The New England Patriots and Owner Robert Kraft introduced their new head coach Jerod Mayo earlier today. Mayo laid out his message about how he is going to bring this team back to a championship level franchise that New England has known for decades.
Kraft said that he had the same conviction when hiring Mayo as he did way back when, when he brought in Bill Belichick. Kraft laid out why he thinks brining in Mayo, who had only ever been with the Patriots as a player and a coach, is the right decision. He said:
“I’ve been running businesses for more than 50 years, and in my experience, the most successful leadership transitions happen when we are privileged to develop talent from within.”
Developing talent from within the organization is something that can bring long term success, and Kraft knows that he has something special in Mayo and it seems that he has known that for a long time.
New England Patriots Owner Robert Kraft Loves His New Coach
Kraft mentioned in the introduction for new head coach Mayo, that he really saw something special in him when he took him and a few other players to Israel. In 2019 when Kraft to him and other players to the holy land, the owner noticed Mayo’s leadership skills and how many players looked to him as a leader. He was quoted saying:
“With Jerod, I knew while observing him in Israel that he was the right person to be the next head coach of the New England Patriots, and that decision has only strengthened over the last five years.”
Clearly the owner has seen Mayo as the the one to take over from Bill Belichick for many years now. Mayo becomes the youngest head coach in the NFL and the first black coach for the Patriots in their history. this is something that Mayo feels a lot of pride about as he was quoted saying:
“You better believe it, being the first Black coach here in New England means a lot to me.”
Mayo laid out clearly why he will be very different than previous coach Bill Belichick as it was evident from he way he was talking to media, but even more than that, he laid out his plan for having people around him that challenge his beliefs. He does not want an echo chamber in the coaching staff of the organization, something Belichick was the counter opposite to.
Belichick ran the Patriots with an Iron fist but Mayo wants to have diversity of people and of ideas. He said:
“I don’t want to teach them what to think. I want to teach them how to think … Once we get to that point, I think we can get back to where we need to be: At the top.”
The Patriots still have many moves to make, as Kraft declined to share who would be making personnel decisions but that it would be made collaboratively. New England has the 3rd overall pick in this years draft and will probably look for a quarterback either Jayden Daniels or Drake Maye. The pats defense has been great while Mayo has been there and they will have their best players returning from injury next season.
If Mayo can get the offense right and get a good quarterback in the draft, the team will be back to being competitive. Mayo wont have to do much to get a better record next season, but it is clear that he is striving for much more than that.
“This has definitely been a dream of mine,” Mayo said. “My calling is to be a teacher and develop people…to help people see what they don’t want to see, but what they need to see.”
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