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Originally Posted by Cheese
True...but this is the way, the Patriots Way!
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I will say Mayo being a former player may have a leg up on the other guys. I do think that for some coaches the experience of being a former player matters as AP went 5-4 with very pedestrian QB play despite no head coaching experience because he has natural leadership qualities and the players believed in him. Clearly Mayo was a leader as a player so that matters and knows locker room dynamics enough to know how to get players to buy-in as McDaniels, Patricia, Mangini, etc simply weren't respected by players as a head coach.
I have to imagine if Belichick resurfaces somewhere that McDaniels follows him.