As a Pats fan and ( of late, former) season ticket holder of over 10 years, I believe that the Patriots front office has allowed themselves to be led astray by this odd notion of showing loyalty to a player---QB Tom Brady.  Now what many cannot argue as damaged goods, he has handed more games to the oppostion than ever in his career.  Why, one may ask?   Simply put, Tom Brady has lost his emotional edge that carried him throughout his career.  He needs to be traded…he is damaged goods both physically and mentally (after losing the Super Bowl and now a home playoff game). He has suddenly turned into a sissy, hating any contact; if we don’t scrap him now, we will be saddled for the remainder of his career with mediocrity. We will never have any high draft picks (and I don’t mean first rounders, I mean high picks in each subsequent round where you claim the bulk of your players). Trade him for serious future picks to a team with desperate, poor management (like, say the Browns or the Seahawks or the Rams). Stockpile 2011, 12, and 13, so the future of the team is more stable.  The Pats are teetering on the edge of falling apart similar to the Mets—aging, high-priced vets that are injury prone, and with no second-tier replacements to fill in. There needs to be a wholesale change, and a message sent to the remaining players—-those that under-perform will be terminated, no matter who you are. Losing Seymour wasn’t so bad, except that there were no fill-ins on the DL when the injury bug hit (amazing, the Pats always seem to have injuries to specific positions: DL, LB, DB, OL—-always in bunches). I support the trade, but there shouldn’t be any surpises about the lack of back-up’s for Ty Warren and Jarvis Green. So, I implore, say goodbye to Brady, trade him (now that he’s proven "healthy" from his knee injury), and continue building back to what the Pats were known for early on in the 2000’s—-tough, hard-hitting line play with a deep second string and an offense that could dominate time of possession, and thus the tempo of the game. When you control the ball (ie. time and turnovers, you win). I am posting this everywhere I can.

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The front office needs to stop letting their assistants leave each year for other options.  There is no continuity below Bill Belichick; assistants should be held to their contracts they sign as loyalty to the team that gave them a job in the first place.  Homegrown talent is vital, both on the field and on the sidelines.  You don't allow a player to blossom, and them let him walk with no compensation (see Cassel / Vrabel trade).  Why allow your coordinators to do it year after year?  Enough; hold your coaches accountable in the same manner that the players are.  As a final note, if some coaches lose their jobs over poor play selection (off. coordinator, ehem, ehem), I don't think anyone would be surprised nor disappointed.