In even the most amicable splits the harsh truths always seem to find their way out in the open regardless of how hard the parties attempt to keep them buried.
Despite the kumbaya rhetoric Rober Kraft and Bill Belichick spouted in the press conference announcing the “mutual” parting of ways there appears to be no love loss between the legendary coach and New England Patriots president Jonathan Kraft, according to ESPN’s Seth Wickersham & Wright Thompson.
As the Patriots’ record continued to deteriorate after Tom Brady and the team split, so did the relationship between Belichick and Kraft, per the lengthy ESPN report:
The relationship between Jonathan Kraft and Belichick, never strong, worsened.