Mr. Scot

That's... an understatement. He really could use someone to help him with his public speaking though. Every time he gets in front of the press, it tends to come off badly.

Except the owner... (who then did the opposite)

GMs should be hired before I head coaches too, but we got that part ass backwards. Also true that head coaches shouldn't be getting full control but again...

Nah. I liked Hackett based as much as anything on the staff he could put together with his and his dad's connections. He didn't, and it's not going well. That said, his story is far from over and he's already admitted to mistakes (not something you see often) so who knows?

That still baffles me.

Only if he's absolutely tied to Quinn. He isn't.

I can't see Payton, or Harbaugh honestly, taking this job with less control than Rhule had. Tepper indicated he's not going that route again, so...

It doesn't matter if you agree with me or not. And It's not just according to me.

I don't have to. She reminds me...daily

More like whatever helps me avoid getting into a protracted discussion with someone who likes to troll...

Wait...is it still football season?

Thanks. I know that's where he's from and that's where he got all his experience. Haven't looked that closely into the circumstances around this move (one of those "down the road" things). I also know the Spanos family is...unpredictable. (among other things)

Most of the guys that are associated with Quinn fall in the category of good, not great. They can run a decent offense but not so good that anybody's looking at them for a head coaching job. That's...okay

If the Chargers wind up having an opening, I could see Steichen being the guy to fill it. But yeah, the focus right now seems to be on Wilks. That's one reason why I'm not putting too much effort into coaching profiles just yet because there's way too many potential candidates. Well that, plus Lady Cowboy Fan just had her third surgery and recovery is going kinda rough

If you say so

I was gonna say... Mind you, I do wonder what will happen if Rhule actually does try to offer "his side of the story" at some point.

Because I have the ability to separate coaching from personnel. If you can't, well...

Yeah. And hell, it's not even something you're going to see any progress on for some time to come since GMs don't really do a whole lot midseason.

And the contract structure, and the full power...

Your memory might be a tad...off.

Apparently he can't...

Said in the other thread that I think the best hope for Quinn to get a great OC might be if he reaches for someone to whom he doesn't have a prior connection. The question is how likely that would be to happen.

Rhule and Tepper's GM hire process had a very "thesis - antithesis - synthesis" feeling to it. They each suggested their own candidates than debated between them, in the process knocking out guys who had connections to Rhule (Ireland, Peters, Stewart) and pretty much throwing everybody that Tepper suggested out the window. Fitterer didn't actually enter the process until later at a time when Rhule and Tepper were looking to expand the list of candidates. He was certainly qualified (he'd had three or four GM interviews prior to that and was well respected around the league) and finally became someone they could agree on. Not really a fan of either at the guys who picked him but I think this is one of those cases where they might have stumbled on the right answer.

Early on, Tepper seemed to think that people who were good at one thing (soccer, for example) would automatically also be good at something else (like football). Jerry Richardson had that same notion, and it worked out equally as well (i.e. not at all). Likewise, Tepper repeated another Richardson mistake, that being trusting the wrong people. In one case, the exact same person (Marty Hurney).

Yeah, he does. And he's made it clear numerous times that he's aware of how fans perceive him. I don't necessarily think that's a good thing.