for fans?) with the two decades of relevance and success. And get outta here with the ‘expressing polarizing political opinions’ but - he didn’t get up at the RNC and declare his support for a candidate or publish a policy platform. Trump - a renowned narcissist - shared in a campaign stump speech a private letter from Belichick expressing personal support for Trump; it wasn’t the Port Huron Statement.
He's be my first choice and there isn't a close second. I was pushing for him last offseason.
Joe Judge is the prime suspect for internal grumbling about Mayo.
I referenced it in the least partisan and incendiary way possible, I thought, but sure, mia culpa for "expressing", perhaps "having" was a more accurate word I should have used. So let me try again: it was sometimes hard for some fans (like me) to root for someone with such apparent reverence for that particular politician. It's wonderful that you were not bothered, I was, no judgment either way.
I dont really need to see a link, but I only recall the glowing stories about Mayo. (That said, I'm not usually hunting for this stuff). Can someone summarize the "grumbling."
I wouldn't necessarily say the number of analysts is a direct line to football success (Cleveland has 9 people doing it and still thought giving Watson that contract was a good idea), but I do agree with the general idea that we need more people in that department.THIS speaks volumes to me. We've got ONE PERSON in our org who deals with data. We are WAY behind the times. MIller wears WAY too many hats and can't possibly innovate when he's responsible for the cap, finances and player analytics.
Judge can't leave fast enough. That guy is the worst. If ever there was a fair criticism of Bill's judgment, it's keeping him around.
TIL Joe Andruzzi works in football data analytics, and is not a fireman.
I missed those gumbling-about-Mayo stories as well, and would also appreciate a summary.
This comment is positively sig-worthy. Especially for anyone that also posts regularly in the Red Sox forum.
I know. I wish Mike Shannahan got rid of his son and all of his friends!!!! Clearly they weren't actually talented on their own.
BoB may stay on. And, in fairness, if we give him toys to play with, I'd be okay with that.
Completely unfair, but in my mind he's a total mouth breather based solely on this shot from Scalabrine's hairplugs ad:
Welker is persona-non-grata with BB, so I don't think they go that way if they move on.
people keep saying this but Grier was awful and Carroll was a terrible head coach back in 1997 and only became a good coach through experience at USC.
