North Carolina coach Bill Belichick was asked to weigh in on the New England Patriots firing his successor, Jerod Mayo, after only one season as head coach when appearing on “The Pat McAfee Show” on Monday.
The news of Mayo’s firing came down immediately after the team’s 23-16 win over the Buffalo Bills in the regular season finale on Sunday.
Belichick didn’t offer much in the way of commentary on the move.
“Robert Kraft, Jonathan Kraft, Robyn Glaser—they’re the decision-makers there, who exactly does what and so forth,” said Belichick. “Mayo was hand-picked by Robert, but in the end, the decision-making is something that they have to comment on and identify.
“They’re the ones that are really making the calls there. They’re the ones that should comment on that. I really don’t know from the outside looking in. They haven’t called me and asked, though.”
Robert Kraft and Jonathan Kraft are expected to lead the search for a new head coach in New England. Mike Vrabel is currently viewed as the leading candidate for the job, even though the team has yet to conduct a formal interview.
Regardless, it’s safe to say the succession plan after Belichick was a complete failure on a multitude of levels for the Patriots.
