Florio wrote that Polian denied taking part of that, but he doesn't believe him -
https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profoo...belichick-snub +
https://x.com/MattVerderame/status/2...451282181?s=20
Quote:
ESPN’s story does not include a comment from Polian; the given explanation was that he did not “immediately respond” to a request for comment. The four-hour old story has not been updated, as of this posting, to include a comment from Polian, a former ESPN employee.
Polian did provide a comment to another outlet. He told Matt Verderame of SI.com, regarding whether Polian influenced the anti-Belichick vote: “That’s totally and categorically untrue. I voted for him.”
And, as a politician once told me, you can only trust the people who say they didn’t vote for you.
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My gut tells me Kraft had more influence on this than any of his former rivals.