Robert Kraft not selected to Hall of Fame

[Tunescribe]

I am going to be hands off on this one.
I mean maybe he rubs some on the committee the wrong way.

 

[cupofjoe1962]

Poor Mr Kraft
He was expecting a happy ending !

 

[Schmo]

I could definitely see Bob Kraft not getting in the HOF because of his sexual deviance.... what do you think Jerruh?

 

[Bill Lee]

Poor Mr Kraft
He was expecting a happy ending !

 

[Actual Pats Fan]

I’m not the biggest Kraft fan but the franchise under his ownership has by far been the most successful franchise over the last 30 years, including a 20 year dynasty run, which no franchise has ever had. The process is supposedly merit based and stat driven data is usually applied to nominees for their position, be it player, coach, owner or other. Given the owners who are already in, e.g…Jerry Jones, Kraft has easily surpassed the accomplishments necessary to qualify for induction as an owner. But if that sleazy old scumbag Borges is still representing New England then I doubt he put up much of an argument.

Be the owner of an NFC team like Jerry Jones?

This slight is why I can't stand any of the Halls of Fame in sports. There's always some form of bias in the voting process.

If any owner belongs there it's Kraft.

His mis/nonhandling of the FakeGates and letting Tom walk etc. aside, this guy worked and earned - and sacrificed - for induction.

Outbidding for the stadium at auction, refusing to sell, paying a record sum for a moribund franchise, flatly stating his determination to bring a championship here, making and leveraging the incredibly lucrative Hartford deal, getting CMGI Field built and hiring Bill Belichick even after driving Parcells out of town are utterly brilliant.

Like Cappelletti, Morris & Antwine, Robert is overqualified and ignored.

 

[Huckleberry1]

His mis/nonhandling of the FakeGates and letting Tom walk etc. aside, this guy worked and earned - and sacrificed - for induction.

Outbidding for the stadium at auction, refusing to sell, paying a record sum for a moribund franchise, flatly stating his determination to bring a championship here, making and leveraging the incredibly lucrative Hartford deal, getting CMGI Field built and hiring Bill Belichick even after driving Parcells out of town are utterly brilliant.

Like Cappelletti, Morris & Antwine, Robert is overqualified and ignored.

Agree completely. You have to take the bad with the good, but when you make the decisions that lead to the longest and most successful dynasty in NFL history then you deserve to be voted into the HOF on the first ballot. The writers are idiots, and the fact that Borges still represents NE is a disgrace. It should have gone to Curran or Reis years ago.

 

[Dragda]

BB, the GM, is killing Kraft, the HOFer

 

[Actual Pats Fan]

BB, the GM, is killing Kraft, the HOFer

It's a mutual thing, man.

Robert easily could have kept Tom. But he never would, because his principles tell him not to overrule Belichick on football matters, which usually makes sense.

Robert simply had to exercise the exact same logic he employed when he signed Drew to that absurd largest-contract-in-NFL-history.

Brady earned, and was worthy, of it.

Tom was sick of the B.S. and was like, "Well, how bad to you want me to stay?" "Obviously not much."

 

[Steve102]

I get that there's a handful of guys in this thread that hate on Kraft for various reasons. You guys have aright to feel the way you do, and that's fine. However, look at what he accomplished here, and league wide, and then look at The Washington Redskins Commanders situation or the idiot that used to own the Panthers. The man has his faults, he's not a white knight to be sure, but he's a H0Fer.

 

[mike_usagisan]

I get that there's a handful of guys in this thread that hate on Kraft for various reasons. You guys have aright to feel the way you do, and that's fine. However, look at what he accomplished here, and league wide, and then look at The Washington Redskins Commanders situation or the idiot that used to own the Panthers. The man has his faults, he's not a white knight to be sure, but he's a H0Fer.

I think part of the problem is that it's hard not to compare Kraft to a player who isn't making it in (yet). I think Rodney Harrison deserves to be in the HOF a lot more than Kraft but because of the different criteria and path, Kraft seems likely to get in first.

 

[Steve102]

I think part of the problem is that it's hard not to compare Kraft to a player who isn't making it in (yet). I think Rodney Harrison deserves to be in the HOF a lot more than Kraft but because of the different criteria and path, Kraft seems likely to get in first.

I think Harrison gets in first, but that's just me.

 

[mike_usagisan]

I think Harrison gets in first, but that's just me.

I hope so. To me, he was MVP of the 2004 Super Bowl .

 

[Actual Pats Fan]

I get that there's a handful of guys in this thread that hate on Kraft for various reasons. You guys have aright to feel the way you do, and that's fine. However, look at what he accomplished here, and league wide, and then look at The Washington Redskins Commanders situation or the idiot that used to own the Panthers. The man has his faults, he's not a white knight to be sure, but he's a H0Fer.

You'd think ten (10) Super Bowls would be enough...