Soul_Survivor88
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Hard to argue with this...our owner came out looking worse in this situation than he did coming into it, and Kraft continues to show a lack of resolve even now.
http://www.boston.com/sports/footba...obert-kraft/qVoS1CWsmNQ54ToOgngW7N/story.html
By Eric Wilbur
Boston.com Columnist | 09.04.15 | 10:32 AM
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Even in the statement he made on Thursday in the wake of Berman’s vacation of the suspension, Bob Kraft made sure to accuse the “lawyers at the league” who “still insisted on imposing and defending unwarranted and unprecedented discipline.”
I’m sure Bill Belichick is thrilled that he won’t have to go the first-quarter of the season with Jimmy Garoppolo leading the charge, but once the confetti falls in San Francisco come February, the Patriots coach also faces the daunting task of getting his team younger without a first-round draft pick. Why, exactly, is that again other than the transparent fact that the owner and commissioner still rub each other’s back even after Goodell duplicitously attempted to bring down his pal’s most important employee?
Kraft’s abdication didn’t play well with Patriot fans back in May, and it certainly shouldn’t look any better now, even through the prism of Brady celebration. But it’s become clear, despite all the bluster he displayed publicly, Kraft is still endeared to Goodell, the guy the Pats owner has always been there for, including supporting him after bungling the Ray Rice situation.
Brady’s vindication is good news for the Patriots. But the team is still going to pay for Deflategate in a debilitating way. Guilty or not.
Their quarterback displayed his resolve in ultimately winning his appeal.
We haven’t seen the same from his employer.
http://www.boston.com/sports/footba...obert-kraft/qVoS1CWsmNQ54ToOgngW7N/story.html
By Eric Wilbur
Boston.com Columnist | 09.04.15 | 10:32 AM
[....]
Even in the statement he made on Thursday in the wake of Berman’s vacation of the suspension, Bob Kraft made sure to accuse the “lawyers at the league” who “still insisted on imposing and defending unwarranted and unprecedented discipline.”
I’m sure Bill Belichick is thrilled that he won’t have to go the first-quarter of the season with Jimmy Garoppolo leading the charge, but once the confetti falls in San Francisco come February, the Patriots coach also faces the daunting task of getting his team younger without a first-round draft pick. Why, exactly, is that again other than the transparent fact that the owner and commissioner still rub each other’s back even after Goodell duplicitously attempted to bring down his pal’s most important employee?
Kraft’s abdication didn’t play well with Patriot fans back in May, and it certainly shouldn’t look any better now, even through the prism of Brady celebration. But it’s become clear, despite all the bluster he displayed publicly, Kraft is still endeared to Goodell, the guy the Pats owner has always been there for, including supporting him after bungling the Ray Rice situation.
Brady’s vindication is good news for the Patriots. But the team is still going to pay for Deflategate in a debilitating way. Guilty or not.
Their quarterback displayed his resolve in ultimately winning his appeal.
We haven’t seen the same from his employer.