Former New England Patriots tight finish Rob Gronkowski as soon as shared a locker room with Jerod Mayo. He just lately instructed Ryan Morik of Fox Information Digital he thought that Patriots proprietor Robert Kraft firing Mayo after only a single season was “type 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 12 months primarily based on [their] roster and so they weren’t spending some huge cash to avoid wasting up cash right here,” Ryan mentioned throughout a current look on the “Terrible Saying Podcast,” Sam Neumann of Terrible Saying shared. “I’m a fan of Jerod’s. I believed he ought to’ve been given one other 12 months. Positively quite a lot of us [former] gamers — you noticed Gronk was ’bout to say lots on Fox there. So, I believe quite a lot of us felt the identical. It type of felt like, why choose him if that’s the scenario he received? He didn’t get one other 12 months to proper that improper.”
The Patriots went 4-13 underneath Mayo after he reportedly did not obtain wanted mentorship whereas working underneath former New England head coach Invoice Belichick. Months earlier than Kraft confirmed the Mayo determination, quite a few tales 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 thought of “the heavy favourite” for the job, and Ryan famous that he thinks Robert Kraft and staff president Jonathan Kraft “had one thing up their sleeve” even earlier than Week 18 concluded.
“I believe [Robert Kraft is] a wise individual and may need a Vrabel in his sleeve,” Ryan mentioned through the podcast interview. “Nonetheless, for the very fact of Jerod’s case, I’m not a fan of that and undoubtedly help Jerod.”
A number of different golf equipment are anticipated to closely pursue Vrabel, together with a Las Vegas Raiders aspect 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 appears like some who beforehand performed with Mayo will not neglect how he was handled over the previous 12 months.
