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BigKen
Day to Day
Great roundtable discussion on the 'Reasons" why the Patriots have fallen so far with no excuses.
1. Continual 'Lack of Urgency to rebuild the offense.
As often as the media, fans and experts have called out weaknesses over the pst five years Bill Belichick has never responded with the conviction needed to fix obvious problems.
2. Brain Drain on the staff.
At one point, the Patriots had four present day NFL GMs working behind the scenes to scout and constantly build the Patriots. There wer also multiple NFL coaches and assistant coaches on the field. Today they are all elsewhere. Those people challenged BB on draft picks and FA signings. Today everyone tries to do "What Bill Wants."
3. Poor drafting and free agent signings.
A. Never signing the 'best' available free agents on the first day. Constantly picking up leftovers on Thursday, Friday or Saturday.
B. Hoping for a Draft Day Miracle. Mac Jones falling to #15 was not luck. Nobody else saw what they needed for a staring QB. He was the worst of the five 'Best'.
C. Spending badly for overvalued talent. Nelson Agholor and Jonnu Smith. Neither were fits for the Patriots' offensive system.
4. Poor restaffing of the coaching staff. Bill has three of his sons and two of their friends on his staff. BOB was a safe hire because he was familiar with BB and his wants and was someone that BB was comfortable with and could control.
5. Lack of Ownership involvement. Kraft has always believed that Belichick knew what he was doing, no matter what he did. He's never gotten openly involved in any of the on field decisions. That we are aware of. He's always seemed to trust that BB had all of the right answers.
This table has open chairs. Please take one and express your "reasons" for what the Patriots have become.
1. Continual 'Lack of Urgency to rebuild the offense.
As often as the media, fans and experts have called out weaknesses over the pst five years Bill Belichick has never responded with the conviction needed to fix obvious problems.
2. Brain Drain on the staff.
At one point, the Patriots had four present day NFL GMs working behind the scenes to scout and constantly build the Patriots. There wer also multiple NFL coaches and assistant coaches on the field. Today they are all elsewhere. Those people challenged BB on draft picks and FA signings. Today everyone tries to do "What Bill Wants."
3. Poor drafting and free agent signings.
A. Never signing the 'best' available free agents on the first day. Constantly picking up leftovers on Thursday, Friday or Saturday.
B. Hoping for a Draft Day Miracle. Mac Jones falling to #15 was not luck. Nobody else saw what they needed for a staring QB. He was the worst of the five 'Best'.
C. Spending badly for overvalued talent. Nelson Agholor and Jonnu Smith. Neither were fits for the Patriots' offensive system.
4. Poor restaffing of the coaching staff. Bill has three of his sons and two of their friends on his staff. BOB was a safe hire because he was familiar with BB and his wants and was someone that BB was comfortable with and could control.
5. Lack of Ownership involvement. Kraft has always believed that Belichick knew what he was doing, no matter what he did. He's never gotten openly involved in any of the on field decisions. That we are aware of. He's always seemed to trust that BB had all of the right answers.
This table has open chairs. Please take one and express your "reasons" for what the Patriots have become.