Former New England Patriots tight finish Rob Gronkowski as soon as shared a locker room with Jerod Mayo. He not too long ago informed Ryan Morik of Fox Information Digital he thought that Patriots proprietor Robert Kraft firing Mayo after only a single season was “form of an unpleasant scenario” as a result of “it wasn’t sufficient time to judge” Mayo as a head coach.
Former defensive again and present NFL analyst Logan Ryan additionally performed alongside Mayo with the Patriots and echoed Gronkowski’s take.
“The Patriots weren’t going to have a superb 12 months primarily based on [their] roster and so they weren’t spending some huge cash to save lots of up cash right here,” Ryan mentioned throughout a latest look on the “Terrible Asserting Podcast,” Sam Neumann of Terrible Asserting shared. “I’m a fan of Jerod’s. I assumed he ought to’ve been given one other 12 months. Positively plenty of us [former] gamers — you noticed Gronk was ’bout to say rather a lot on Fox there. So, I feel plenty of us felt the identical. It form of felt like, why decide him if that’s the scenario he acquired? He didn’t get one other 12 months to proper that mistaken.”
The Patriots went 4-13 below Mayo after he reportedly did not obtain wanted mentorship whereas working below former New England head coach Invoice Belichick. Months earlier than Kraft confirmed the Mayo choice, numerous stories named one-time Related Press Coach of the Yr Award winner and Patriots Corridor of Famer Mike Vrabel as a possible candidate for the New England gig.
Vrabel is now considered “the heavy favourite” for the job, and Ryan famous that he thinks Robert Kraft and workforce president Jonathan Kraft “had one thing up their sleeve” even earlier than Week 18 concluded.
“I feel [Robert Kraft is] a sensible particular person and might need a Vrabel in his sleeve,” Ryan mentioned throughout the podcast interview. “Nonetheless, for the actual fact of Jerod’s case, I’m not a fan of that and positively assist Jerod.”
A number of different golf equipment are anticipated to closely pursue Vrabel, together with a Las Vegas Raiders side that options former New England quarterback Tom Brady as a minority proprietor. Even when the Krafts land Vrabel and he proves to be an improve, it feels like some who beforehand performed with Mayo will not overlook how he was handled over the previous 12 months.
