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Tom Brady, unsurprisingly, is all in on Mike Vrabel being the head coach of the New England Patriots.
Brady, who played with Vrabel for eight seasons, recently spoke about his former teammate re-joining the Patriots in a conversation with SportsCasting’s DJ Siddiqi.
“Mike’s a great coach, and the Patriots have a great leader for that organization,” Brady told Siddiqi. “I know he’s going to do a great job. I know he’s all about tough, disciplined, hard-nosed physical brand of football.
“He’s a terrific coach and a great friend of mine still.”
Vrabel is a demanding, no-nonsense head coach, qualities that Brady believes make for a great head coach.
“He’s got this no-bulls–t mentality about him and I love that,” Brady said. “That’s why I think he and I have always connected. It’s this mentality that we’re not making excuses, we’re going to go out there and get the job done, and we’re not going to complain. We’re going to work hard and we’re going to be resilient, and that’s how you get things done.”
Brady added: “When you’re in tough competition, you’re not going to make excuses, you’re going to go out there and give it your best every day. I love that mentality. I’ve had that mentality for a long time. We all need that mentality: no excuses, no complaints, go out there and get it done, have great communication. If you fail, then get your ass back up and go try again and learn from it, and develop resilience and self-confidence and be better the next time. You just keep trying until you succeed.”
When asked whether Vrabel will win over New England’s locker room, Brady sounded optimistic.
“We’ll see,” he said. “I wouldn’t doubt Mike or that organization — that’s a great organization. I don’t like making predictions. Everyone’s got a chance to go earn it.”
Whether Vrabel succeeds in Foxboro remains to be seen. But he has a stamp of approval from the greatest player in NFL history, and that counts for something.
