Good article with info on Foxy and Hurney

[pnross19]

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/column...pat&id=3387219


Believe it or not, there are some coaches who don't want the duties of a general manager. Indianapolis' Tony Dungy and Carolina's John Fox are two examples of coaches who repeatedly have said they've got their hands full with on-field duties. Both coaches have balanced relationships with an executive -- Dungy with team president Bill Polian and Fox with general manager Marty Hurney.
Dungy has won a Super Bowl and Fox has been to one. They're examples that have been pointed to as more and more teams have gone to something closer to a 50-50 split in power in recent years.



Or take the case of Fox and Hurney. Fox was an assistant with the Chargers in the early 1990s when Hurney was a mid-level front-office worker. They forged a friendship that led to Fox getting the Carolina job after George Seifert's disastrous 1-15 season in 2001. Hurney had been director of football operations with Seifert holding all the personnel power. Hurney, who was about to be elevated to general manager, spearheaded the coaching search along with team president Mark Richardson. They settled on Fox, who had never been a head coach on any level. In his second season, Fox had the Panthers in the Super Bowl.
"I knew I could communicate with John and he could communicate with me,'' Hurney said. "And we knew we could trust each other. I think the communication and trust are the two most important things in that relationship.''
Said Fox: "A lot gets made about 'final say' around the league, and some people really get caught up in that. But if you make a move that not everybody's happy with when you make it, then everybody's probably going to be unhappy with that move down the road."



"John and I have plenty of disagreements,'' Hurney said. "But it's healthy to have disagreements because that's usually going to lead to good decisions. When we have those disagreements, we talk things out and that sometimes is when you're at your most productive. If one of us wants to do something and the other doesn't, we just ask each other why. It's easy to say yes or no, but you need to get to the why. Usually, when we hear why each of us feels the way we do, things make more sense and the decisions become more clear.''

[Cyberjag]

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[PntherPryd]

Not ross's fault though, I didn't title my thread very accurately.

I think the news here is that Yasinskas has a pertinent and interesting article.

[CBDellinger]

Originally Posted by PntherPryd

I think the news here is that Yasinskas has a pertinent and interesting article.

There's a 1st time for everything...

[ladypanther]

Originally Posted by PntherPryd

I think the news here is that Yasinskas has a pertinent and interesting article.

Originally Posted by CBDellinger

There's a 1st time for everything...

[BlindSite]

I enjoyed his book more than Rosinski's.

[Duekster]

I think HC/GM being a singular position is a major problem.

HC should pretty much have the ability to say no but not yes. Leave the contracts to someone else that way players slightly unhappy with a contract are not looking at the HC as the problem.