Bay State Sports Blog

       On January 11th it was official, Robert Kraft and Bill Belichick had parted ways, after a crash course of a rebuild post Tom Brady, Belichick and the Patriots had made the playoffs in 2021, had an 8-9 season in 2022 followed by a dismal 4-13 season in 2023.     What it comes down to is the "optics" surrounding Robert Kraft and the New England Patriots post departure of Tom Brady. This article is not here to absolve complete blame from Bill Belichick. There were mistakes he made over the years. Rather to take a hard look at the owner Robert Kraft and what happens with owners who meddle with the operation and attempt to make the entire sequence all about them.      There was serious controversy regarding Tom Brady and his contract situation in 2019. The Kraft's  through revisionist history in an article to the Boston Herald, stated that they removed the franchise tag from Tom Brady and the structure of his deal in ord...