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CLICK HERE to Register for a free account and login for a smoother ad-free experience. It's easy, and only takes a few moments.I find it interesting that most people ignore the biggest business miracle that Bob Kraft pulled off, and it's not this 15 year run with the Pats. He turned that "outdoor mall" in the middle of no where into a thriving and productive business center. Now THAT was a miracle.
I'm no longer someone who "goes out" much, but whenever I'm coming down Rte 1, its hard not to notice that "Patriot Place" is jumping.
I'd be interested to see what the failure rate is there, and compare it to other similar shopping/commercial areas. The most surprising stat that I ever heard coming out of Patriot Place, was the 80+% occupancy rate for the Hotel there....and that's NOT a cheap hotel. And I'm told its close to 100% from August to January.
Bob Kraft turned a bad college stadium that he was left with from the Sullivan debacle, in a backwater of a town, and turned it into a "go to" destination year round. And after he paid back the state for the road improvements on Rt 1, it hasn't cost the tax payers a nickel. In fact between the sales tax revenues, stat income tax revenues, and job opportunities he created, the tax payers are MILLIONS ahead.
I've posted this before but I'm a geezer and can't help myself.
Was at Smithfield after Canty was drafted. You could get right up just about next to the players on the sideline at times. I was 5' 9" + 185. I was bigger than chicken legged Canty. Worse yet he was standing next to Law. You cannot believe how ripped & muscular 5' 11" + Ty was. The contrast was incredible. How a team that drafted Law could draft that moronic midget, I'll never know.
I'd argue that Dan Snyder, who still prints money hand over foot, is doing just fine. Even if his team is terrible and he's objectively a horrible human being.
I guess you can say about Kraft that he has managed to not screw up having Brady and Belichick for 15 years, which is something.
kraft has stated many times the only reason he bought the team was because there was a salary cap. he was not interested in getting into a league with unlimited spending on players. thankfully he hired a coach who knows more about the ins and outs of that cap than anybody else. time has shown he knows what he is doing and i am grateful for it......
kraft has stated many times the only reason he bought the team was because there was a salary cap.
This gave me chills. Bad chills.Maroney >> Chris Canty (the Patriot)
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And the people who do this--and they are many--should be on the side of the workers, but they aren't. They root against their own best interests.The glorification of capital and denigration of the worker and worker's solidarity is nothing new. It's all ideology, man!
Weren't Bruins fans pleading with him to buy their team not long ago?'Most' don't knock him for being cheap. Idiots knock him for being cheap. The rest of us bloody well appreciate what we've got in him.