He said what he said, and with all due respect, you - and a few others - sort of misinterpreted them. So the point of that quote was that it directly offsets the narrative floating around in here. People have latched onto one thing since Wednesday and ignored the rest, which having seen some of what's floating out there in the media, I get it, since a lot of it's being parroted in here.
And I don't really get the ire here, at least based on the process. This isn't some random outside hire. This is a guy who played for the organization, whom we all rooted for when he was here. This was a guy who was hired as a coach after spending a few years away and quickly ascended, with the blessing of someone you hold in high regard. And he's someone who appeared to be on the same fast track that Brian Flores ended up on.
That one shocked me, because Flores only spent a season in a prominent role, but obviously, the success speaks for itself and he deserves all the credit in the world for the 180° this team made in 2018 on the defensive side of the ball under him, which ultimately led to a championship.
But how this has unfolded isn't exactly surprising. Mayo appeared potentially poised to end up elsewhere because he was qualified enough, to the point Kraft was obviously afraid of that happening. Hence the reason why they moved to keep him in the fold as the successor to Bill. It just happened a couple of years sooner than we all thought.
I mean, everyone saw this coming, and he certainly appears to have the respect of the people in the building. Which at the end of the day, is all that matters.
As he said, "at the end of the day, we get judged on wins and losses." So I guess we'll find out.