Image courtesy of NFL.com Nine days after he was officially introduced at Gillette Stadium as the 16th Patriots head coach, Mike Vrabel has his coordinators locked up. After announcing Jeremy Springer would be retained as the special teams coordinator last week, Josh McDaniels was chosen as offensive coordinator on Tuesday evening. On Wednesday morning, several reports had Detroit Lions defensive line coach Terrell Williams as Vrabel’s choice for defensive coordinator….

Image courtesy of Colby College Even when there’s no ‘real’ news, there’s news when it comes to the Patriots. Late in the afternoon on Friday, Mike Reiss reported that Robyn Glaser – who Pats fans never really knew until the last couple of years as the dynasty began to crumble – is resigning from her role as Executive Vice President of Football Business. Glaser joined the Patriots in 2007 as…

During his weekly WEEI hit on The Greg Hill Show Thursday morning, Bill O’Brien touched on the hiring of Mike Vrabel and why it’s a good move, Josh McDaniels as a possible OC candidate and whether or not players missing the new head coach’s introductory press conference matters or not. Here’s what he had to say: On the respect Vrabel will command “I think that…look, when a guy plays 14…

Image courtesy of @ShrineBowl (X) Two years ago, Troy Brown led West team as the head coach in the East-West Shrine Bowl while the rest of the other Patriots staff was also on hand and got to know prospects up close and personal with Bill Belichick sort of watching over everything. One Patriots assistant who is (for now) still on staff, Drew Wilkins, will be serving as the East team’s…

During his weekly appearance on the Pat McAfee show on Tuesday, Adam Schefter confirmed that Mike Vrabel is the final authority when it comes to the Patriots football operations.  Schefter was asked about Eliot Wolf and his response seemed to indicate that Vrabel is indeed the final decision maker when it comes to player personnel.  “Eliot Wolf––I don’t even think he’s got the GM title, but he’s staying in his…

Image courtesy of the New England Patriots  FOXBOROUGH – In the far right corner of the Sports Illustrated Pavilion where Mike Vrabel was introduced as the Patriots’ 16th head coach on Monday, there was a backdrop set up for stand up interviews that ultimately turned into a bit of ‘legends corner.’ Andre Tippett and Troy Brown gathered with reporters both formally and informally to speak about Vrabel. While Tippett’s words…