Robert Kraft said hiring Bill Belichick was the best decision he made as New England Patriots owner, but that it was also a « big risk. »
New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft made a recent comment that caught Bill Belichick’s eye.
Kraft said that hiring Belichick in 1999 was the best decision that he made as the Patriots owner but added that hiring Belichick was a « big risk. »
« The one that got questioned the most was in 1999 », Kraft said last month during an appearance on « Dudes on Dudes » with Julian Edelman and Rob Gronkowski.
« I gave up a No. 1 draft pick for a coach that had only won a little over 40% of his games to get him out. I don’t know if there are any Jets fans here. I think getting Bill Belichick to come to the Patriots in 1999 was a big risk, and I got hammered in the Boston area, but he was with us for 24 years », Kraft said.
Belichick responded to Kraft’s comments, and said that taking the Patriots head coaching job was a « big risk.
