Sigh. Kraft still backing Goodell

RxJock1120 said:

For 40+ million a year...I'll do it.

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I think the real question is, what wouldn't you do for 40 million a year?

farn said:

It's a tough job rings a bit hollow. Yes, there are demands on your time and you need to answer unpleasant questions. Yes, there is a great deal of money on the line and you have a certain level of responsibility.

But come on. Millions and millions of humans have jobs that are just as difficult, if not much more difficult. There are many tough jobs out there. Jobs in which you risk your life, your health... He accepted the part and accepts the $ to do the job. Suck it up.

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No kidding. For what he gets paid, Goodell should be EXCEPTIONAL and EXEMPLARY. He should be an inspired and inspirational STEWARD of the game, a GUIDING LIGHT enjoying support from the league's fans as well as his employers. He is none of those things. He is an insipid, vacuous automaton. A bloated corporate caricature. A walking, talking mistake.

RxJock1120 said:

For 40+ million a year...I'll do it.

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RxJock1120 said:

For 40+ million a year...I'll do it.

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For $110,000 per day, every day of the year....

Yeah, I'll take that job. Feel free to go right ahead and say whatever you want about me on television, radio, print and fan forums. I'll laugh all the way to the bank, or my own private island or whatever.

And unfortunately after a few weeks (never mind years) I'll probably be financially secure (and arrogant) enough to go right ahead and do just about whatever I damn well please.

Sadly that abbreviated life/work fantasy scenario is in all likelihood not all that different from what is going on with the former jest intern turned Herr Ommissioner.

I have always believed that Goodell had no idea about what was going on and the attempted sting was concocted and executed by Kensil and Grigson on their own.

Now, that doesn't excuse Goodell being a piece of s**t during the following week and allowing so many damaging slander to be thrown around against the Pats. BUT that's very different than being the one responsible for the lies.

If Goodell is now cooperating and we are going to see Kensil go down and the Pats are about to be exonerated then I won't hold it against Kraft for supporting him again.

I'm fine with exonerating the Patriots and firing Kensil and anyone else in the league office who was in on this. I'm no fan of Goodell but it's those behind this I want swinging when all is said and done.

If Goodell knew what they were up to going into that game then he should be swinging to. I think Grigson called Kensil and Kensil decided he would try and screw the Patriots and it backfired on him because they weren't doing anything wrong. I think Kensil was behind the leaking to convict the Patriots before the matter could even be looked into and I would bet he was Mortenson's source all along.

If Kensil losses his job and the Patriots walk away with heads up high I'm fine; if not that's another story and Patriot fans should make their displeasure clear.

Galeb said:

Kraft is presenting a united front to the public. I doubt that's what he privately believes, especially when looking at the wording of his statement.

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Couldn't agree more with this.

Folks, look at this from the perspective of your own professional lives. Most of us learn that in business, you never want to go on the record with a rant, no matter how much emotion you feel and how right you may be, because you know as soon as you go on that rant it weakens you in the eyes of both your adversaries and friends.

That's where IMHO Kraft is on these situations at hand (tampering and football air pressure). What possible benefit does it bring to Kraft or the Pats to be throwing bombs at anyone? Doing that won't change a thing and can only get him blowback.

Kraft's history - established well before coming to the NFL - has been to bide his time and strike back on his timing and terms (just ask local "big timers" Mugar, Sarkis, and Karp, who can't get their names mentioned anymore while little Bob Kraft who they spit on for decades around here is an internationally known and respected figure).

It will frustrate the crap out of me in the next week or so if (as I've guessed right from the start) this stuff all gets swept under the rug with no makeup for us fans. Yeah, I hate hate hate that we had our fun wrecked for the 2 pre-Super Bowl weeks and then again these last 2 "Revis derangement syndrome" weeks, but I'm going to move right on forward witb my XLIX Champions cap and my confidence in the Kraft/Belichick/Brady combination. Getting back at Commisioner Blockhead or this nobody Kensil or that drug-addled Irsay or his meathead GM or crybaby Harbaugh or perennial mediocrity Jeff Fischer will be long forgotten next September, no matter what Kraft says this week or what punishment is meted out (my guess is none for anyone). It means nothing either way in reference to be thing we really want from the team: wins and excitement on the field. I'm pretty sure Kraft figures that the same way.

woolster22 said:

I think the real question is, what wouldn't you do for 40 million a year?

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I'd cover my dingus in honey and stick it in a bee hive.

Wow, I respect Kraft a lot, but that might be one of the stupidest things I've ever heard anyone in the realm of football say, actually comparing NFL commissioner to President of the United States. You gotta be kidding me. The NFL commissioner is more like a crack dealer on a desert island filled with nothing but junkies. There's literally nothing the commissioner could do to stop people from watching professional football. Even in spite of an awful year where he screwed up everything imaginable, football did not suffer one bit financially, and he pulled in $40 million himself.

Yeah, real tough job, where do I sign up?

I used to be agnostic on Goodell. But, after ruining the superbowl run up....he should be fired

Based on these comments and Goodell's comments, it clearly looks like the Wells Report is going to come back that Mike Kensil or someone in the league office set up a sting and went on a witch hunt for the Pats. I don't think Kraft would be publicly backing Goodell if he felt that the league was going to come back with a huge punishment for the Pats. Goodell seemed to be distancing himself from the rest of his office and Kraft points the finger at others in his office.

The thing is if we find out that Kensil set up the Pats in a sting and find out that the balls really were mostly deflated less than one pound PSI, then Goodell should have to take some responsibility too. Claiming it was a rouge league official isn't going to cut it. The league wouldn't give Belichick or Brady the same leeway for a rouge ball boy.

Also, I heard Felger talk about this yesterday and he is still on the "Pats deflated the footballs" rant and Kraft is giving Goodell an out to save face. That is what I get when I turn on his show when Dale and Holley are on a break.

Rob0729 said:

Also, I heard Felger talk about this yesterday and he is still on the "Pats deflated the footballs" rant and Kraft is giving Goodell an out to save face. That is what I get when I turn on his show when Dale and Holley are on a break.

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We should all do society a favor and refer to this as DepressurizationGate, and never speak of the ball inflation/deflation, but its pressure.

cmasspatsfan said:

I'd cover my dingus in honey and stick it in a bee hive.

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There's a visual no one wanted.

you can only hang someone once

the nice words are preceding a harsh punishment for tampering applied to the jets........the apology wrapped in a bow

OhExaulted1 said:

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KontradictioN said:

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That's hawt.

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from the 8-ball my breath start stinkin

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Goodell embraces diversity

PATS16N0 said:

Yes, it's a very tough job. I'm just bleeding with sympathy for poor Roger and the burden he selflessly shoulders for all of us.

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Yea he must just be miserable with that 40 million a year salary.

My heart aches for poor Roger

rlcarr said:

Looks like Kraft is all-in on whatever scheme is being hatched to scapegoat someone and leave Roger untouched. From Chris Price's story today:



Boooooo, Mr. Kraft. Boooooo!

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You missed the zinger at the end: "It’s tough, but he needs to make sure all the people working in the system are also doing it."
He's telling Goodell to throw someone under the bus in exchange for his continued support.
I'm going to wait and see before I "boo."