Josh McDaniels Spuns Colts Stays With Patriots

[BigKen]

Josh McDaniels spurns Colts at the last minute to stay with the Patriots
In a stunner, the Patriots' offensive coordinator isn't leaving New England after all
On Tuesday morning, the Colts announced that they hired Patriots offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels to fill their head-coach vacancy. By Tuesday night, the Colts were without a coach again.

As first reported by ESPN's Adam Schefter and confirmed by CBS Sports NFL Insider Jason La Canfora, McDaniels spurned the Colts to remain in New England. Schefter reported that Patriots owner Robert Kraft sweetened McDaniels' contract to get him to stay.

ESPN's Mike Reiss added that "clarity on Bill Belichick's status in New England" and "stability" for his family were also primary reasons for McDaniels' sudden and unexpected change of heart. Reiss made it clear that Belichick is not retiring before the 2018 season. But McDaniels' decision to stay in New England and Reiss' report indicates that McDaniels might be waiting for Belichick to retire before replacing him as the Patriots' head coach.


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This is an absolute shocker right up there with Belichick's decision to spurn the Jets before he landed in New England. For pretty much the entire duration of the postseason, the Colts-McDaniels marriage was expected. The only holdup was the Patriots' ongoing Super Bowl run. Sure enough, two days after the Patriots lost to the Eagles in Super Bowl LII, the Colts made it official, even scheduling a press conference.

 

[BigKen]

Has Bill decided to call it quits??

Something is cookin' at Foxboro........Holy Shit!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[cheerupcharlie]

Wow. That’s a Belichick/Jets move right there. Does make it look like he might be taking over for Coach B. It’s either Patriots or no one now. Would another team even consider him after backing out like this?

 

[BigKen]

My wife just said, Belichick has always been "Team First". Did Johnathan and Robert Kraft feel that benching Butler and losing the Super Bowl was not Team First?? Is this a retire or be fired Bill??

I know I can't stay awake for Boston Sports Tonight but I know I'll be up around 1 or 2 to go pee and I'll try to catch up for a half hour.

 

[cmc_rebar]

Maybe the colts decided they didn’t want a loser

 

[Shoeshine Boy]

Belichick's not going anywhere. He didn't want to uproot his family.

 

[cerealboi]

 

[sharkymcwrath]

I'm thinking Josh never intended to go there in the first place and this was payback for deflate gate. A total dick move if you're the Colts, a genius move if you're the Pats.

Now all the good coaches are taken.

Suck it Colts. Enjoy another few years of mediocrity if you're lucky enough to be mediocre. By the time you get a real coach your "suck for Luck" campaign will have better an utter waste.

 

[SDGuy73]

My thoughts exactly when he was interviewing for that job. Deflategate. Why would you want to go there.

BB is either gone or Kraft offered McDaniels something he couldn't turn down.

 

[Yankee Traveler]

I don't know which is better, the stability for the Pats or the screw job on Irsay!

This is FRICKEN AWESOME!!!

 

[CreepCreep2014]

BB and Kraft had a lengthy dinner at Davio's tonight...Apparently both Kraft's has a long talk with Josh before this meeting with BB. Doesn't mean BB is gone...but they got to Josh over the past few days.

I think BB is done. After reading the statement from Butler, this makes BB look even worse for the benching and according to reports, players were not happy. BB created his own distraction during the SB.

 

[SDGuy73]

 

[NWPATSFAN]

BB and Kraft had a lengthy dinner at Davio's tonight...Apparently both Kraft's has a long talk with Josh before this meeting with BB. Doesn't mean BB is gone...but they got to Josh over the past few days.

I think BB is done. After reading the statement from Butler, this makes BB look even worse for the benching and according to reports, players were not happy. BB created his own distraction during the SB.

Well I hope you're wrong on this. As much as BB pisses me off at times I don't want to see him go out this way.

 

[CreepCreep2014]

Well I hope you're wrong on this. As much as BB pisses me off at times I don't want to see him go out this way.

I think people, esp some players are going to have a hard time accepting the reasoning for not playing Butler at all. I can see trying Rowe to start, but once it turned into a shit show, a new plan needs to be done. 97% of the snaps he played in this yr, and now.....he is not part of the game plan. Something is fishy, someone is lying.....it's just a very bad look for BB right now.

I was reading that Philly WR were laughing at Rowe stating that he can't cover them and to just throw the ball to whoever Rowe was on. No Butler forced the likes of Richards and Badmossi to play....just don't get it.

 

[sharkymcwrath]

BB and Kraft had a lengthy dinner at Davio's tonight...Apparently both Kraft's has a long talk with Josh before this meeting with BB. Doesn't mean BB is gone...but they got to Josh over the past few days.

I think BB is done. After reading the statement from Butler, this makes BB look even worse for the benching and according to reports, players were not happy. BB created his own distraction during the SB.

Sorry but the only way I would believe that is by seeing it. BB has delivered us 5 SB victories in 8 tries. Whatever happened with Butler had to be something. BB isn't an idiot. Kraft isn't an idiot. Let's pretend for one sec that BB really just screwed up. He gets a free pass in my book.

This remind me of 2003 when BB cut Milloy and the Bills spanked the Pats 31 - 0 in the season opener and Milloy started with the "they hate their coach" nonsense and the media ran with it. I think Bill has proven himself since then maybe once or twice.

 

[CreepCreep2014]

Sorry but the only way I would believe that is by seeing it. BB has delivered us 5 SB victories in 8 tries. Whatever happened with Butler had to be something. BB isn't an idiot. Kraft isn't an idiot. Let's pretend for one sec that BB really just screwed up. He gets a free pass in my book.

This remind me of 2003 when BB cut Milloy and the Bills spanked the Pats 31 - 0 in the season opener and Milloy started with the "they hate their coach" nonsense and the media ran with it. I think Bill has proven himself since then maybe once or twice.

Time will tell, but you can't tell me that benching Butler the whole game 20m before was not a distraction to this defense. It was...they were terrible. It's one thing to do it during the week, but right before the game you tell your defense and DC that he is not playing??? Come on...I'm not sure how you can give someone a "free pass" in the biggest game of the season. Makes no sense...

 

[CreepCreep2014]

Make sure you read the comments...they are pretty funny.

Details On Josh McDaniels' Rejection Of Colts HC Job

 

[NEhomer]

Any chance he just stays on as OC to await something else?

...wishful thinking I guess.

 

[BigKen]

This isn't over. Brady was furious with Belichick for not putting Butler in the game. If you watch the game every shot of Brady on the sideline, he's sitting by himself on the bench with a disgusted look on his face.....was that because Butler was sitting or standing near the end of the bench? Brady also tweeted to Butler in support of him. Gary Tanguay said that Brady called Belichick a "fucking asshole". Another supposed quote by Brady was "I'm done with that shithead". I haven't seen anything other than Brady's tweet to Butler, but I'm sure if Brady texted or tweeted anything it would have been all over the news.

 

[realityball]

I’m pretty sure we don’t know sh*t ... I don’t think it was disciplinary since Butler did play
Unless it was a mistake (which is very possible), he wouldn’t have been allowed on the field at alll if he was being punished or the brunt of a “statement” ...

I would like to know what Patricia knows and wonder why he hasn’t been cornered ...