I find it hard to believe he had no idea of how balls are prepped for games. A lifer control freak like him? Nope.
I thought the same thing until I heard him speak. He was very specific in saying that in his 40 years of coaching football, it’s something he’s never considered.
He’s interacted with a lot of players and coaches over those years who can contradict him.
The other thing is that Brady has more interest in customizing the football, and he is the one involved in the process of choosing the 12 game balls.
It is a little bit hard to believe that he knew nothing until the next morning. The story is that the testing and replacing of game balls was going on during the game, on the sidelines. It is hard to believe that the referees substituted approved Colts balls for the second half and the head coach of the Pats knew nothing about that. That in itself is a story.