During a recent interview on The Breakfast Club, Patriots owner Robert Kraft said he fired coach Bill Belichick, Khari A. Thompson of The Boston Globe reports.

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. People need to adapt,” Kraft added. “People need to adapt and if they don’t, things can change. In life, it’s about getting good chemistry and trust and I feel that our record the last three or four years wasn’t what I wanted.”

The Patriots held a press conference announcing the decision to move on from Belichick last January at Gillette Stadium. Kraft and Belichick both made statements. Belichick did not take questions from the media at the event. Kraft returned after Belichick had left to field questions from the press.

Kraft said, at the time, that it was an amicable split. Belichick said he will carry the memories of coaching the Patriots with him for the rest of his life. Kraft lauded Belichick as the best coach in NFL history.

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