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Things Kraft could have done:
1. Not fire 2 employees when they did nothing wrong. If the NFL wanted them fired, the NFL should've done so.
2. Appealed, if possible.
3. Called out Goodell in the press as a witchhunt and point out the Jets ties to the NFL offices.
4. Been there during Brady's appeal, if he cared more about Brady than letting a corrupt Commissioner try to maintain unchecked power
5. Not be seen hugging Goodell.
6. Not make the claim in private owners meetings 'whats good for the league matters more to me than the integrity of an investigation against my team'
7. Not backed Goodell during the Ray Rice fiasco when a Judge basically ruled that Goodell lied about what Ray said.
8. Not backed Goodell after they did a SpyGate like embellishment of the Saints BountyGate issue
9. Actually fought against Spygate penalties or atleast said 'We were caught using a camera 80 feet from where it should've been'. Instead he said something like 'I was disappointed in BB and believe he'll never commit such a crime again'
Kraft was lucky enough to hire BB (when he did so, he didn't know Bill would be the greatest coach of all time) -- and he was smart enough to stay hands off when Brady replaced Bledsoe;
And Kraft gets to stand in the locker room so all the players can hug him and he can say great job to them after the game, as if a Billionaire has any ability to relate to professional athletes.
But he's been terrible at defending his team's reputation.
1. They didn't fire the employees.
2. An appeal would be to Goodell. What exactly would the point of that be?
3. He did call out the league, although he avoided calling out Goodell directly.
4. This has been covered. He wasn't going to abandon the Middle East trip that is one of the highlights of his year, is planned months ahead of time, and involves many other people.
5. Al Pacino hugged Fredo. How did that end?
6. Citation please.
7. I'll go with that one.
8. I don't remember him speaking up during BountyGate.
9. Well, apart from misquoting him, I'm pretty sure he was pissed because Bill ignored an explicit memo to know it off.