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Report: Details about Belichick’s pivotal meeting with Kraft emerge originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston
Bill Belichick’s NFL coaching future could be decided less than 24 hours after the New England Patriots’ season finale.
Belichick is scheduled to meet with Patriots owner Robert Kraft and team president Jonathan Kraft on Monday, ESPN’s Mike Reiss said Thursday on the network’s morning show, Get Up!
“Here’s my understanding of what’s going to unfold: Team owner Robert Kraft and team president Jonathan Kraft have a meeting with Bill Belichick that is currently scheduled for Monday,” Reiss said. “And they’re going to be looking for some answers as to why things have fallen off so dramatically this season.”
The Patriots enter Week 18 against the New York Jets with a 4-12 record, worst in the AFC and the franchise’s worst since 1992. New England is set to miss the postseason for the third time in four years, which obviously isn’t sitting well with Kraft. Our Tom E. Curran reported that Kraft settled on a decision to part with Belichick after the Patriots’ Week 10 loss to the Indianapolis Colts, and while Kraft reserves the right to change his mind, Belichick may have to do a lot of convincing on Monday.
“Robert Kraft has been very disappointed with the way this season has unfolded, naturally, and people that are close to him relayed to me that that disappointment has been so extreme to the point that he has strongly considered moving on from Belichick,” Reiss added. “These people also tell me that no decision has been made at this point, and that’s why this final meeting will be so important.”
What case can Belichick make to keep his job? Our Patriots Insiders Tom E. Curran and Phil Perry role-played a hypothetical meeting between Belichick and Kraft on a recent Patriots Talk Podcast, with Belichick potentially pointing to his team’s ability to keep games close despite a rash of injuries.
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Publish date : 2024-01-04 16:36:47
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