NBC seemingly takes a shot at espns low bar of sources to run with, so thinking any of it is definitively accurate is a presumptive.
NBC seemingly takes a shot at espns low bar of sources to run with, so thinking any of it is definitively accurate is a presumptive.
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Deny….stupid phone
“We didn’t do the thing that makes us really bad! Trust us!”
of course they’re going to deny it. i’m over thinking wickersham doesn’t have good sources. he was right before and until he’s **proven** wrong, i’m going to believe him.
All these reports are “he said she said” you choose what you want to believe. I believe this though. Can ESPN be wrong, sure, but The Dynasty is evidence alone that Kraft wanted to use Bill as a scapegoat for the end of the dynasty, so it would be more logical for this to be true than false IMO
I still don’t believe Kraft. I can’t stand him.
Kraft is a snake
Wickerscam is pretty tapped into shit.
Florio is less tapped in, and has no qualms speculating.
Of course Rubert and the PR people working for Rubert are gonna deny stuff that makes him look bad.
The fact is, Kraft is damned if he gives a glowing recommendation of BB’s current ability to lead (which brings into question Kraft’s judgement in parting ways), and damned if he criticizes BB (seems like a-hole but supports his own judgement). I have little doubt that Kraft went with the latter.
>”Trust is important to Robert. He wouldn’t have employed Coach Belichick for the past 24 years if he ever questioned his trust.”
So if he questioned his trust would he have done something like….firing him?
Of course they are denying it. PR 101. You think Kraft is going to say “oh yeah, I definitely trashed Belichick on his way out the door”? No chance. That opens him up to a potential lawsuit. I’m not saying I believe Wickersham of all people, but there’s absolutely no chance I’m going to believe a word of what comes out of that billionaire snake’s mouth.
While I am a BB loyalist and I do believe the report, it wouldn’t be the first time ESPN blatantly lied about things with the Patriots (RIP Mort).
Same company that pushed deflategate 24/7.
tldr; Kraft: nuh uh
Trusting ESPN over Kraft is actually wild
no patriots fan should ever trust, read, listen to, or believe anything produced from that shit-tier, crooked, lying outfit.
My guess is Robert gave Blank the full scoop about Bill both good and bad. The good is you won’t find a smarter football coach anywhere out there. The bad is he’s a stubborn, arrogant asshole. This report is just focusing on the last part and ignoring the first part. To me it’s really not that big of a deal nor does it reflect particularly poorly on Robert.
Just a friendly reminder that the Patriots denying something doesn’t mean they’re telling the truth. Believe it or not, sometimes people lie in order to save face.
I’m not surprised that this sub wants to believe that it’s all made up though. It’s so typical of this place. “There is no war in Ba Sing Se”
The fact that Kraft is responding so strongly makes me think there’s a bit more than just a kernel of truth to this report
As they should. It was just another article where wickersham fills it with reports others made months ago and then he makes one massively crazy accusation that he uses as the headline but has 2 people sourced that denied it in the article itself.
You mean the billionaire doesn’t like the bad press and is planting contradicting stories? I’m stunned.
Does Kraft think Belichick undermined Mac Jones because he was never Bill’s choice and Bill wanted to expedite Mac’s exit? That’s what I think happened, whether it was the main thrust of Kraft’s complaint or not.
I’m not inclined to believe that Kraft would badmouth Bill to anyone with ties to other NFL executives. What would he have to gain from it? People aren’t dumb. They’re able to see in the recent past where Belichick’s stumbles have been and assess if organizationally, he’s worth the risk…for them now. Obviously, his overall resume speaks for itself. To undermine any of that success in any capacity…that’s just bad business, and I dunno if Kraft would actually do that.
There’s a difference between Kraft making an unflattering remark about Bill to Michael Rubin than there is to Arthur Blank.
We were all shitting on Wickersham when that expose about the growing divide between Brady, Belichick, and Kraft came out. Turns out he was right.
I’m no fan of ESPN but Wickersham has been more right than wrong when he reports on the Patriots these past several years.
If Blank had hired him Kraft would have saved $25 million. Pretty good motive to not trash him
We really read an ESPN piece and took it as the word of god. Yikes