Also strongly in the camp that signing AB was a great move. Rub Job Bob panicked fearing media criticism of his FL adventure and destroyed the season and insured Brady's giving up on the Pats franchise.
Krafty Bob was a fool for signing the dude in the first place, given he knew what kind of off the field stuff AB was capable of and knowing he had no stomach for any bad press. He should have looked at what happened with OAK/LV and just said no. He cost himself $millions of dollars and his team a huge cap hit that was part of why last season sucked so bad.
Whatever role it had in TB12 moving on, who knows. The Tompa fans say it was all over in Summer 2018 anyway when Mrs. Brady *****ed out BB for not kissing Tompa's butt enough, Johnny F'ing Foxboro, new scenery, yada yada.
AB himself was/is a fool. He gets drubbed out of OAK/LV then NE just because he can't put his phone down. Sure he ends up on Tampa on cheap money and gets occasional looks from TB12 and gets a ring, but he cost himself $millions by not letting his lawyers deal with the messes he made. Now he's on the outside looking in, waiting for Tampa or anyone else to offer him a contract when he could/should be on a long multi year deal raking it in.
Everyone has some blame. Tompa was happy to be coached hard by the GOAT coach and leave some money on the table for other players to be signed for 20 years, till he wasn't. BB has always been a "one year too soon rather than one year too late" guy, but he probably should have made exceptions for the GOAT QB. Krafty Bob has always been a hypocrite, paying minions to try to project an immaculate public image while quietly getting discounted rub jobs from aging Asian ladies.
The biggest problem with most patsfans.com posters is there is very little tolerance for seeking or finding the middle ground. Same can be said for the "fellowship of the miserable" media silos most fans are plugged into. I truly think Ian is trying to run a good site, but it gets dragged down time and time again by knuckle draggers who can't think beyond their urges for ongoing tribal warfare. We end up fighting the same old battles time and time again because that's what gets them through their days.