New England has FIRED Jerod Mayo

[Dr.Sack]

I fully expect Kraft to hire Robert Salah. 

[WotAGuy]

1 minute ago, Dr.Sack said:

I fully expect Kraft to hire Robert Salah. 

Christmas twice in a month’s time!

[DapperCam]

2 minutes ago, Dr.Sack said:

I fully expect Kraft to hire Robert Salah. 

Saleh is an okay coach, but any team with a rookie QB not hiring an offensive HC isn’t paying attention.

[gonzo1105]

6 minutes ago, Shortchaz said:

Was written into mayo’s contract that he would become head coach upon belichick retirement/termination 

Ah yes good call I forgot about that 

[Returntoglory]

One has to wonder if Mayo was given directives to lose the game. And he being a former player, couldn't stomach the thought and winning cost him his job. 

[BRH]

Another reason they fired him so quickly could be that they’re spooked by the Jets’ already interviewing Vrabel, and they wanted to throw their hat in the ring before the Jets could quickly lock him up.  This could get interesting, this battle of egos between Kraft and Johnson.

[Wayne Cubed]

And this is why Robert Kraft is a moron. You knew you were going to do this and let Mayo walk out there and coach a team to a victory. When you had the 1st seed locked up, and you knew you were going to fire him, why not fire him then? Why give him another game? Who are you trying to not look dysfunctional for?  If you want Vrabel, fire Mayo... tank the last game and go get Vrabel.

[DrDawkinstein]

17 minutes ago, Dr.Sack said:

I fully expect Kraft to hire Robert Salah. 

 

Could see him being Vrabel's DC

[notpolian]

Wow.  

[Ed_Formerly_of_Roch]

2 hours ago, Sojourner said:

Wonder if that’s why they fired him?

 

I don’t think he was that great a coach but man, there’s been plenty more coaches given a longer leash whilst doing a worse job with more talent. Thought he’d be given another year seeing as the ties to the organization he has and the fact they’re clearly in a rebuild year with a talent lacking roster. 

 

Or he was told before the game he was being let go, so tried like hell to win.  Sometimes coaches are told prior??  You'd think in this situation WRT the #1 pick they wouldn't do that, but never know.  The fact that he was fired 90 minutes after the game seems Kraft had decided prior to the game.

[Ridgewaycynic2013]

2 minutes ago, Wayne Cubed said:

And this is why Robert Kraft is a moron. You knew you were going to do this and let Mayo walk out there and coach a team to a victory. When you had the 1st seed locked up, and you knew you were going to fire him, why not fire him then? Why give him another game? Who are you trying to not look dysfunctional for?  If you want Vrabel, fire Mayo... tank the last game and go get Vrabel.

"Hello, Bob...Woody Johnson here.  As a fellow multimillionaire, could you pull a really stupid move, and take some of the focus off my boneheaded decisions?"

 

[stevestojan]

Why let him coach today’s game? Seems extra cruel. 

[Coach Tuesday]

24 minutes ago, Returntoglory said:

One has to wonder if Mayo was given directives to lose the game. And he being a former player, couldn't stomach the thought and winning cost him his job. 

Nope after the Flores lawsuit there’s zero chance the Krafts are that stupid.

[JohnNord]

22 minutes ago, Returntoglory said:

One has to wonder if Mayo was given directives to lose the game. And he being a former player, couldn't stomach the thought and winning cost him his job. 

I’m pretty sure the writing was on the wall and Mayo knew he was done so he wanted to try to go out with a win, especially knowing it was an FU to the owner

16 minutes ago, DrDawkinstein said:

 

Could see him being Vrabel's DC

Why would Saleh want to work for Vrabel?  I’m guessing he’d rather be in a situation where he’s have complete control of the defense.  San Fran fans are hoping he’ll be the new DC 

[JGMcD2]

Good on Kraft for recognizing the mistake, but man, how do you miss that bad?

 

He was already in the building for nearly 15 seasons (player and coach) and you gave him a clause that automatically made him head coach…

[frostbitmic]

It all seemed to go downhill for Mayo in Training Camp when he and Matthew Judon didn't get along, forcing Judon to be traded.

[K-9]

Better for us if they hire Vrabel instead of Ben Johnson imo. 

[Thrivefourfive]

Now it’s the other linebacker’s turn. The TEN guy who drafted with some weirdos. I’d rather have someone worse than him. 

[JohnNord]

1 hour ago, C.Biscuit97 said:

Don’t want to say racist. But him, Pierce, and Steve Wilkes were given one year for awful teams with no or rookie qbs while dennis Allen, Shurmur, and plenty of other terrible coaches get multiple years on multiple teams. 
 

again, the best coach in the NFL won 4 games with that team last year. They set him up to fail. 

I don’t at all buy that Mayo was set up.  If he was a temporary hire, they never would have selected a franchise QB at #4.  
 

Plus the media reported that Kraft has been supportive of Mayo for weeks.   But the press release today was very revealing.  
 

The mistake that Bob made was legally making Mayo the successor to Belichick.  It was a pretty stupid considering that Mayo not only had zero head coaching experience but also had a limited network for hiring assistants.  
 

This season went very poorly - not only on the field - but also in public.  Mayo said something stupid every week and seemingly would throw others under the bus publicly.  
 

At some point, I think Bob realized he screwed up with this and wanted to cut his losses.  I also think they feel the pressure to hire Vrabel or Ben Johnson and wanted an early start.  
 

Mayo had a really bad roster but I thinks that due more to incompetence of the front office than having the deck stacked against him. 

[Albany,n.y.]

As a Bills fan, my first thought was tough break for the Doughboy.  Odds are he's out of a job too.