The Patriots owner Robert Kraft openly admits to underspending as New England team have spent the least amount on players in the last decade.
This must have upset former head coach Bill Belichick, who left the team earlier this year.
“I know there’s a perception that we have held back on spending," Kraft said through Phil Perry of NBCSportsBoston.com.
"Let me just say, for our fans, that’s just not true. Look, we were blessed to have a coach in our system who was a great coach and also understood value. He ran a tight ship . . . [O]ur coaches have always had the ability to spend at whatever level they wanted. I think Bill [Belichick] was always thinking about the future and really understood value. But we never held back with any of the coaches we’ve had over the last 30 years."
Kraft has always shifted the blame to his head coach, or even GM, when it comes to the decision to spend money and Patriots fans must be weary of the same old excuses.
"I can assure our fans that spending will never be held back or the reason that we don’t sign players," Kraft added. "I’ve actually tried to get us to sign players who maybe would’ve cost more but wouldn’t have been the right players or value. So, we always leave that to the people we assign the responsibility to."
Will the Patriots spend a little more to gain another chance to be a legacy team.
That depends on Kraft and the new coaching staff.
