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Chronicle of Mayo’s post-playing career, told by his own and Robert Kraft’s quotes (all quotes are pulled from Mayo puff pieces):
His hiring as Vice President of Business Development at Optum:
"Half of it is all about relationships in business," Mayo said. "A lot is about relationships. They told me pretty much I can dibble and dabble and learn what I want to learn. I want to learn about mergers and acquisitions and things like that."
Translation: He was hired to a high position because of “relationships” and was told he could learn at his own pace dibbling and dabbling here and there. Sound familiar already?
How the Optun job went:
“I ended up joining the board of Boston Medical Center, joining Optum,” said Mayo. “I was just like, "I'm all in." Because what, I am not good enough. And I would be in meetings, and I'm like, "Man, I don't understand anything they're saying." “
Translation: Do we need to translate “I don’t understand anything they’re saying,” coming from a board member talking about board meetings? This is a pattern.
His most notable / only "positive" anecdote I can find from that job:
“So, at Optum, we go into this huge sales meeting or whatever,” Mayo said. “It's all 60-year-old white men out there. And I'm like, "This is not right." He spoke up and was afterwards congratulated to much fanfare.
Translation: He can’t recall what the meeting was about, despite it being huge for the company, calling it “sales or whatever.” The one guy who knew nothing about the business stood up and said it ain’t right for everyone else to have their jobs.
Greasing up billionaires, other than Kraft:
“Like I remember being at Saratoga in a horse race, right?” said Mayo. “And Seth Klarman, he runs Baupost, right? Seth Klarman is sitting over at this table. And I tell my wife, I'm like, "That's Seth Klarman." I'm a huge fan, huge fan. And I was like, "I'm going over there to introduce myself." And I walked over there, and I was like, "Hey, Jerod Mayo, blah, blah, blah.” And then, he gave me his card, ended up going to his office, having great conversation.”
Translation: He can’t see a billionaire without immediately trying to go and be buddy-buddy in the guy’s face. Again, this is a pattern.
Greasing Kraft after retiring as a player:
“We stayed in touch,” Kraft said. “He reached out to me. We had dinners. It’s just a unique relationship.”
Translation: It’s a “unique” relationship because former players don’t go on regular dinner dates with their billionaire former boss, especially while stroking their egos with power-evoking nicknames like Thunder.
Targeting Kraft’s spirituality:
“We went to a lot of special places. I remember his reaction when he got baptized in the Jordan River. I saw a sign of spirituality,” Kraft said. “I could tell that moment was special.”
Translation: A memorable and inspirational show for his baptism that happens to hit Kraft’s biggest emotional and spiritual weak spots. This isn’t a coincidence, not with the patterns we’ve seen with him so far.
The airport forum and the decision to make him HC before he was even an assistant:
“The main thing, we’re at the airport getting ready to leave, and there was a big delay. So we had all of these guys sitting around,” Kraft explained. “Then Jerod organized a meeting with a forum and held a discussion on the trip. He did it all on his own.
“And at that moment, I saw the initiative and the way people respected him. And I said to myself: ‘He’s going to be our next head coach.’”
Translation: He once again targets Bob Kraft’s strongest religious beliefs and emotional weak spots, holding a forum about the meaning and importance of Kraft's yearly Israel trip. The ploy worked as Kraft decided then and there, all by himself with no counsel, that Mayo was his next HC. This was before Mayo had even coached a single day of training camp as an assistant.
I'm not even going to get into his quotes since he took over as Pats HC. That would take weeks of work.
Twice in this story Mayo was hired to a high position he had not earned and knew nothing about, with the expectation that he could wing it and learn on the fly. And in both instances he has provided ample evidence he is lost on these jobs. A talent for talking himself through the door is of no use once the actual work begins. Kraft was swindled, plain and simple.
His hiring as Vice President of Business Development at Optum:
"Half of it is all about relationships in business," Mayo said. "A lot is about relationships. They told me pretty much I can dibble and dabble and learn what I want to learn. I want to learn about mergers and acquisitions and things like that."
Translation: He was hired to a high position because of “relationships” and was told he could learn at his own pace dibbling and dabbling here and there. Sound familiar already?
How the Optun job went:
“I ended up joining the board of Boston Medical Center, joining Optum,” said Mayo. “I was just like, "I'm all in." Because what, I am not good enough. And I would be in meetings, and I'm like, "Man, I don't understand anything they're saying." “
Translation: Do we need to translate “I don’t understand anything they’re saying,” coming from a board member talking about board meetings? This is a pattern.
His most notable / only "positive" anecdote I can find from that job:
“So, at Optum, we go into this huge sales meeting or whatever,” Mayo said. “It's all 60-year-old white men out there. And I'm like, "This is not right." He spoke up and was afterwards congratulated to much fanfare.
Translation: He can’t recall what the meeting was about, despite it being huge for the company, calling it “sales or whatever.” The one guy who knew nothing about the business stood up and said it ain’t right for everyone else to have their jobs.
Greasing up billionaires, other than Kraft:
“Like I remember being at Saratoga in a horse race, right?” said Mayo. “And Seth Klarman, he runs Baupost, right? Seth Klarman is sitting over at this table. And I tell my wife, I'm like, "That's Seth Klarman." I'm a huge fan, huge fan. And I was like, "I'm going over there to introduce myself." And I walked over there, and I was like, "Hey, Jerod Mayo, blah, blah, blah.” And then, he gave me his card, ended up going to his office, having great conversation.”
Translation: He can’t see a billionaire without immediately trying to go and be buddy-buddy in the guy’s face. Again, this is a pattern.
Greasing Kraft after retiring as a player:
“We stayed in touch,” Kraft said. “He reached out to me. We had dinners. It’s just a unique relationship.”
Translation: It’s a “unique” relationship because former players don’t go on regular dinner dates with their billionaire former boss, especially while stroking their egos with power-evoking nicknames like Thunder.
Targeting Kraft’s spirituality:
“We went to a lot of special places. I remember his reaction when he got baptized in the Jordan River. I saw a sign of spirituality,” Kraft said. “I could tell that moment was special.”
Translation: A memorable and inspirational show for his baptism that happens to hit Kraft’s biggest emotional and spiritual weak spots. This isn’t a coincidence, not with the patterns we’ve seen with him so far.
The airport forum and the decision to make him HC before he was even an assistant:
“The main thing, we’re at the airport getting ready to leave, and there was a big delay. So we had all of these guys sitting around,” Kraft explained. “Then Jerod organized a meeting with a forum and held a discussion on the trip. He did it all on his own.
“And at that moment, I saw the initiative and the way people respected him. And I said to myself: ‘He’s going to be our next head coach.’”
Translation: He once again targets Bob Kraft’s strongest religious beliefs and emotional weak spots, holding a forum about the meaning and importance of Kraft's yearly Israel trip. The ploy worked as Kraft decided then and there, all by himself with no counsel, that Mayo was his next HC. This was before Mayo had even coached a single day of training camp as an assistant.
I'm not even going to get into his quotes since he took over as Pats HC. That would take weeks of work.
Twice in this story Mayo was hired to a high position he had not earned and knew nothing about, with the expectation that he could wing it and learn on the fly. And in both instances he has provided ample evidence he is lost on these jobs. A talent for talking himself through the door is of no use once the actual work begins. Kraft was swindled, plain and simple.
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