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Not sure if you were referring to me because people on here know I'm a Tom>Bill guy. And I didn't agree with his "home town discounts" or "taking one for the team" as he could have had more power to get better skill players around him but he doesn't speak up. We just rarely heard him having a one on one with Bill/Kraft to get what he wanted.
It's not. Bill should speak up as well.
How do you know this?
Know what?
Its not up to them to speak up. They are their own person. Should they run around and try to deflect everything someone says? Do you know how many media members I have heard spin some yarn about both of them? If you want to hear from Bill or Brady, then listen to Bill or Brady not what someone else says.
I would, but they don't speak about it. My point is that if Tom really had a problem and had spoke up to Bill and Bob, more would've been done to keep him happy. He's been the most powerful football player probably since his 3rd title and could've gotten what he wanted if he really asked for it. Bob would've chosen a younger Tom over Bill if came down to it as Tom has made the Pats franchise a sh*t ton of money.
Maybe he didnt have as big of a problem as you think. He did play here 19 years.
I guess he didn't.
I mean I am just saying, if he hated the way Bill did things, he sure had a funny way of showing it by sticking around for 2 decades.
That he didn't speak up ever and ask for skill positions. Reports in 2019 said both AB and Sanu were Brady's requests.
Tom has always been vocal about the talent on offense to the coaching staff and personnel leadership.
Because Branch never gets traded if did so. Givens maybe re-signs as well who was an underrated clutch WR Brady leaned on. Moss is never traded in 2010. Welker is re-signed and not let go for peanuts in 2013. Gronk was completely off limits. The only reason he returned to the team in 2018 was because he found a loophole after getting traded and said to Bill he "retired". Lions then rescinded the trade. The draft would've been used for more offensive help throughout the years rather than wasted on defensive players that weren't needed and never made any impact on the team. AB doesn't get cut. If Tom truly wanted something, he could've gotten it. I just don't think he was very aggressive.
I remember that story too.
I heard some Kraft comments about Bill that were pretty insulting. Bob has to learn to stay off the sauce when he talks to writers.
Other players have left and a few of them have thrown darts the Pats' way. Maybe there is something going on.
Why would we assume that changing the model to spend more resources on receivers would have made the team better?
This writer didn’t talk to Kraft, belichick, Brady or virtually anyone else he claims to be quoting. The entire book is innuendo, rumor and hearsay.
Typical mediots, though I knew it was probably hearsay. I heard the lines a couple of times from different sources and had the impression that Bob got a little tipsy out in Denver and was talking to someone, possibly jokingly, when he said it. You think it's all made up?
