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Here in New England, we\u2019ve been a little used to hearing about internal dysfunction in recent seasons, and it sounds like the final month leading up to Jerod Mayo\u2019s departure yesterday wasn\u2019t exactly great.<\/p>\n
In fact, it appears this final week may have been difficult for Mayo\u2019s staff members.<\/p>\n
According to Albert Breer of Sports Illustrated, staff members within the building appeared to have lost confidence when it came to their futures, which set up a difficult situation as the year began to wind down.\u00a0 It led to uncertainty to those who were hoping to survive beyond the end of this season, which Breer explained also led to people starting to point fingers as things when it became clear they were no longer safe.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think there\u2019s been signs of this happening all week,\u201d said Breer on NBC Sports Boston.\u00a0 \u201cI think if you\u2019ve talked to enough people in the organization, I hate to put it this way, but I think there were starting to be some dissension and some people pointing fingers in different directions. I don\u2019t think coaching and scouting were quite on the same page. I think there were factions on the coaching staff. There\u2019s a lot of the stuff that you saw in 2023. I think it was pretty clear that people there knew things were\u2026 Something was to happen. Whether it was a single pound of flesh or the whole operation being blown up, someone was going to have to pay for what happened this year.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI think you see what you see inside of a lot of bad organizations as a season circles the drain, which is people retreating to their corners and trying to figure out if there are ways to save their jobs.\u201d<\/p>\n
Breer talked about some of the problems that further hampered Mayo\u2019s success this season, which he believes went far beyond the now-former head coach.\u00a0 Part of that remains the lack of support staff and the \u201cinfrastructure\u201d needed to really compete in today\u2019s NFL.<\/p>\n
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\u201cI don\u2019t care if you bring Vince Lombardi into coach. They do not have the infrastructure right now,\u201d said Breer.\u00a0 \u201cI\u2019m not even talking about players, and the roster is bad. They do not have the infrastructure to be successful in the NFL in 2025. Bottom line is more than one person. Jerod Mayo wasn\u2019t good in 2024, but there\u2019s a huge number of coaches who couldn\u2019t have done a whole lot more with what they had.\u201d<\/p>\n
The decision to let Mayo go was clearly premeditated, given the lengthy statement that was seemingly already written ahead of a firing, which occurred less than an hour after the game.\u00a0 It caught many by surprise, including coaches who were apparently getting ready to leave the stadium, only to be called back in.<\/p>\n
\u201cI have it on pretty good authority that there were coaches that were actually leaving the building that were called back in to be informed of the decision,\u201d said Breer.\u00a0 \u201cAt least the staff, they left for the day to go see their families and whatnot and got called back in to be informed of the decision. It, I think, came as a surprise, at least timing-wise.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI think everybody knew change was on the table after the season that they had. But timing-wise, I think it surprised most people in there how fast it happened.\u201d<\/p>\n
Robert Kraft spoke to the media on Monday, and said that this decision has been on his mind \u201cover the last month,\u201d and he blames himself for Mayo\u2019s failure.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019d say over the last month, I went back and forth, and \u2026 I don\u2019t know. In my life and my business, I make certain decisions I know when it\u2019s right, and it just happened,\u201d said Kraft when asked when it was he felt he needed to let Mayo go.\u00a0 \u201cIt was very hard because the personal relationship I feel for Jerod and the human being he is. I felt guilty I put him in that position. But we\u2019re moving on.\u201d<\/p>\n
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