I disagree with the first sentence entirely.
If Bob Kraft had simply left the entire situation thanking Bill Belichick as the greatest coach of all time, and standing by the "mutual parting of ways," there isn't even a discussion.
Instead, we got this:
"The tension between Bill and Tom was clear. I asked Tommy to come over to my house and air out what was going on," Kraft said. "Tommy and Gisele came to my house and they were really upset. I had Gisele say, 'That effing Belichick, he doesn't treat my Tommy like a man.' She thought Bill was disrespectful to Tommy and that it was time to move on. I realized how bad the situation was. And I said, 'Look, Tommy, if you wanna go, I'll work it out so you can go.'"
What did "Tommy" say about this meeting?
"Yeah, I mean," Brady said, trying to cut off the question before a long gaze into the void. "Yeah, there are things that I'd like to keep to myself. Look, there's no perfect relationship, you know. And there's things that are said and are done that can't be [unsaid] or undone."
When asked about their communication breaking down between Bill/Tom, we got this:
"Basically it was a silent relationship. Before, there had been tension. But now it was just totally dysfunctional," Kraft said of Brady and Belichick.
And while Brady didn't want to explore the negative memories too much, he did admit, "We just didn't talk a lot."
Then Kraft gave us this gem:
"Tommy is the greatest in the 100-year history of the game, and I think he represented a threat to Bill's full power. He didn't want Tommy there," Kraft said.
Bill's statement: "For a head coach, all the relationships are very important. It starts at the top with ownership, and it can derail some positive and constructive progress if those things don't work out well."
More Kraft:
"And so when you come to the decision, you know, Brady or Belichick, I thought back to the Eagles Super Bowl. Tommy threw over 500 yards but Bill made a tremendous error. I credited Bill with that loss. To be honest, my head coach is a pain in the tush. But I was willing to put up with it as long as we won. So for the next Super Bowl, I wanted to keep an eye on him," Kraft said. "After winning that Super Bowl, I thought what an amazing defensive job our staff did under the leadership of Bill. So if I ever thought that Bill was losing it as a head coach and couldn't perform, he had reestablished himself. At that point, Tommy understood that Bill would be the head coach for a number of years going forward."
On the end:
Brady:
He added: "Life is very imperfect and relationships are imperfect, but ... I'm very proud of our journey. It was hard. But, um … but it was great."
While the ending got ugly, it's clear Brady doesn't want to remember it that way.
"In the end, you look back," an emotional Brady said. "And seeing that whole journey, you know, it's perfect. It doesn't need to be more than that."
"My teammates, Robert, Jonathan, their whole family, everyone I know so closely, Bill, his family … I have unbreakable bonds with those people," Brady said. "I've been through it all with them."
Bill:
"I have great love, respect and appreciation for all the people that have given so much to help the team," Belichick said. "I tried to help it in my way, but we all play a part in it, and we all need each other."
Folks don't need narratives in this situation. We have two guys in Bill and Tom who have publicly taken the high road at every turn, and then there's Kraft. There's really not more to it than that, at least for me.