Appearing on a podcast, Belichick said he and Kraft achieved plenty of success by remaining on that same page, but that cohesiveness slipped away over his final seasons.
Tom Brady and former New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick created countless unforgettable moments for Patriots fans over nearly two decades.
Jerod Mayo lasted just one season as head coach of the Patriots. Did Bill Belichick, Mayo's former coach and later boss, play a role in the failure?
After Bill Belichick was fired by New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft, after 24 seasons as head coach of the team and six Super Bowl trophies in nine appearances, the expectation around the NFL was that the legendary coach would have little trouble finding a new job at the helm of a different NFL franchise.
This is a defining moment, one Kraft needs to align more with boldly stealing Bill Belichick from the Jets than pushing Mayo to the top spot before he was ready.
After trying to move on from the Bill Belichick era, the Patriots are now going right back to a successor much more like him.
Here we are — one year, one overmatched one-and-done Belichick successor, and you’re right back where you started from last January.
The New England Patriots have a new head coach, their third in three years. Former Patriots linebacker Mike Vrabel was named by team owner Robert Kraft on Sunday to take over from another former New England linebacker,
The Patriots turned to Vrabel after their quick coaching search wrapped up just seven days after the team fired Jerod Mayo.
When Bill Belichick became the head coach at the ... But obviously, just after the first season, it was apparent that [Robert] Kraft felt like he was just not the guy to build a culture around ...
New England's roster lacked the type of talent needed to routinely compete with even average opponents going back to this past September.
Patriots great said he’s waiting to reach out to Mayo, whose situation was “heartbreaking” because it was handled unfairly by owner Robert Kraft.