That makes a lot of sense.

Obviously, you cannot argue with the success of the Pats the last couple decades. Bill has created an environment which winning is the norm.

Yet you rarely see them be the biggest of spenders in FA or sign players to make a splash. Brady is making big bucks and a few others here and there. Yet there are a lot of guys who take smaller deals after struggling elsewhere. Bill plugs them into his system and makes it all work.

Of course, the Pats are now like the Yankees...easy to hate them since they enjoyed so much success. Plus Bill's earlier episodes of filming other teams and some of the antics he pulled certain fed into that viewpoint.