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Who threw D.G under the bus....

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Was it all JR....was it Davis/Olsen...was it R.R...or a combination of the above. D.G's tenure saw the team win almost twice as many games as they lost, 2 NFC championships and 1 SB appearance. This doesn't happen on a whim. Something went down and went down hard. Will we ever know the truth?

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JR was willing to take the fall to protect the likes of TD and Olsen and prevent the impending bad press is my best guess.  It's a questionable move by a guy who's been criticized for running a franchise where there was never enough emphasis on winning.  

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3 minutes ago, LinvilleGorge said:

Probably Gettleman himself. You can do your job without being an asshole about it. He's shown quite a bit of history of getting into dick swinging contests. Don't wanna do that with the guy who signs your paychecks. You're gonna lose that one.

He's already burned bridges with Steve Smith and DeAngelo Williams - fan favorites that are our career leaders in receiving and rushing, along with a rising star in Josh Norman. Richardson had good reason to be concerned about blowback from Olsen and/or Davis.

Is it worth firing over? IDK.

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3 minutes ago, LinvilleGorge said:

Probably Gettleman himself. You can do your job without being an asshole about it. He's shown quite a bit of history of getting into dick swinging contests. Don't wanna do that with the guy who signs your paychecks. You're gonna lose that one.

JR knew the man he was hiring and what he was bringing to the table. A cold blooded business way of doing things and fixing the cap. JR couldn't even swing his dick if he wanted to.

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Kraft hasn't fired Belicheck.


Like I said in the main forum. If you look at people who run successful big businesses or corporations, they tend to have that "it's just business" attitude. I'm not saying Olsen doesn't deserve a contract extension, but Hurney put us in a bad spot by keeping guys around because they're "family". Once again, I don't want to lose Olsen, maybe you have to pay him. It's a fine line and I'm just curious as to what went down.


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Well, a culmination of rubbing guys the wrong way was Gettleman's undoing. So, he kinda slipped on that slippery slope that he loved to tread upon right up under the wheels. It's his own fault. If he were simply perceived as a nicer guy (even with refusing to overpay), maybe he'd still have his job.

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5 minutes ago, top dawg said:

Well, a culmination of rubbing guys the wrong way was Gettleman's undoing. So, he kinda slipped on that slippery slope that he loved to tread upon right up under the wheels. It's his own fault. If he were simply perceived as a nicer guy (even with refusing to overpay), maybe he'd still have his job.

Yep. You can only be unnecessarily abrasive for so long until you end up stepping in it. I agree with more decisions that Dave made than I disagree with, but his tact was quite often lacking at best and utterly absent at worst. 

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46 minutes ago, Jmac said:

 

Was it all JR....was it Davis/Olsen...was it R.R...or a combination of the above. D.G's tenure saw the team win almost twice as many games as they lost, 2 NFC championships and 1 SB appearance. This doesn't happen on a whim. Something went down and went down hard. Will we ever know the truth?

 

Rumor has it Gettleman suggested a Vegan-Gluten-Free, non-bojangles sweet Tea concessions menu. 

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19 minutes ago, LinvilleGorge said:

Yep. You can only be unnecessarily abrasive for so long until you end up stepping in it. I agree with more decisions that Dave made than I disagree with, but his tact was quite often lacking at best and utterly absent at worst. 

I agree.  I kind of suspect how Gettleman treated players had more to do with this than an unwillingness to give out big contracts. You can refuse to pay big contracts without being a douche about it.  I wouldn't be surprised if Jerry wants someone who makes the same decisions but with a softer touch.  

I don't have any inside info and that's probably just me projecting how I'd do things, though. 

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