PATRIOTSFANINPA

Pick ONE PERSON from the list that is MOST responsible from turning around this franchise from what was a laughing stock to a dominating elite team now.

Who would be your top pick?

5 Rings for Brady!!

BOB KRAFT.

He got BB here.

That took guts.

chris_in_sunnyvale

Missing:

- Michael Jackson (or Chuck Sullivan, if you prefer)
- Zeke Mowatt (or Lisa Olson or Victor Kiam, if you prefer)

The history of the Patriots is a very entertaining story to say the least.

Regards,
Chris

Fencer

Kraft. From laughingstock to solid respectability was, in retrospect, inevitable as soon as he took over.

He learned quickly from the dumbass mistakes he did make (e.g., scouting Tebucky). Others that looked dumb at the time look better now (losing Parcells -- even hiring Pete Carroll, given how great a college coach that guy has proved to be).

I don't think anything Kraft runs could ever be anything other than solidly respectable or better.

And he did this while swinging for the fences, and he connected on one of his swings.

nhpatsfan

Mr. Kraft!

fleabassist1

Kraft definitly

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italian pat patriot

no doubt: Mr Robert Kraft

personally a lot of respect for Mr Billy Sullivan too (without him no Patriots)

the two most important in franchise history

3rd: Tom Brady and BB at the same level

BradyManny

Honestly, it's either Brady or Mo Lewis. You could easily say BB or Kraft, but if Brady doesn't get the starting job here and turn into the QB he turned into in such a short time, who knows what would've happened?

Kraft made the Pats a successful FRANCHISE, a successful BUSINESS, the Brady/BB combination has made it a successful powerhouse team, a model team for all other sports...and ultimately, Kraft's successful business somewhat requires a successful team...but just look at the teams around the league now and you'll see it's this simple - teams with a good quarterback win and teams that don't have one suffer.

If there's no Brady, this team is probably looking more like the Jets, Bills or Dolphins for the past 6 years, and while maybe it wouldn't be the laughingstock that two out of three of those franchises are, it certainly wouldn't be anywhere near a powerhouse.

xmarkd400x

IMO Bledsoe should be a choice. The team reached its first SB in a decade with him at the helm, and he got people excited about the Pats when he was here.

BradyManny

It's true, but where did that ultimately lead us in the "powerhouse" scheme of things? What happens if their 6th round draft pick doesn't turn out to be the best QB in the history of the game? Well, the entire 2000 decade is likely a failure for Kraft and BB.