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Robert Kraft explains why he had to ‘fire’ Bill Belichick

During a recent interview on The Breakfast Club, Patriots owner Robert Kraft said he fired coach Bill Belichick.

At the time, the Patriots said Belichick and the team had ‘mutually’ agreed to part ways.

The decision wasn’t so mutual on Belichick’s part, Kraft said.

“I kept him for 24 years,” Kraft said. “I didn’t enjoy having to fire him, but I tried to do it – if you look at the press conference and how it happened, tried to do it in a classy way.”

“What he did for us was great.