Kraft also dispelled a theory that Belichick always looks for “yes men” in the front office. Kraft said Belichck likes to keep a small inner circle to prevent leaks to the media. He likes to hire young executives because he likes training them to run a football team, and they bring a different technological approach.
Never bought the “Belichick doesn’t have enough people willing to go against him” storyline. One of the big parts of Education of Coach was mentioning how much he wanted people to have different ideas and to challenge him.