Kraft was a pimple on the NFLs axx before BB took his franchise to the top and beyond.
BB wanted to be fired. Then Kraft owed him every penny of his contract. The time to fire BB was was when Kraft had the choice of Brady staying and BB leaving. Kraft did the math on which outcome would benefit him the best. Sure, he probably would have won another Lombardi with Brady, but long term his franchise would suffer like it is currently.
The bottom line is that every time Kraft is running the show, the Pats are losers. Lost with Tuna after Kraft seized control of the draft. Lost with Carroll who was a soft players coach. Lost with Mayo who was hired to get Bob in the HOF.
I believe that BB will be back in the NFL.
Simple fact since becoming owner of the Patriots.
First. Prevented the Patriots from being moved to St Louis, so without Kraft there is New England Patriots.
Second, the Patriots are the most successful team in the NFL since he took over, having both the most wins, superbowls, superbowl appearances, and most times to the playoffs.
Third, Belichick is tied for having the worst record as a HC during that time period with Mayo at 4 wins. And Belichick alone has the third worst record as the HC at 5 wins. Pete Carroll never lost more than 8 games with the Patriots.
Fourth. Kraft recognized his mistakes and made the necessary changes to improve the team. He traded for Belichick, thats right Kraft of his own think decided to trade for and sign Belichick to coach and run his team, and stayed out of his way when Belichick decided to keep Brady as the starting QB over Bledsoe. He also fired Mayo after only 1 bad season because he wasn't afraid to admit he was wrong.
Kraft is the GOAT owner for everything he has done for NE and fans need to respect the man. All his decisions weren't perfect but if we had a guy like Jerry Jones or Al Davis, Bledsoe would have been forced back into the starting line up, the NE Patriots would now be in LA. And there would be no 6 time superbowl winning NE Patriots.
Name one owner who has ever accomplished what Kraft has done.