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Robert Kraft as business model

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A cynic, trying to figure out the secrets owner Robert Kraft has used to make the New England Patriots a dynastic success would probably say something like, "Well, first you give your coach a video camera..."

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But seriously, folks (and that's never a good phrase leading up to the Super Bowl), Kraft (on the right, with coach Bill Belichick) has to be given credit for building such a successful franchise. CNBC plans to do just that on Sunday in a one-hour special at 7 p.m. PST, with the low-key title Touchdown! The Patriots and the Business of Winning.

The CNBC news release about the show says, "The program profiles New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft, a savvy, self-assured and soft-spoken businessman who took a losing team that was last in attendance and revenue and turned it into a dynasty."

Coach Bill Belichick and quarterback Tom Brady are on the program to "discuss Kraft's management style," the release says. In Belichick's case it's "an exclusive one-on-one interview." Stop the presses.

Forget management style. The thing I want to know about Robert Kraft is why he always wears the same shirt -- blue stripes with a white collar -- to every Patriots game. That's almost as annoying as Belichick's hoodie.

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Jim Carlisle writes Tuesday sports columns and Friday TV-Radio columns for The Star. He has been on the sports staff of the Star (and its Thousand Oaks predecessor, the News Chronicle) since 1983. Jim pledges in his blog not to take sports — or himself — too seriously.

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This page contains a single entry by Jim Carlisle published on January 25, 2008 8:07 AM.

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