Even to this day, there’s no love lost between New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft and former head coach Bill Parcells.
Parcells coached the Patriots from 1993-1996. Towards the end of his run in New England, he felt like Kraft was stripping him of his power.
In the next episode of “Dynasty” on Apple TV+, Parcells will open up about his fractured relationship with Kraft.
“We finally got some success, but I felt like Kraft wasn’t always in line with the things that I knew to be in the best interest of building a team,” Parcells said, via the New York Post. “Kraft had no real background in football, and in his inexperience, took the draft away from me and he gave it to somebody else.
“I felt like some people that were incompetent were making decisions for the organization personnel-wise, and I didn’t like it. I knew I wasn’t going back to the Patriots.”
Kraft, meanwhile, felt like Parcells put his self-interests ahead of the team.
“With Coach Parcells, I didn’t feel he always put the team first,” Kraft said. “He was making decisions that were best for Bill Parcells, as opposed [to] for the New England Patriots. I promised myself that in the future, I would find a coach that truly put team first.”
You’d think that time heals all wounds. Clearly, that’s not the case here.
Hopefully, Parcells and Kraft can bury the hatchet at some point in the future.