Breer on why the Pats are far behind the rest of the NFL: A very small coaching staff

[borg]

The family is worth at least $9 billion. The team is valued at $7.4 billion. The Kraft Group is privately held so there’s no market cap but it ranks 135 on the Forbes list of top privately held companies.

Why did they build the lighthouse when they have facilities this poor?

Kraft has a kink for rigid structures that point toward the sky

 

[Wozzy]

JK is the team president. He also owns KAGR, an analytics company. I am of the opinion that JK and BB never saw eye to eye in bringing the team into this centuries evolving technological advances. JK wanted to move forward, quickly. Bill wanted to maintain his norm. JK was president, but Bill had authority over all football decisions. neither JK or RK could "order" Bill to utilize the technologies available. they could drop public embarrassments, which they did. but as long as Bill won, they had to defer to Bill.
then Bill started losing, a lot, and the Kraft's seized the opportunity to take back their team, and move on from a director of operations that was stuck in the last decade.
unfortunately, they would also lose their coach, but as missed free agent signings, draft picks and losing games became frequent, and Bill aged, the split was inevitable.
Bill has been gone 14 months. the team attempted to grow the staff, but Mayo lacked the proper contacts and relationships. we hear publicly, Wolf is moving the evaluation process into a competitive balance with the league leaders.
1 season was not going to right the ship from 20+ years of same old same old.
will 2 years?

Jonathan hired Wolf back at the end of 2020 and “collaboration” began… that’s when their record went from playoff team to 4 win average.

Mayo was a crap hire, Wolf’s offseason was horrid. Hire bad, get bad results. Pretty simple, no need for the excuse making word salad.

If Jonathan wanted to update the team he should have started with the facilities and amenities and left the football to the experts.

 

[40yrpatsfan]

The family is worth at least $9 billion. The team is valued at $7.4 billion. The Kraft Group is privately held so there’s no market cap but it ranks 135 on the Forbes list of top privately held companies.

Why did they build the lighthouse when they have facilities this poor?

They are asset-rich but not so sure about income-rich, especially with the team's performance dropping over the past 5 years. The test will be the next few weeks to see if they agree to massive FA signings which requires cash.

I agree they really blew it prioritizing the lighthouse project over player facilities.

 

[borg]

JK is the team president. He also owns KAGR, an analytics company. I am of the opinion that JK and BB never saw eye to eye in bringing the team into this centuries evolving technological advances.

Why didn't JK implement his evolutionary vision starting 14 months ago, post-Bill?
What exactly has the team president been doing, besides whiffing spectacularly on Mayo?

JK wanted to move forward, quickly.

He didn't.
Still hasn't.

"Wanting" and "doing" are completely different skillsets.

Bill has been gone 14 months. the team attempted to grow the staff, but Mayo lacked the proper contacts and relationships.

Jonathon's vision of technological advancement was to be implemented by LB coach with a year's training as a celebrity intern at a health company and Wolf............

We hear publicly, Wolf is moving the evaluation process into a competitive balance with the league leaders.

Year two of Wolf in charge and according to Breer, the team still operates as if in the Dark Ages.

What does Jon Jon actually do besides sidling up to Pops in the sky box and overseeing the least compelling team in MLS?

 

[rkarp1]

They are asset-rich but not so sure about income-rich, especially with the team's performance dropping over the past 5 years. The test will be the next few weeks to see if they agree to massive FA signings which requires cash.

I agree they really blew it prioritizing the lighthouse project over player facilities.

valuation does not equal liquidity

 

[signbabybrady]

Got a hell of an inland light house with tiny bell, though.

 

[TomPatriot]

Has anyone ever been inside this structure?

 

[signbabybrady]

Has anyone ever been inside this structure?

Yes, it's a cool view up top. Definitely makes for a good family photo.

 

[borisman]

I don't know, but I think John "Stretch" Streicher added MUCH needed size to the coaching/FO staff.

 

[signbabybrady]

I don't know, but I think John "Stretch" Streicher added MUCH needed size to the coaching/FO staff.

Vrabel too and he brings a much needed physicality to the spot.

 

[One-If-By-Sea]

Very rarely does hiring more people fix problems. Breer likes to quote the Eagles, Rams, and 49ers, but fails to quote the losing fanchises with lots of departments. Of course, as always, it is a holdover from BB.

How about we start by not being the lowest cash spending franchise? Would it help to hire more people, or having an owner that gets higher than a "D" grade from the players? How about new seats in the team planes? The new facility will be very welcome next year, but why did it take years to implement when the players' survey openly identified the deficiency? I have an idea - pay the players well, provide nice meals, and give them and their families state-of-the-art facilities. I know, that is a tough nut.