Bill O'Brien wasn't a fan of the sports-radio discourse over Drake Maye's absence from Mike Vrabel's press conference.

"I want to galvanize our football team. I want to galvanize this building. I want to galvanize our fans," he said.

Former Patriots head coach Bill Belichick was in Massachusetts this week to recruit players to North Carolina.

On Sunday, Robert Kraft hired Mike Vrabel to be the 16th head coach in franchise history, according to multiple sources. Vrabel, 49, returns to a place where he played for eight seasons under Bill Belichick, won three Super Bowls, was voted an All-Pro and became a Patriots Hall of Famer.

Now, with O’Brien revitalizing BC and Vrabel looking to do the same with the Patriots, the area’s most prominent football teams are led by men who bonded in Foxborough.

Robert Kraft chose former Patriots linebacker Mike Vrabel as the New England Patriots’$2 16th coach in franchise history. He’s far from the first coach to be hired based partially on his familiarity with ownership.

With the latest addition to the Boston College Coaches Room coming from the NFL, Bill O'Brien's vision for the Eagles is quite clear.

McDaniels agreed Tuesday night to become the Patriots’ offensive coordinator again, a source confirmed to the Globe. It’s the same role McDaniels had from 2006-08 and 2012-21, when he was essentially the “head coach” of the offense for Bill Belichick and was a crucial piece of the dynasty.

Vrabel said on sports radio WEEI that he has a "long list" and confirmed it includes former Las Vegas Raiders head coach and Patriots coordinator Josh McDaniels, who still lives in the region and last worked with the Patriots in 2021 when he worked wonders with then-rookie Mac Jones.

Boston College head coach Bill O'Brien is using his professional connections to help him out in his still relatively new role as the skipper at BC, and the latest addition to the coaching room does just that.

DECATUR — June 26, 1940 - January 15, 2025 — On Wednesday, January 15, 2025, our Brother in Christ, John William “Bill” O’Brien Jr. of Decatur, Alabama, went home to be with his Lord ...

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