PATRIOTS NEWS Patriots hire Mike Vrabel to be HC

[Ras-IR Dowling]

Who said this I wonder?

Watson

 

[TheRainMaker]

Hard to overlook the collapse of the Titans in Vrabel’s last couple of seasons. I hope it’s not a sign that he’s a coach who fits much better with a team that has lots of talent over a team that doesn’t, like the Patriots.

They were never a powerhouse by any means and they would've never gotten to the AFCCG in 2019 had the Pats had competent WR’s. Pats would’ve given them a beatdown.

 

[Vindicate]

Who said this I wonder?

Wouldn't surprise me if it was Stefanski and Berry who darted for Vrabel once he didn't land a HC job:

Inside Mike Vrabel’s year off: His season with the Browns and what he wants next

The former Titans coach spent the 2024 season preparing for his next opportunity.

www.nytimes.com

"“I was as surprised as anybody when he didn’t get a job,” Stefanski said, “so I reached out and said: What’s your plan here? Are you going to go sit on the couch for a year? If you know Vrabes, he has so much energy. You can only ski so much, right?”

Browns GM Andrew Berry viewed it as a unique opportunity to bring in someone of Vrabel’s stature to enhance their player-development program while helping in other areas; Berry and Stefanski put on the full-court press to recruit him".

 

[mike_usagisan]

Hard to overlook the collapse of the Titans in Vrabel’s last couple of seasons. I hope it’s not a sign that he’s a coach who fits much better with a team that has lots of talent over a team that doesn’t, like the Patriots.

I think it says something more about what kind of impact injuries and poor drafts (especially at QB) can do to a team. In the same way that it’s fair to say that the success had a lot to do with a historically good running back and capable OCs. Vrabel should get plenty of credit and plenty of blame. But, he’s well regarded, has had success, and seems to have an understanding of how to get all parts of an organization on the same page. So, seems like a good fit to me.

 

[ctpatsfan77]

Didn't Bill have a scoring system rating mental errors and Vrabel had zero one year?

According to Patriot Reign, yes.

 

[RobertWeathers]

Why do you think that? What did you hear or read?

Her role was elevated.

Shes tight w Bob.

She was Mayo's buddy.

She interviewed coordinators last year.

I believe Wolf reported to her.

Not saying she's a bad person but as a great man once said..

 

[Steve102]

My understanding is that Wolf would give up final say if it’s in the best interest of the team and he’s not getting some big demotion. He’s not someone who is particularly power hungry, or a control freak.

Can’t spend titles.

 

[Brotherblues]

I believe that Kraft was correct in taking the blame for putting Mayo in such a bad situation where he was doomed to failure in his first year. And yes, I was among those who wanted to give him a chance to see if he could learn from his mistakes. The problem I had with the knee-jerk " it doesn't look good today, so let's fire everyone so we can stay angry for another season.", is that these are the same people who would have fired BOTH Bellichik and Parcells after their first seasons at Cleveland and NY. And hey, add the BB's first season here in 2000.

I fully agree that some people will always want to be angry and move on in knee jerk fashion year 1, and that's wrong.

It's also wrong to always want to give a guy more years no matter what.

Both extremes are just different roads to failure.

 

[raduray]

I believe Wolf reported to her.

That's a new one. I've never seen that reported anywhere.

 

[Ring 6]

My understanding is that Wolf would give up final say if it’s in the best interest of the team and he’s not getting some big demotion. He’s not someone who is particularly power hungry, or a control freak.

It won’t be up to him to give it up if it’s taken away, which hopefully it is

 

[RobertWeathers]

That's a new one. I've never seen that reported anywhere.

Doesn't mean she has say in player selection.

It means she has say in the process, standards, etc

 

[KCSVEN]

5. As for the DC, The Pats were 22nd in the league in points allowed but if they had allowed just one point less pergame, they would have been 15th. Cousins didn't do a bad job given the injuries and roster he was given. That being said if he gets fired then I hope Vrabl gets a guy who he knows and is dynamic. I wouldn't mind seeing Roman come back as a LB coach.

That’s a bit misleading. They had the weakest schedule in the NFL.
30th in expected points contributed by defense
30th in DVOA
Only JAX and CAR were worse at both.
Also they were embarrassed in a couple of games where teams just ran it over and over again.
They were 6th and 9th in same categories in 2023 without an all pro corner.

The coaching on defense was very bad.

 

[Ross12]

It won’t be up to him to give it up if it’s taken away, which hopefully it is

Yeah but you can have it taken away and be disgruntled or you can have it taken away and still be a team player.

 

[Nehalem]

Does Kraft not realize you can hire people who aren't former Patriots linebackers as head coach?

 

[Drunken Cicerone]

This should technically be the easy part of the rebuild.

Now we need to get somebody who can draft

And a roster that’s at least able to compete next season and look like they belong on the field every week

 

[Santi]

Oh well, can’t be worse than jerod that’s for sure.

 

[ahmed]

I am happy with the hire and IMO the best for us because we know he is a good coach. Everyone else is unproven and a much bigger risk.

 

[Ring 6]

Yeah but you can have it taken away and be disgruntled or you can have it taken away and still be a team player.

Right, you can have it taken away and accept you don’t deserve having it and be a team player or GTFO. His willingness has nothing to with the decision, only with whether he’s allowed to keep collecting a check

 

[UGAPatsfan]

I am beginning to like the idea of Tommy Rees as OC. Vrabel actually consulted on offense last year with the Browns. So he worked closely with Rees. Rees has success calling plays at the college level. He seems like he could be an up and coming OC.

Bama fans HATED him

 

[Triumph]

So he's going to UNC??

So, McDaniels will come work for Thunder?

Nope. Not now.