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RetroLDN said:
Lol. I've noticed this is a recurring theme across various sports. Fans of other teams offering uninformed opinions about another team's coach firing. I remember being guilty of this a few yrs ago in the other football thread. I've learnt my lesson since.

Canty and these media guys either are ignorant, biased or playing a role. They are on tv afterall.

Kraft used to (not sure if he still does) take current and former pats players to Israel to view the religious and historical landmarks. According to him, when Mayo went one of those trips in 2015 and that's when he had this fantasy of Mayo as HC. I'm surmising that Kraft knew of his coaching aspirations and Mayo showed reverence to the culture and the land, probably also obseisanace to the Israeli people. Kraft is a zionist, he'd take delight in seeing such adulation. Mayo calls him Thunder, short for Thundercat.

If anyone's not aware of Mayo and Kraft on the Israel trip then it shows their level of ignorance on this matter cause it's been said numerous times since last off-season.

Kraft got Mayo a job at Optum by 2016 as Senior Vice President of Business Operations. He put into his contract while B.B was still there that Mayo was the next HC. That's only ever been done once before. This firing is humiliating for Robert Kraft, it's the last thing he envisioned doing.

He fucked up hiring a coach who's only experience is as an inside linebackers coach, thought he was such as galvanising leader that it would cover for the defiencies of both Mayo and the team offensively.

Last yr, the team would've made the playoffs if they had Maye and Slye (a mediocre kicker) cause the defense was really good. They lost multiple one score games due to multiple missed short range kicks. Now the entire roster looks poor cause Mayo can't coach defense and can't improve nor maintain the performance of the inside LBs on the team. Guys on defense were putting their worst film ever on tape.

The Krafts approval rating amongst their fans is probably bottom 10 amongst other owners in the league, Mayo hiring and its outcome is a major part of that. Mayo had to be a good HC if he continued or their entire public and league perception would've been irrevocably damaged, especially given the manner of the hiring. It was evident very early on just how unprepared he was and it showed on and off the field.

It simply had to be done and Kraft should get lambasted for the hiring, not the firing. Mayo should be pissed for the firing but he lacked humility and self-awareness to know that it was to soon for him.
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Why not give him a second year to improve?
 
There's a lot of sufficient info in the exposed part of the article which confirms what I've said.. straight from the players (albeit anonymously).

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However, he's black and a former great player for the team so reporters avoided making comments on the off-field issues during the season. I still expect tepid reporting on his tenure, especially due to Mayo being well-liked in Boston media. He had a brief stint with a nbc Boston.
 
TheMadLionsFan said:
Once you lose the locker room, its over. Also, you have to earn a second year. If there is nothing in your game-planning, motivation, preparation and overall structure, what is the point of a 2nd year. A disaster is a disaster.
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Some people also just aren't HC material. There are failed HCs that are now career coordinators and doing well. Some are career position coaches
 






a kermit the frog is sitting on a ledge with his arms outstretched
 
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