Don Van Natta Jr.
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Any owner of how badly do you want to win? Does it really matter whether you win? To get to your question, which I think is a really good one, it doesn't. If you don't, and you don't even make the playoffs, sure, you have a fan base that's upset with you, but the dollars keep rolling in.
Any owner of how badly do you want to win? Does it really matter whether you win? To get to your question, which I think is a really good one, it doesn't. If you don't, and you don't even make the playoffs, sure, you have a fan base that's upset with you, but the dollars keep rolling in.
He deserves to be in the Hall of Fame. There's no doubt about it. You look at the owners that have gotten in there, Jerry Jones, Pat Bolin, Eddie DiBartolo. Robert Kraft deserves to be in the Hall of Fame. Why he is not there, there's lots of reasons. But one of them is because Robert Kraft so desperately wanted to get into the Hall of Fame that he actually made a deal with a book author
He deserves to be in the Hall of Fame. There's no doubt about it. You look at the owners that have gotten in there, Jerry Jones, Pat Bolin, Eddie DiBartolo. Robert Kraft deserves to be in the Hall of Fame. Why he is not there, there's lots of reasons. But one of them is because Robert Kraft so desperately wanted to get into the Hall of Fame that he actually made a deal with a book author
He deserves to be in the Hall of Fame. There's no doubt about it. You look at the owners that have gotten in there, Jerry Jones, Pat Bolin, Eddie DiBartolo. Robert Kraft deserves to be in the Hall of Fame. Why he is not there, there's lots of reasons. But one of them is because Robert Kraft so desperately wanted to get into the Hall of Fame that he actually made a deal with a book author
to give access for the Dynasty book that was written by an author by the name of Jeff Benedict, and kept the TV and audiovisual rights and film rights to that book, which then became the Dynasty docuseries on Apple+, which just so happened to throw legendary coach Bill Belichick under the bus.
to give access for the Dynasty book that was written by an author by the name of Jeff Benedict, and kept the TV and audiovisual rights and film rights to that book, which then became the Dynasty docuseries on Apple+, which just so happened to throw legendary coach Bill Belichick under the bus.
to give access for the Dynasty book that was written by an author by the name of Jeff Benedict, and kept the TV and audiovisual rights and film rights to that book, which then became the Dynasty docuseries on Apple+, which just so happened to throw legendary coach Bill Belichick under the bus.
It was actual business. It was a way that many people in sports now do of controlling the narrative. Oh, and I get it.
It was actual business. It was a way that many people in sports now do of controlling the narrative. Oh, and I get it.
It was actual business. It was a way that many people in sports now do of controlling the narrative. Oh, and I get it.
It was because the book was sent by Stacey James, Robert Kraft's longtime PR head, to Hall of Fame voters. Like, this is the actual— Not quite subtle. It's not that subtle. This is the argument for Robert Kraft, for you to vote Robert Kraft in. Those voters didn't know that— Robert Kraft was a sort of secret partner with the author on that book that was very favorable to Robert Kraft.
It was because the book was sent by Stacey James, Robert Kraft's longtime PR head, to Hall of Fame voters. Like, this is the actual— Not quite subtle. It's not that subtle. This is the argument for Robert Kraft, for you to vote Robert Kraft in. Those voters didn't know that— Robert Kraft was a sort of secret partner with the author on that book that was very favorable to Robert Kraft.
It was because the book was sent by Stacey James, Robert Kraft's longtime PR head, to Hall of Fame voters. Like, this is the actual— Not quite subtle. It's not that subtle. This is the argument for Robert Kraft, for you to vote Robert Kraft in. Those voters didn't know that— Robert Kraft was a sort of secret partner with the author on that book that was very favorable to Robert Kraft.
Also, arguably, possibly minimized the role of Bill Belichick in those dynasty years. It was a Robert Kraft book. And so that didn't sit well. with what I understood with some of the voters. And again, this past fall, Robert Kraft was not selected yet again for the Hall of Fame. It's been, I think, 13 years now that he's been trying to get in.
Also, arguably, possibly minimized the role of Bill Belichick in those dynasty years. It was a Robert Kraft book. And so that didn't sit well. with what I understood with some of the voters. And again, this past fall, Robert Kraft was not selected yet again for the Hall of Fame. It's been, I think, 13 years now that he's been trying to get in.
Also, arguably, possibly minimized the role of Bill Belichick in those dynasty years. It was a Robert Kraft book. And so that didn't sit well. with what I understood with some of the voters. And again, this past fall, Robert Kraft was not selected yet again for the Hall of Fame. It's been, I think, 13 years now that he's been trying to get in.
And made it sound as if he had nothing to do with it. And, well, he owned the copyright to the docuseries, and he had more than a little to do with it.
And made it sound as if he had nothing to do with it. And, well, he owned the copyright to the docuseries, and he had more than a little to do with it.
And made it sound as if he had nothing to do with it. And, well, he owned the copyright to the docuseries, and he had more than a little to do with it.