What the Patriots’ Season Says About Leadership in Rhode Island
This year, the Patriots weren’t supposed to make it to the Super Bowl.
They were coming off a 4–13 season, and the team was young.
Nearly 30 players on the 53-man roster were in their first or second year in the league.
That’s not a recipe most analysts would have picked for a championship run, and yet, they got there.
They didn’t do it with decades of experience.
They did it with energy, adaptability, and a willingness to grow together.
Young players stepped into real responsibility.
Coaches trusted them. Veterans supported them.
And something powerful happened…
They gelled.
They became a unit.
They competed on the biggest stage in sports.
That’s not an accident. That’s culture.
And it’s a reminder that newness isn’t a weakness.
Sometimes newness is exactly what you need.
Newness helps you look at old problems with fresh eyes, and you don’t accept “that’s how we’ve always done it” as the final answer.
You question it.
You rethink it.
You improve it.
There’s a lesson here for Rhode Island.
For decades, we’ve elected many of the same people year after year, and while experience has value, we have to be honest: if the results aren’t improving, doing more of the same won’t change the outcome.
Property taxes are still high.
Housing affordability is still a challenge.
Our business climate still struggles nationally.
Infrastructure projects still take too long and cost too much.
Electing the same leadership over and over, and expecting a different result, isn’t a strategy. It’s insanity.
The Patriots didn’t cling to what wasn’t working.
They brought in new coaches, new players, new energy, and new ideas and trusted them to perform.
That doesn’t mean experience doesn’t matter.
It means experience must be paired with accountability and results.
As someone running for State Senate in District 36, I’m not a career politician.
I’m not climbing a political ladder.
I’ve built businesses and managed complex operations.
I’m also the General Manager of one of the most successful beach destinations in Rhode Island.
I’ve had to make payroll, balance budgets, and solve real problems.
My responsibilities do not allow me the to make make excuses or pass the buck.
With all my heart, I believe Rhode Island can compete again, if we’re open to new leadership.
New perspective isn’t reckless.
New energy isn’t naïve.
New leadership isn’t dangerous.
Sometimes it’s exactly what’s needed to move forward.
The Patriots proved something this year: you don’t have to be the most experienced roster in the league to compete.
You just need a clear culture, accountability, and a group of people pulling in the same direction.
District 36 deserves that kind of leadership.
We don’t need drama, pie in the sky ideology or recylced solutions.
We need to be disciplined, results-focused and forward-looking.
And that’s what I’m running to be part of.
