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Patricia 100% knows. Probably Ernie too, but he'll take it to his grave. Lol
Well, it’s been narrowed down to a personal issue Belichick had with him (which is what Kraft said). We can scratch off all the talk about him being sick or not mentally prepared.
OK. Where I differ with you is that I put the SB loss to the Eagles as a huge negative for BB. Not playing Butler pissed off the players and especially TFB. Yes, you could say that the other players on the D are responsible for that loss but were Butler to play say after sitting out the opening D series or even Q1, then BOTH the players and the D coaches (including BB) would clearly own that ugly loss.
You can say Bill overreacted but the personal matter you describe would be Butler's issue and that's all I meant. I know you must hate Bill at every turn but I think you can understand what I mean.
No and I didn't have many bosses until I started working for myself. But this is completely different. They are making millions of dollars and more money than their boss. Pat Mahomes could easily call the shots in KC when he's making 5x more per year than his HC and the front office. Tom could have easily done this after they won title #3.
I don't think it is. People are people. These guys are 20 somethings coming out of school, and Bill loved to embarrass everyone, regardless of rank, as we've learned. He thrived on intimidation.
So I can't verify it, so I won't put the details that could be untrue out there, but some people I know that work inside the building are strongly under the belief that Butler got benched over something personal totally off the field between Butler and Belichick's son. So Kraft's statement made me think of that.
I started losing respect for him during deflategate. And I've been losing more and more respect for him the last few years when he's been opening his mouth. He was certainly more likeable when he was mysterious silent Bob. The old adage about meeting your heroes shines bright with Kraft.
No, he couldn't keep them both. After the '18 SB, Bill showed Bob he could win on D, and convinced him Tom was about to hit the cliff. Bob made a decision (which he regrets) to keep Bill. Things were too dysfunctional for both to stay. Tom said so himself, he wasn't going to sign a new contract, the way things had gone, and he was done with it. It was either Bill or Tom. Bob chose Bill.
Agree. Bob was like "you don't want to pay him for 2 years? Good, I don't to either and I'll let you take the heat for it!" There are certain times Owners can meddle - that was one of them, but Bob clearly didn't want him either.
I learned very quickly in my 20's that I can't work for anyone. In my late 20's before I started working for myself, I had to deal with an ******* employee (a lot older than me) who was mad I was making friends with one of the only women in the office during my first week. He ran into me outside when I was alone and told me he's going to get me fired because I'm talking to that woman too much. I laughed it off and responded if the boss has a problem with it, I'm sure I'll hear from him. But what he wasn't expecting to follow was me letting him know he better not ever talk to me like that ever again. His demeanor quickly changed and realized his intimidation he's done in the past wasn't going to fly with me.
