Is Mayo waffling? Does Mayo rescind his prior comments when speaking with the media? #NFL

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00:00Sunday's game. I'm sorry Sunday's game. Yep, and I was very disappointed

00:05because I thought they were gonna get that field goal and they were on a good run and I got heartbroken I

00:15Lost money on that game I bet when you say you thought they were gonna get that field goal

00:20Are you talking about the 25 yarder or the yes?

00:25Yeah

00:27That's all you needed to win that football right, but I always I try not to do that with games Gerard Mayo does it

00:35Well, I mean he does right right China's an odd peculiarity is that he always brings out what he brings up

00:40What could have happened right? I try not to do that because he do that

00:44I think it's like it goes back to like a lot of coaches that say well if we would have done this

00:49We wanted to play

00:51We lost six games by less than seven pills said the same thing like last year

00:58Yeah, I said we lost like I don't every time I bring up Gerard Mayo it doesn't have to be compared to Bill Bell

01:03No, I'm just saying like it's just it's what coaches do they?

01:06Retrospect to try and make excuses and then they move forward if I were to give Gerard Mayo a single critique

01:13That I think has been most detrimental to the team since he came became the head coach is a lack of a feel

01:21like there was a play in the game yesterday on Sunday where

01:26The Colts are hurrying up to the line the Patriots. I think it was a third and one something like that

01:32Yes, I in my living room. I'm saying timeout

01:36Those guys never got to the line and it's like that's on Covington to Curtis

01:41Oh, right exactly, but it's just there is a certain

01:44I don't think like like you get the interception you get the ball at the 48 you get the like and it's an

01:49Opportunity to pounce. Mm-hmm, and I don't know whether that's something you learn, right?

01:54So maybe he's got to have these growing pains when he when it comes to being a head coach

01:58But he also doesn't have a feel for how to handle questions

02:02And well, that's yeah, I mean it was interesting

02:06Maybe what it was wild how the importance that was placed on his answer on the Belichick question yesterday, right?

02:13Did you feel like that was I thought that so many people were bothered by that

02:17Like I I didn't mind the way he answered it. I liked the way he answered it

02:21Well, I would rather him said right like that's what I don't get everybody can say that Gerard Mayo

02:26You know says a bunch of things and you don't actually get an answer. That was a clear answer

02:30He takes back what he said because he was speaking while

02:34Frustrated, I mean a better answer might have just been yeah, there are some things like why does he have to distance himself?

02:40Why is he trying to distance himself?

02:43Distance himself every five seconds from from Bill Belichick

02:47He was he was responding to what I'm sure a lot of people felt like Curtis yesterday

02:52Who said you can't distance yourself one week and then draw a comparison the next week

02:56That's why that that was when he was saying I shouldn't have said it and he said he was wrong

03:00Yeah, he said he'd have that exchange by any chance for those who may have missed it yesterday

03:04I think you've done a great job of being your own man

03:07And it's something that we've credited you for that

03:10A lot of people have followed certain coaches and then they try to be that person

03:14It was frustrating for me to hear you cite the Super Bowl

03:19And this I probably shouldn't you know, when I said it I was frustrated first of all

03:24Which I should have taken a deep breath. I should not have said that I should not have said it

03:38Figured him out

03:45That was a good Curtis there

03:48But I like but he's learning like that state

03:52Let's go back to Bill's first year and let's listen to his press conferences and the things that he said

03:57Like Bill was a lot more vocal in the beginning of his career than he was at the end of his career burned

04:04Yeah, but I mean he just was like a lot of coaches you don't think even Dan Campbell we clowned him for some of the

04:12stuff Nick Sirianni we clowned him for some of the stuff so I think as

04:16Coaches just like players your first year. You're on you're learning a lot of stuff. We talked about Drake

04:22May you're making mistakes doing things. Are you caught?

04:25Are you confident with Gerard when it comes to Drake May? Mm-hmm, who is I think by every estimation has

04:34Seems to have everything you need to be a really good quarterback in this league. Mm-hmm

04:39Are you confident with with Gerard Mayo handling the rest of his development, but see it's not Gerard

04:46Okay, it's the coordinator because remember the when you look at

04:51Belichick it wasn't Belichick handling Brady

04:55Necessarily. It was all the offensive coordinators the guys that you put in charge to basically

05:03Do the majority of the development of that position he's the CEO though, like he's the guy who is running the show

05:11Right, and so he's not technically the CEO. Well, I would say that

05:17Isn't but Elliot Wolfe

05:19CEO yeah the CEO who's the CFO

05:24I would say that yeah, actually I would say Elliot Wolfe is the CFO and that Robert is the CEO

05:29All right, however, you want to play it?

05:31The question should be do you feel confident that Alex Van Pelt?

05:37can develop and

05:40Put the best game plan out there for Drake May to be successful

05:46See, I look at if you look at Patrick Mahomes. Yep. You give a lot of credit I assume

05:53To his offensive minded head coach Andy Reid because he's technically a coordinator

05:59Okay, yep, but do you have that same confidence in your head coach?

06:05When it comes to that side of the football to handle a Ferrari like like Drake May

06:11But it wouldn't be Gerard handling it

06:13This is you can't you can't use the comparison of Andy Reid because Andy Reid is the offensive coordinator

06:19you have to find a

06:21who's a

06:24Miko and CJ Stroud Oh

06:26Who'd you say D'Amico Ryan's and CJ Stroud?

06:28Oh, I was gonna say Dan Quinn and Jaden Daniels where your head coach is the defensive minded guy

06:36Dan Quinn is a defensive minded guy. The guy handling Jaden Daniels is Cliff Kingsbury

06:43So and this is wiggies best example yet of how Brady was Brady not because of bill

06:50Yeah, it was more of what the coordinators were able to do so do you feel confident now that if you would have said

06:58Did Gerard Mayo hire the right guy in Alex van part? You always tell me that he didn't I listen

07:04I tend to believe he didn't but

07:06He says he does. So let's just say is

07:09Alex van Pelt the right guy in your opinion to be able to get the best out of Drake

07:16May no put the best game because he doesn't have enough experience and Greg. Can I just put a bow on the?

07:22Okay, here we go, but how much experience did Ben Johnson above you slowly cat, okay

07:28So you want to so he's the right guy in your mind. No, I'm I would say no

07:33You don't get to just ask the question. Okay, I answer I gave you my answer and you went whoa

07:36Well, I'd say no because he doesn't have experience. Why is it in the legal?

07:41I don't I don't believe he's innovative enough

07:47to

07:48really have a

07:51great offensive system

07:53Okay, so I think it's different when you're as old as van Pelt is without a gig as opposed to a young enough incoming coordinator

08:00I think those are different analogies, but

08:02Greg with Gerard Mayo he told us

08:06That he speaks to the team through us, correct

08:09Yes that he talks to the media because he knows players listen to it

08:12If you're gonna talk to the media and then on a relatively regular basis

08:18Then speak again to the media to correct or rescind something. You've said

08:23Wouldn't it stand to reason that the players aren't always gonna be listening or taking you as seriously as you want

08:29Yeah

08:29that could be an issue and I would say that that's that in the feel and the feel I think is part of all of

08:34This the feel for what should be said when to say it and he clearly was frustrated in London

08:39And he called the team soft. He was frustrated yet on Sunday and he brought up the Super Bowl

08:44He was frustrated when he said once they go on the field, right?

08:47We can't there's nothing we could do and I but I get it

08:50It's kind of like I think it gives people the impression that you're waffling. Yeah, like you say something that is meant to be

08:58motivational in a tough manner and

09:01Then you turn around and walk it back the next day because people are but that's the thing does he change next year if he's

09:08Still doing this next year, then there's a bigger concern because you you haven't learned from some of your mistakes

09:14That's why I tend you want to waste another season. I

09:17Wondering if that if that will be right case. I don't where people but I see people who go you need to move on from him. I

09:25Think you're not giving somebody a fair opportunity. I agree with you

09:29I think any any organization that fires their coach after one year unless the coach is just like an urban Meyer who's just completely

09:37You know, you could tell that and I don't think Gerard it has any of those things

09:42I think that there's some mistakes that he's made. I think the players do respect them

09:47And I think it's more about

09:50The talent that you don't have yeah, that's affecting well, he's gonna be back. I mean, it's pretty clear like that

09:57I believe the the crafts are I don't kind of talking about that the people

10:03We're all these rumors coming from that Gerard's gonna be I think there are we we did a poll

10:08There are a majority of the you have to face the facts. Mm-hmm. I know it hurts you

10:13No, I'm talking about there. There are a lot of the majority of the fans

10:18Don't believe he has what it takes right right? I'm not talking about that scene

10:21I think people get bothered by the fact that he said you can't create a new culture in a year like what well

10:27I'm talking about the whispers from I think the whispers are simply people who are reading the tea leaves seeing the tickets in the

10:33200s or 25 bucks on game day that the interest is waning the TV ratings are down and there isn't faith in

10:40Gerard Mayo's ability to rebuild this organization by the fans whether they are right to have no faith or not

10:47Obviously they can be rewarded and Bill Belichick

10:49I was at a game in

10:502001 when you guys played the Chargers and we're down 10 in the fourth quarter before we get caught the tying touchdown pass

10:56That that stadium was brutal the kids of Bill had to go up to the suite

11:00Because the fans wanted him. I mean, sorry Curtis the whispers of like the people in the know like the Tommy

11:07Currens the the Mike Jodi's like the whispers of

11:13There's a chance

11:15He could be I

11:17Chance, I mean, I and then here record is going to be worse than bills

11:22I would or at least the same maybe the same right with the very same

11:28Personnel right and a much better quarterback, right? So I think you have to ask the question

11:34I'm not saying don't ask the question, but I feel like there

11:37I feel like they're getting like that craft might be

11:42burping into the ether

11:44maybe we do

11:46change the coach next year, I

11:48think the narrative was we are taking our organization back and

11:52So and we have found the right guy to lead it and the question becomes did you really end up finding the right guy?

12:00And if so, where are the results? I have a 50 parody song Greg. Yes

12:05Silo silo, it's off to work we go

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