Robyn Glaser is now EVP of Football Business & Senior Advisor to the Head Coach.

[Sicilian]

I don’t really get all the kerfuffel
1.timing:

If they had announced this prior to Jerod; the mediots and board-troglodytes w torches would have all screamed ‘she is the GM’ and half the conference would have been saying no. Announcing afterwards seems to make it clear she is support staff and not ‘direct’ oversight.

2. Title
Whatever. Call her EVP of Social Interactions for all I care. Some folks here think they can interpret what she will do based on the title. I have a title and a 2-page duty description. The only duty in there that defines what I actually do is the last line: “Other duties as assigned. “. To me, this title change she is just being refocused away from the non-football ops.
BL: She is a lawyer and is going to do legal things as RK directs.

3. Experience
She has been doing legal football things since 2007. 17 years. There is no way she doesn’t know enough by now to do whatever RK is asking.

At the end of the day I think some folks are either listening to mediots to get over-excited or just spinning themselves up.

A lot of people are starting from a position of, "This team is going to fail" and seeing everything that happens through that lens.

 

[Gumby]

My Prior post being said; this post by RW is the one that concerns me the most about Glazer:

here in this memo she laid out unspecifically; but exactly all the problems that we would later find out about the Well’s report AFTER ALL THE PUNISHMENTS were handed out.

She laid down a threat AND FAILED TO CARRY THRU. This letter should have been released by Patriots to media THE NEXT DAY.!!!

So, was she all hot air. OR (more likely IMO) did RK intervene to protect his good friend GoToHell. And is she his favorite lawyer because after the fact he said to her: ‘you were right; I was wrong’

i dont know; but if this was her style: legal bluster w no backbone (again, I think not) and she hasn’t changed…. not a good appoinment.

 

[One-If-By-Sea]

I don’t really get all the kerfuffel
1.timing:

If they had announced this prior to Jerod; the mediots and board-troglodytes w torches would have all screamed ‘she is the GM’ and half the conference would have been saying no. Announcing afterwards seems to make it clear she is support staff and not ‘direct’ oversight.

2. Title
Whatever. Call her EVP of Social Interactions for all I care. Some folks here think they can interpret what she will do based on the title. I have a title and a 2-page duty description. The only duty in there that defines what I actually do is the last line: “Other duties as assigned. “. To me, this title change she is just being refocused away from the non-football ops.
BL: She is a lawyer and is going to do legal things as RK directs.

3. Experience
She has been doing legal football things since 2007. 17 years. There is no way she doesn’t know enough by now to do whatever RK is asking.

At the end of the day I think some folks are either listening to mediots to get over-excited or just spinning themselves up.

Clearly Jonathan Kraft was not at the press conference and Lady Easterby's promotion was purposedly delayed. They only people at the press conference asking questions were the Boston beat reporters. You think the beat reporters are mediots and board-troglodytes? Why were the Krafts so concered with "managing" the messaging and questions at the Mayo press announcement?

I am not sure why you are so worried with Lady Easterby being suggested as the GM. Until a GM is appointed and announced, clearly RK is the GM. Who cares if someone suggests something different?

 

[n1997y]

My belief (need to confirm) is Glaser is now the "day to day" and Jonathan and Bob are her escalation points.

^THIS^

all that worry about her not being GM when the GM will probably report to her.

 

[One-If-By-Sea]

A lot of people are starting from a position of, "This team is going to fail" and seeing everything that happens through that lens.

It has been that way in New England for as long as I have been alive. Nothing new. When BB was appointed, the same thing. When Joe Mazzula was appointed, the same thing. On and on with every coach ever appointed in sports in New England.

 

[Gumby]

Clearly Jonathan Kraft was not at the press conference and Lady Easterby's promotion was purposedly delayed. They only people at the press conference asking questions were the Boston beat reporters. You think the beat reporters are mediots and board-troglodytes? Why were ther Krafts so concered with "managing" the messaging and questions at the Mayo press announcement?

I am not sure why you are so worried with Lady Easterby being suggested as the GM. Until a GM is appointed and announced, clearly RK is the GM. Who cares if someone suggests something different?

I’m not worried

I just don’t understand all the folks who want to claim the sky is falling or want to do tea-leaf reading to figure out what RK is doing.

I kind of take him at his word of what he says: ‘still working through it’

stay calm, carry on & have cup of tea

 

[archstanton543]

I've never seen people get this worked up over a longtime team lawyer getting a promotion.

 

[patsfanfromoversea]

it feels like a beth dutton situation

 

[Kdo5]

This franchise is now officially ****ed.

This is hilarious considering we have had two train wreck seasons in a row, no Quarterbacks, a toxic atmosphere and a 4-13 record.

But yeah now we are ****ed, those previous seasons were quite good eh?

 

[Kdo5]

If they are that thin skinned that the thread offends, the internet, nevermind a well run forum ( rules this place out, I guess) , might be too much. There was nothing offensive or racist about the thread.

Love that the diversity poll thread got locked in mere minutes JFC no humor allowed. What the hell are you afraid of? @Ian

Ya know for a crew of snow flakes who hate how this forum is run and how terribly unfair it is, you guys sure do stick around here. If it’s so bad, leave.

 

[1960Pats]

Much ado about nothing.

 

[venecol]

Belichick was really smart to have Ernie Adams in that role, and I would bet it payed off for them more times than we will ever know. Mayo would be wise to keep that role in play in the organization going forward.

The analytics staff is going to grow from 1 to 10.

 

[venecol]

How did they describe the role?

Advisor.

 

[venecol]

Initially the Krafts did not delegate with Bill, and not at all with Parcells or Carroll. The Krafts are half delegators.

Kraft noted in his press conference that he did not fully delegate with Bill until after he had won 3 Super Bowls. After Mayo wins a Super Bowl maybe the Krafts will fully delegate. If you believe history, they definitely will not delegate for awhile with Mayo. If you believe what Kraft said at his press conference, he definitely will not fully delegate with Mayo. Kraft will delegate some but how much? Based on the Easterby lady lurking and asking for 2nd hand knowledge about what Bill was doing, it looks like the Krafts are keeping all their fingers in the pie.

You trust RK a lot, you like the way he picked Parcells. Jonathan Kraft didnt even show up for the press conference. How long do you think R Kraft's nap lasted after his Mayo press conference? Power naps at 83 years old are amazing. Grandpa runs the Patriots - here we go. Weeeeeeeeee.

It is what it is.

 

[Steve102]

Much ado about nothing.

 

[RobertWeathers]

My Prior post being said; this post by RW is the one that concerns me the most about Glazer:

here in this memo she laid out unspecifically; but exactly all the problems that we would later find out about the Well’s report AFTER ALL THE PUNISHMENTS were handed out.

She laid down a threat AND FAILED TO CARRY THRU. This letter should have been released by Patriots to media THE NEXT DAY.!!!

So, was she all hot air. OR (more likely IMO) did RK intervene to protect his good friend GoToHell. And is she his favorite lawyer because after the fact he said to her: ‘you were right; I was wrong’

i dont know; but if this was her style: legal bluster w no backbone (again, I think not) and she hasn’t changed…. not a good appoinment.

It was Bend Over Bob who called off the dogs.

Glaser by trade is a lawyer. She took direction from her client.

 

[upstater1]

Unlike most of the posters in this thread, my concern is that she's overqualified.

Why the hell do you need someone this sharp and with these credentials to do the job described so far?

 

[venecol]

Clearly Jonathan Kraft was not at the press conference and Lady Easterby's promotion was purposedly delayed. They only people at the press conference asking questions were the Boston beat reporters. You think the beat reporters are mediots and board-troglodytes? Why were the Krafts so concered with "managing" the messaging and questions at the Mayo press announcement?

I am not sure why you are so worried with Lady Easterby being suggested as the GM. Until a GM is appointed and announced, clearly RK is the GM. Who cares if someone suggests something different?

So you believe the GM is an advisor to the HC?

You're smarter than that.

 

[venecol]

I’m not worried

I just don’t understand all the folks who want to claim the sky is falling or want to do tea-leaf reading to figure out what RK is doing.

I kind of take him at his word of what he says: ‘still working through it’

stay calm, carry on & have cup of tea

What's amusing is that nobody had any idea how things worked behind the scenes while Bill was the de facto GM during the last 4 seasons of failures. Yet, now it's imperative we know every facet of everyone's role and duties, a week after Bill gets canned.

It's pretty clear that a segment of the forum, mainly composed by IBBWT sycophants, are now demanding answers and questioning everything because they're still processing their sense of loss. I believe they're in the angry stage of bereavement. It just goes to show you they were never really Patriot fans, just Belichick jock sniffers.

 

[RobertWeathers]

The analytics staff is going to grow from 1 to 10.

Not a bad thing as long as they make logical decisions with the data.