Black Monday Comes Early in New England

[Prowler2k18]

https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/43300017/patriots-fire-jerod-mayo-finishing-4-13-lone-season

[jb2288]

No way. That's awful. They're turning into the 2020-2023 Panthers

[MHS831]

I am guessing Vrabel?  They could want offense, however.

[tukafan21]

3 minutes ago, jb2288 said:

No way. That's awful. They're turning into the 2020-2023 Panthers

No, they have a QB better than anyone we've had since before the Steelers game where Cam got hurt.

[Rags]

2 minutes ago, MHS831 said:

I am guessing Vrabel?  They could want offense, however.

100%, reported he's hungry for the job.

Edited January 5, 2025 by Rags

[Jaxel]

He was a bad hire from the start, I called this months ago.

[Rags]

28 minutes ago, jb2288 said:

No way. That's awful. They're turning into the 2020-2023 Panthers

Robert Kraft had Mayo waiting in the wings for 5 years because because Mayo impressed him on a mission trip when he organized a meeting while the plane was delayed.

“The main thing, we’re at the airport getting ready to leave, and there was a big delay. So we had all of these guys sitting around,” Kraft explained. “Then Jerod organized a meeting with a forum and held a discussion on the trip. He did it all on his own.

“And at that moment, I saw the initiative and the way people respected him. And I said to myself: ‘He’s going to be our next head coach.’”

Owners are mostly stupid and more often than not stumble into success. 

 

[Mr. Scot]

27 minutes ago, Rags said:

Robert Kraft had Mayo waiting in the wings for 5 years because because Mayo impressed him on a mission trip when he organized a meeting while the plane was delayed.

“The main thing, we’re at the airport getting ready to leave, and there was a big delay. So we had all of these guys sitting around,” Kraft explained. “Then Jerod organized a meeting with a forum and held a discussion on the trip. He did it all on his own.

“And at that moment, I saw the initiative and the way people respected him. And I said to myself: ‘He’s going to be our next head coach.’”

Owners are mostly stupid and more often than not stumble into success. 

That's some Marty Hurney  David Tepper level thinking, right there

[scpanther22]

1 hour ago, Rags said:

Robert Kraft had Mayo waiting in the wings for 5 years because because Mayo impressed him on a mission trip when he organized a meeting while the plane was delayed.

“The main thing, we’re at the airport getting ready to leave, and there was a big delay. So we had all of these guys sitting around,” Kraft explained. “Then Jerod organized a meeting with a forum and held a discussion on the trip. He did it all on his own.

“And at that moment, I saw the initiative and the way people respected him. And I said to myself: ‘He’s going to be our next head coach.’”

Owners are mostly stupid and more often than not stumble into success. 

 

In my experience this is exactly how very rich and powerful people make choices because they think they have some second sight no one else does 

[ProcessBlue2]

Calling it now, they are going to be the ones to land Ben Johnson.

[Mr. Scot]

22 minutes ago, scpanther22 said:

In my experience this is exactly how very rich and powerful people make choices because they think they have some second sight no one else does 

I'd agree they do frequently see things that nobody else sees. Lord knows Tepper has

[frankw]

Even if he was the wrong guy for the job they never should have hired him the first place. I already didn't like the Patriots now I hope they implode even more the last thing we need is that franchise and their insufferable fans merging as a serious contender again.

[kungfoodude]

Gotta love it. I hope they lose for years and keep cycling through unsuccessful coaches. 

fug New England forever.

[mav1234]

NFL Network just said a minute ago it was because Vrabel was interviewing with the Jets and Kraft didn't want to lose an opportunity to grab him up.