The Patriots' Premature Coaching Gamble Exposed a Franchise in Chaos
Jerod Mayo has been a year-long anointed interim head coach for the New England Patriots.
Bill Belichick forced Robert Kraft's hand into letting him go a year, possibly two years, early and thrusting the successor into the role he was not ready for. The organization was not ready for it as a whole. Their solution in real time was continuity.
If Bill O'Brien didn't book his ticket to Ohio State the second season ended, he probably would've been back to too.
On one hand, it's hard to blame the ownership. Belichick had corroded the Management side of that building so badly it was beyond repair. Kraft chose Belichick over Brady and regretted it from the second it happened. The relationship between coach and owner frayed quickly once the winning stopped. Belichick clearly lost a step in at the draft table and at time it felt like we was making picks out of spite (Cole Strange). His discretion had gone beyond suspect. It was failing him. He had dwindled is inner circle down to his kids and Matt Patricia. And when the walking nut sack of Patricia and Judge flamed out, the old coach was left with no allies to support him. Then you add the Mayo anointment and contract behind Bill’s back, the divide was eminent and a decision to be made. Oh yeah, and he completely alienated and destroyed their rookie quarterback, had a four win season, and had been on a decline of suck since letting Tom Brady walk out the door over a measly couple bucks and pride.
That is not to say that the decision has been successful. It's not. It's a failure. What it does say, is that we are going to get another year of it.
There are reports and/or speculation floating around that ownership is making calls about potential head coaches, offensive coordinators, defensive coordinators, and possibly even general managers that will be available in the off-season. When you have a 3 win team that has faced the easiest schedule in the league that should be expected. But, the overwhelming consensus is that Mayo's staff along with Elliott Wolf's team will be back next year. Albert Breer is quoted as defining Mayo’s status with the team as “on solid ground”. The clock will actually starts to tick for this team in 2025. The 2024 season was a freebie because Belichick is a spiteful tyrant and Robert Kraft didn't have the foresight to see it coming. He fired Bill and crowned his heir apparent that was hand picked out of the pile of Kraft worshipers at the Jerusalem Airport with an assumption that it would take another year of bottom feeding with a group sporting absolutely zero experience before they were vaulted back to glory during the magical rebuild process that works every time and has totally not sunk franchises deep deep deep in the much of suck for generations. It’s all going to be fine.
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