Mike Vrabel Hired by the New England Patriots: An Analysis

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00:00The coaching cycle so far has been quite quiet.

00:04We've only seen Mike Vrabel get a job.

00:07We still have six remaining.

00:09And I'll just start with Mike Vrabel quickly

00:12as we've had a little bit more time to digest that news,

00:16Leecey, do you find yourself thinking kind of one way

00:19or another about that move by New England?

00:21No, I mean, it makes sense in the sense

00:23of you wanted a patriot, you know, the patriot way.

00:27You wanted to maintain, you know,

00:28the level of integrity and the discipline

00:32that the Patriots had in the middle part,

00:34early part with Bill Belichick,

00:36obviously they tailed off in the last couple of seasons.

00:39And you thought you had that in Gerard Mayo,

00:42but from the coaching perspective and resume,

00:44Mike Vrabel has more experience and has done more.

00:47And again, does that mean Gerard Mayo

00:49couldn't live up to those expectations eventually?

00:52No, it's just that I think Kraft and the organization said,

00:56we have an opportunity to get our guy.

00:58We have an opportunity to get our guy now

01:00and get back quickly to at least becoming

01:03a winning football organization.

01:05And that's what they did.

01:06Do I agree with it?

01:07No, the way it played out, it's unfortunate.

01:10I thought Gerard Mayo was given only one year.

01:12He should have been given at least two or three

01:14with that roster, but that's what we see right now.

01:17And I think Vrabel will get this team to a certain level.

01:20I'm not so sure they get back to the playoffs

01:22and be a contender like the Chiefs.

01:24Very safe pick.

01:25And I agree with this pick.

01:26You just had an absolute abject disaster at head coach.

01:30You can't afford to take a shot on another up-and-coming

01:32coordinator to see how it's going to turn out.

01:34You had to go for the sure thing.

01:36One thing you know about Vrabel, he

01:37understands the Patriot way.

01:38He won in Tennessee at a high level

01:40that you need Super Bowl champion?

01:41No.

01:42But he's going to come in and steady those waters here.

01:44And as we said, they have really good draft capital

01:46and a ton of money to spend.

01:48This should work out.

01:49They could not afford to take another risk on a head coaching

01:52hire.

01:52Yeah, I understand that they couldn't take a risk.

01:56But I don't think that Ben Johnson would have been a risk.

02:00I don't think that Joe Brady would have been a risk.

02:02I think it would have been a, let's

02:04try something different here.

02:05And that's my issue, hesitation, if anything, with the hire.

02:10Honestly, Vrabel could end up being good.

02:12And I just, it's just doing the same thing now for 25 years.

02:18It's a lot.

02:19And you could say, well, why wouldn't we want a carbon cotton?

02:22It was a mess for a decade.

02:25However long it's been since Tom left,

02:27it was a little bit of a mess towards the back end there.

02:29Tom left for a reason.

02:31And that just kind of bombed to me.

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