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Longtime Pats' cynic Albert Breer gives props to fellow Pats' antagonist Ron Borges (surprise!): well.
Although I will give Breer credit for giving Kraft some props:
Though not surprisingly, he does feel the need to get one last shot in:
I would really like to hear how Breer knows that for a fact, as opposed to his simply stating an opinion.
As for Borges column, here is the synopsis so you don't have to click on it:
Borges says that it must have been very difficult for Kraft to say the he felt 'duped'. He then goes on to say that while nobody could foresee murder, that the Pats should have seen warning signs, or they did and chose to ignore them. His evidence is (a) Matt Light's comment about how he “didn’t agree with anything Aaron Hernandez stood for”
(b) another incident that only becomes public after the fact, that AH was in a vehicle with an intoxicated convicted cocaine dealer who was driving 105 MPH on the Southeast Expressway on January 28 (omitting the fact that was well after the contract had been signed);
(c) the Bruins kept Tyler Seguin in a local hotel in order to keep him out of "local gin joints" during the playoffs, and after (b) above apparently the Pats should have done the same with AH (again, omitting the fact that after Jan 28 the Pats season was over ... I guess they should have done that for the entire off season?); and (d) the Pats had (or should have had) security people with ties to local police so that they would have known about the Jan 28 incident (although he omits what they would have or should have done with that information)
Good column from Ron Borges, who was in the room with Kraft: Borges: How could the Patriots have fumbled so badly? | Boston Herald …
Although I will give Breer credit for giving Kraft some props:
And good on the Patriots for having Borges in there, knowing he would take a very critical eye into the media session.
Though not surprisingly, he does feel the need to get one last shot in:
The fact is, some Patriots decision-makers knew, not that anything close to murder was coming, but that AH was hanging with the wrong crowd.
I would really like to hear how Breer knows that for a fact, as opposed to his simply stating an opinion.
As for Borges column, here is the synopsis so you don't have to click on it:
Borges says that it must have been very difficult for Kraft to say the he felt 'duped'. He then goes on to say that while nobody could foresee murder, that the Pats should have seen warning signs, or they did and chose to ignore them. His evidence is (a) Matt Light's comment about how he “didn’t agree with anything Aaron Hernandez stood for”
“When he was in our building, we never saw anything where he was not polite,” Kraft said. “He was always respectful, always polite, but I only know what goes on inside the building. We don’t put private eyes on people. We set up guidelines.”
Many will doubt those words, asking quite rightly: “How could they not have known something?”
It’s a valid question because, frankly, they should have known something. When someone like Matt Light, Hernandez’s former teammate, says he “didn’t agree with anything Aaron Hernandez stood for,” he shined a bright light of doubt on the idea nobody knew anything.
Many will doubt those words, asking quite rightly: “How could they not have known something?”
It’s a valid question because, frankly, they should have known something. When someone like Matt Light, Hernandez’s former teammate, says he “didn’t agree with anything Aaron Hernandez stood for,” he shined a bright light of doubt on the idea nobody knew anything.
(b) another incident that only becomes public after the fact, that AH was in a vehicle with an intoxicated convicted cocaine dealer who was driving 105 MPH on the Southeast Expressway on January 28 (omitting the fact that was well after the contract had been signed);
Now we’re hearing anonymously quoted sources saying Hernandez spent little time with his teammates and was mostly with alleged thugs and convicted dope peddlers from his hometown.
One of them, Alexander Bradley, a convicted cocaine dealer, was stopped Jan. 28 on the Southeast Expressway, with Hernandez in the car, for allegedly driving 105 mph while intoxicated.
A state trooper makes a stop like that with Hernandez allegedly telling him there’s no problem because he’s Aaron Hernandez — and no one tells the Patriots? If true, they not only don’t hire private eyes, they don’t have any eyes ... or, more importantly, ears.
“By and large our organization has done a pretty good job, but if this is true it’s horrible,” Kraft said of the allegations against Hernandez.
That’s like saying, “By and large, Mrs. Lincoln, it was a pretty good play, and sorry about the president.”
One of them, Alexander Bradley, a convicted cocaine dealer, was stopped Jan. 28 on the Southeast Expressway, with Hernandez in the car, for allegedly driving 105 mph while intoxicated.
A state trooper makes a stop like that with Hernandez allegedly telling him there’s no problem because he’s Aaron Hernandez — and no one tells the Patriots? If true, they not only don’t hire private eyes, they don’t have any eyes ... or, more importantly, ears.
“By and large our organization has done a pretty good job, but if this is true it’s horrible,” Kraft said of the allegations against Hernandez.
That’s like saying, “By and large, Mrs. Lincoln, it was a pretty good play, and sorry about the president.”
(c) the Bruins kept Tyler Seguin in a local hotel in order to keep him out of "local gin joints" during the playoffs, and after (b) above apparently the Pats should have done the same with AH (again, omitting the fact that after Jan 28 the Pats season was over ... I guess they should have done that for the entire off season?); and (d) the Pats had (or should have had) security people with ties to local police so that they would have known about the Jan 28 incident (although he omits what they would have or should have done with that information)
Nearly all professional sports teams employ ex-police officers to keep tabs on multimillion-dollar properties like Aaron Hernandez. Usually they are guys with local ties who get phone calls from friends in law enforcement and learn about the kind of activities Hernandez has been alleged to be involved with in the months leading up to the shooting.
How did the Bruins know enough to lock Tyler Seguin in a local hotel room during the playoffs, as the Herald’s Stephen Harris reported, to keep him out of late-night gin joints, but the Patriots didn’t know about a player in a car going 105 mph with a drunk at the wheel who was a convicted felon?
They didn’t know he was involved in an incident at 2:30 a.m. outside a Providence strip joint where a beef ensued, cops arrived and a gun was found?
This is in no way to imply someone should have known Hernandez was likely to get himself involved in first-degree murder. But they should have known something.
“You can be sure we’ll be looking at all our procedures and auditing how we do things,” Kraft said toward the end of the interview. “I feel bad someone in our organization could potentially be tied to this. If it’s true I’m just shocked.”
If no one in the Patriots’ organization had a clue what Aaron Hernandez was up to the past three years, I’m just as shocked
How did the Bruins know enough to lock Tyler Seguin in a local hotel room during the playoffs, as the Herald’s Stephen Harris reported, to keep him out of late-night gin joints, but the Patriots didn’t know about a player in a car going 105 mph with a drunk at the wheel who was a convicted felon?
They didn’t know he was involved in an incident at 2:30 a.m. outside a Providence strip joint where a beef ensued, cops arrived and a gun was found?
This is in no way to imply someone should have known Hernandez was likely to get himself involved in first-degree murder. But they should have known something.
“You can be sure we’ll be looking at all our procedures and auditing how we do things,” Kraft said toward the end of the interview. “I feel bad someone in our organization could potentially be tied to this. If it’s true I’m just shocked.”
If no one in the Patriots’ organization had a clue what Aaron Hernandez was up to the past three years, I’m just as shocked
