FOXBORO, Mass. — Robert Kraft may have doubled down on his mistake, however he didn’t.
The Patriots proprietor, who launched a press release Sunday night confirming the firing of head coach Jerod Mayo, deserves some credit score for that.
In spite of everything, signing off on one other season with Mayo on the helm would’ve compounded issues, particularly given the workforce’s draft property and monetary capabilities this offseason.
Kraft acknowledged the error himself.
“When different groups began requesting to interview him (Mayo), I feared I’d lose him and dedicated to creating him our subsequent head coach,” Kraft wrote in his assertion.
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Kraft all however admitted he jumped the gun. He entrusted Mayo to function the inheritor to future Corridor of Famer Invoice Belichick, regardless of the actual fact Mayo was comparatively new to teaching and, at that time, by no means held a title greater than a place coach. A journey to Israel in 2019 sat atop Mayo’s resume and that was all Kraft wanted to have his convictions strengthened.
Mayo wasn’t prepared for the job, which got here no less than one season earlier than Kraft supposed. It confirmed time and time once more.
It wasn’t simply the X’s and O’s and wins and losses both; the 2024 Patriots weren’t going to be judged by such. There was way more to it than that.
The younger workforce by no means developed or took steps ahead. When requested main as much as Week 18, Mayo couldn’t level to a single instance of the tradition he was setting. Unflattering stories surfaced Sunday about stated tradition. In the meantime, younger vast receivers known as coaches and Mayo threw coaches underneath the bus himself. Nevermind the actual fact Mayo stepped in a pile of his personal crap weekly throughout press conferences, constantly saying issues solely to stroll them again the subsequent day.
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The Patriots weren’t knowledgeable outfit in 2024 and Kraft knew it.
Not transferring on from Mayo would have been signing off in hopes it could get higher sooner or later. It might be operating again a training employees whose {qualifications} are hope and potential. That’s no strategy to run a company, particularly a company with a top-five draft choose and cash to spend this offseason. Entrusting these property to somebody as inexperienced as Mayo may have set the workforce again years and years.
The preliminary mistake falls on Kraft, little doubt. However there’s one thing to be stated concerning the longtime proprietor making the powerful determination, tucking tail and admitting his wrongs, and in the end transferring on. That was powerful to ascertain halfway via the season, however Kraft did it.
And Kraft’s Patriots possible can be higher off for it.
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