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Great read as we all gear up for another AFC Championship game....
Say whatever you want about Kraft and deflategate BS, but do not ever lose sight of the facts.....were it not for Bob Kraft, none of our Patriot riches would have happened, period!!
The staying home team
It was clear from the start that they wanted to move the team to St. Louis,” Kraft told the Boston Globe’s Will McDonugh back in the winter of 1994. He was referring to then-Patriots owner and Anheuser-Busch heir James B. Orthwein and, more specifically, Orthwein’s lawyer, Walter Metcalfe. It was Metcalfe driving the relocation efforts.
“They never wanted me to have the team,” Kraft continued. “They tried to keep me out of the process. There were seven or eight times in December and January that I thought the team was gone. If Jim Orthwein had his wish, the team would have been in St. Louis. I don’t blame him. He’s from St. Louis and wanted to bring a team to that city. But he also wanted to sell the team without any problems. He wanted to sell and go fishing, and in the end, this was a big factor in our favor.”
Say whatever you want about Kraft and deflategate BS, but do not ever lose sight of the facts.....were it not for Bob Kraft, none of our Patriot riches would have happened, period!!
The staying home team
It was clear from the start that they wanted to move the team to St. Louis,” Kraft told the Boston Globe’s Will McDonugh back in the winter of 1994. He was referring to then-Patriots owner and Anheuser-Busch heir James B. Orthwein and, more specifically, Orthwein’s lawyer, Walter Metcalfe. It was Metcalfe driving the relocation efforts.
“They never wanted me to have the team,” Kraft continued. “They tried to keep me out of the process. There were seven or eight times in December and January that I thought the team was gone. If Jim Orthwein had his wish, the team would have been in St. Louis. I don’t blame him. He’s from St. Louis and wanted to bring a team to that city. But he also wanted to sell the team without any problems. He wanted to sell and go fishing, and in the end, this was a big factor in our favor.”