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Bill would have stayed behind in 1996 had be been asked to. Kraft thought about it but felt the timing wasn't right and felt he needed to cut ties with the Parcell's regime altogether. He came quick when called in 2000, even going to war with his mentor to get the right to. He did that because he respected this owner and the level to which he and his family wanted to be involved in building a first class organization based on accountability top to bottom. They had a big say in the organizational philosophy. Belichick also had to promise Kraft they would not resort to thugs and hoodlums as a means to an end. And they haven't. They have avoided numerous draft picks including even Ed Reed because of character concerns. The rare exceptions they have made haven't been of the thug variety, more the misunderstood problem child. And they only did that after they had build a character core here that could help manage or mitigate problems. They're having a hard enough time functioning in transition from losing much of that core without losing it's last vestige in Brady. Kraft has been clear his mandate to Bill is to be competitive every season. He's not interested in returning to the boom or bust mentality that caused him to find himself prior to 2001 in possession of a team that never won a damn thing and had nothing more than a looming cap mess to show for it.
good imagination.......meriweather was a character concern........corey dillon was a character concern, antowain smith was a character concern......ted washington was a character concern......bryan cox was a character concern......randy moss
again, BBs contact gives him COMPLETE control over football matters.
as vivid as your thoughts are, the simple fact has been that the pats have always been up against the top of the salary cap, so the amount of expenditure is pretty moot....