Tedy Bruschi believes Mike Vrabel will ‘tighten the screws’ as Patriots head coach
"In my opinion, there are some people in the front office that need to be told, 'You don't know what you're doing and you need to take a step back.'"
Tedy Bruschi is thrilled the Patriots decided to hire Mike Vrabel as their next head coach, and not just because he and Vrabel are friends and former teammates.
Bruschi, speaking on ESPN NFL Countdown on Sunday, said there’s “going to be a change” within the organization now that Vrabel is there.
“Vrabel isn’t going to joke around, Vrabel is going to tighten the screws,” Bruschi said. “In my opinion, there are some people in the front office that need to be told, ‘You don’t know what you’re doing and you need to take a step back.'”
Bruschi said he’s “a little bit surprised” the Patriots hired Vrabel.
“There are some people upstairs in the organization that want to be heard,” Bruschi said, as transcribed by ESPN’s Mike Reiss. “And sometimes they’re going to have to take a bite of ‘humble pie’ and understand ‘your opinion doesn’t matter on this one,’ because there are people in the building that know more.”
Bruschi said he hopes that happens this time around, because the “collaboration” project with former head coach Jerod Mayo “did not work.”
He said he’s glad it’s going to change a little bit to a coach that has more experience.
“They know what they’re getting exactly with Mike Vrabel,” Bruschi said.
Bruschi said Vrabel is “not Bill,” referring to Bill Belichick. He said he’s more “Bill Parcells-like” than Bill Belichick, because of the way he can talk to players on an even-keeled, personal level.
While Robert and Jonathan Kraft may still have some input, it appears Bruschi believes that Vrabel will have more of a say than Mayo when it comes to decision-making.
“I think Vrabel has it in him to collaborate,” Bruschi said. “To a point.”
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