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00:00On Sunday afternoon, after the Patriots kicked the Bills at home in their season finale to squander the chance to draft first overall or at least acquire a ton of draft assets for that first overall pick,
00:13Robert Kraft made the move to fire Gerard Mayo after his only year as the head coach of this Patriots organization.
00:20Here was the owner of the Pats yesterday on what lies ahead in this offseason and the reasons behind his decision.
00:28I'm gonna be very brief here and say this whole situation is on me.
00:37I feel terrible for Gerard because I put him in an untenable situation.
00:46I know that he has all the tools as a head coach to be successful in this league.
00:54He just needed more time before taking the job.
00:59In the end, I'm a fan of this team first.
01:04And now I have to go out and find a coach who can get us back to the playoffs and hopefully championships.
01:18I mean, I guess it's refreshing to hear the owner take some onus.
01:22I disagree with the notion Gerard Mayo was not ready to be a head coach.
01:26He was a longtime defensive assistant under Bill Belichick.
01:29If you said you set him up for failure, that's true.
01:32He was the scapegoat between a legend who was there for two and a half decades in hoping to be better.
01:38The Patriots won four games this year.
01:40Not a good season.
01:41Second consecutive year in Foxborough winning only winning four games.
01:46That's unheard of for this Patriots organization that we have known over the last two decades.
01:52But total win total for New England entering the year was the lowest in the NFL at four and a half.
01:57It wasn't like Gerard Mayo was a disaster as a head coach in his debut season.
02:04I would rather he just go up to the podium and say, we're going to make this brief.
02:09I'd like to welcome Mike Vrabel back to the Patriots family as the new head coach.
02:14Like, what are we doing here?
02:16Like, stop spitting in our face and telling us it's raining here, Ben.
02:19You don't make this move if you don't know that Vrabel wants the job.
02:23Let's be honest here.