Robert Kraft's Press Conference

[sb1]

Kraft: Our drafts have not been good for a while. If you want to compete in this league you gotta have good drafts cause those rookie contracts let you get the people you need to surround your key players.... Hopefully we'll see a big improvement this year.

 

[ScottishPatriots]

There's many possible outcomes to that.

1. Wolf may stay, but only for now
2. Wolf may stay, but with someone over his head
3. Wolf may stay, but with the coach having final say over him
4. Wolf may stay, and prove he is actually good at his job and Mayo ****ed him in 2024

Even if they were getting fired they still need them for all the draft preparation they've done, there isn't enough time to put in a new GM and have him hire all his scouts and be ready for the draft, they've done 12 months of work on it.

 

[archstanton543]

Kraft looks terrible.

When you get to 82, you won't look as good.

 

[Froob]

Kraft got off to a good start, think he's got 3 mins max before old age kicks in

 

[Delicate Genius]

Mayo trashed the place on his way out.

 

[TheRainMaker]

Hopefully Robyn Glazer is sitting right there beside him.

 

[jdlboot14]

Kudos to Kraft for acknowledging this is his fault. That says a lot about leadership (something Mayo never did).

Also - stating "our drafts have not been good for some time". That's quite a doozy - for half of your locker room going into '25.

 

[sb1]

When you get to 82, you won't look as good.

Just looks exhausted. maybe he is...

 

[ViperGTS]

The problem with this is the same thing that happened in Atlanta.

The owner and his underperforming front office were all involved in the selection of coaches.

There is absolutely no doubt that they want to keep their jobs, so if Johnson or Vrabel want to come in with a GM/personnel guy, what do you think Highsmith or Wolf will recommend?

The Krafts have learned absolutely nothing.

Yeah this is the issue. Wolf has no business being in any coach meetings. Nobody from that front office does. The entire font office, scouts etc needs to be cleaned out.

If Ben Johnson/Vrabel comes to Gillette for an interview these people have zero business being there. Wolf, Highsmith, Glazer to start. \

If you keep listening to what he is saying, it's a pipe dream for those who think that Wolf isn't staying on.

 

[bakes781]

they need to break the bank when it comes to scouting and player personnel. then I will feel better about the players they bring in.

 

[ViperGTS]

at least he admits they suck at drafting lol

No ****.

"We haven't had very good drafts for several years"

"We are keeping the same people and expect to have better results this coming year"

Ben Jonson and Mike Vrabel- RUN

 

[Delicate Genius]

He mentioned "in-game adjustments" when talking about the new coach.

So the opposite of Jerod.

 

[RobertWeathers]

Hopefully Robyn Glazer is sitting right there beside him.

Doing what? Like the stripper in Police Academy?

 

[Joey007]

There's many possible outcomes to that.

1. Wolf may stay, but only for now
2. Wolf may stay, but with someone over his head
3. Wolf may stay, but with the coach having final say over him
4. Wolf may stay, and prove he is actually good at his job and Mayo ****ed him in 2024

This.

Both staying doesn’t exactly mean no other voices are added to the front office.

 

[PatsFan2]

No ****.

"We haven't had very good drafts for several years"

"We are keeping the same people and expect to have better results this coming year"

Ben Jonson and Mike Vrabel- RUN

Dude.

 

[upstater1]

Even if they were getting fired they still need them for all the draft preparation they've done, there isn't enough time to put in a new GM and have him hire all his scouts and be ready for the draft, they've done 12 months of work on it.

But this happens all the time when regimes change.

When the Bills team arrived in 2017, they had 2 months to prepare for the draft.

These are their first 4 picks:

1	Tre'Davious White	27	CB	8	2017	2024	1	2	5	48	93				0				0			0	LSU
2	Zay Jones	37	WR	8	2017	2024	0	0	3	24	115	1	2	29	0	0	8	24	0	295	3112	18	East Carolina
2	Dion Dawkins	63	G	8	2017	2024	0	3	8	56	128				0				0	2	8	2	Temple
5	Matt Milano	163	LB	8	2017	2024	1	1	4	52	94				0				0			0	Boston Col.

 

[TommyD4207]

Yeah this is the issue. Wolf has no business being in any coach meetings. Nobody from that front office does. The entire font office, scouts etc needs to be cleaned out.

If Ben Johnson/Vrabel comes to Gillette for an interview these people have zero business being there. Wolf, Highsmith, Glazer to start. \

If you keep listening to what he is saying, it's a pipe dream for those who think that Wolf isn't staying on.

Highsmith was just brought on this past year, he was not part of the previous regime. The fact that he's going to be involved this time around is big news.

 

[PatsFan2]

He mentioned "in-game adjustments" when talking about the new coach.

So the opposite of Jerod.

Who said RK is not hands on??

 

[ViperGTS]

Wolf, Highsmith and Groh - BB was mean, he didn't take our input boo hoo

Wolf, Highsmith and Groh - Mayo and his staff couldn't coach up our outstanding draft picks.

Wolf, Highsmight and Groh - We will do better with a different head coach.

Anyone see the issue here? Anyone?

 

[Thelonious]

Absolutely 100% stupid to keep Wolf around. If I were Vrabel, or any other candidate worth a damn, I would refuse the job unless there were a new GM hired AND I had a very significant voice in who that person would be.