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I hesitate to make too lofty predictions, but part of this feels like lightning could be striking twice for the Pats with BB and now Vrabel.
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I hesitate to make too lofty predictions, but part of this feels like lightning could be striking twice for the Pats with BB and now Vrabel.
WEEI, asking about spending cap space...
I don't completely subscribe to the argument that because Vrabel didn't come out and say that he has final say that it necessitates that he doesn't. That said, I do agree that there is nothing worse for a franchise than to have coaches vs. GMs where they separately report to owners. We see it all the time and it ALWAYS leads to power struggles. I hope that is not the situation here. Until we know for certain one way or the other, hope is the only thing I have to go on.
LOL i'm watching it now.
We won't know exactly how things are going to work until all of the Rooney requirements have been met. The fake title thing with Cowden reporting to Wolf seems pretty suspicious. The Giants would not have let him go to a lateral position if that was the end state. Everyone, including Wolf, playing along to avoid problems with the league. Wolf is likely aware that this is his only option if he wants to stay with the team long term once Cowden is promoted.
He’s also very good friends with the Wisconsin head coach, Lou Fickle, both schools seem to always have really good offensive lines.
Played? My analysis has proved correct. Latest report reveals who will make personnel decisions for Patriots
To me this will be one of the most interesting things to keep an eye on next training camp and beginning of the season. How are Polk and Baker doing? Still busts or improving with the right coaching.
I didn't disagree.
Vrabel was always known for busting chops.
You can't call Poll a bust with that coach or locker room yet. But he has to show major improvement in camp.
I agree, but I still predict bust, hoping I am wrong.
C'mon. This is "proof"? Blowhards like Breer and Schefter love to gossip about NFL office politics and call it "analysis." The "argument" on your side is expression of an unsubstantiated hope, nothing more, that it will somehow work out. It might, but there was no need to create a sloppy, indeterminate situation which requires that the team waste time doing so. This situation is exactly similar to the asinine mismangement re Mayo where the Krafts insisted on the basis of friendship or personal affection a figure of no demonstrated competence whatever.
We know that he worked under or with Bill and Mayo over a period in which our drafting was abysmally bad. That suffices to move on. I have yet to hear a substantive counterargument to this observation, just a lot of happy talk about how it will "all work out."
I never gave any happy talk. I pointed out that we don't really know how his performance was as a consultant or director of scouting but in both cases he got a promotion. And in his interim role he might have drafted the best player since Gronk unless you don't think Maye is good?
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