Consultant or Team President

[ras977]

19 hours ago, Mr. Scot said:

I've floated Omar Khan as a team president option before.

He's basically Kevin Colbert's second in command with the Steelers, and his background is more "analyst" than scout. Also said it'd be a huge coup if we could steal Colbert from the Steelers with a "promotion" but that ain't happenin'.

One thing: As our friend Woodie pointed out, it's possible the Rooneys might have asked Tepper not to poach any of their people till next season. That'd mesh with taking a year to get the lay of the land anyway (something many people expect Tepper to do).

If that's the case, a consultant seems far more likely.

Candidates for the consultant would include Ernie Accorsi, Ron Wolf, Charley Casserly, Tony Dungy, Carl Peterson and even our old friend Bill Polian.

(wouldn't that be interesting)

Reading it quickly--thought it was "Keary Colbert ".

[Mr. Scot]

3 minutes ago, ras977 said:

Reading it quickly--thought it was "Keary Colbert ".

Nah. Don't know what he's up to these days.

[Paa Langfart]

I thought the cheerleader lady was the team president.

[KB_fan]

1 minute ago, Paa Langfart said:

I thought the cheerleader lady was the team president.

She is COO, for now. But she's widely considered to be JR's puppet. It's not clear how qualified she is.... It's not just that she was a cheerleader, or hand-picked by Jerry. But having given no interviews / statements or any kind of public appearance adds to the impression that she is merely a figurehead. Fairly or unfairly.

[Paa Langfart]

1 hour ago, KB_fan said:

She is COO, for now. But she's widely considered to be JR's puppet. It's not clear how qualified she is.... It's not just that she was a cheerleader, or hand-picked by Jerry. But having given no interviews / statements or any kind of public appearance adds to the impression that she is merely a figurehead. Fairly or unfairly.

I  looked it up because I am confused about the difference between a president or coo or ceo and it can be the same position depending on how the team owner sets it up.  Apparently if differs from team to team and what one team calls a president another might call the CEO or COO or they might have both. 

Any way why could we not have a team president/CEO and hire a consultant as well?  Didn't we hire Acorsi when we still had a team president?  I would bet Acorsi advised on more than who to hire as a gm.

 

[Mr. Scot]

Our previous team president has a non-football role.

Titles and job descriptions in the NFL are extremely flexible. Most team presidents (among the few teams that have one) do have authority over football operations, though the top person in charge of most teams is the general manager.

There are actually several teams whose front office includes multiple vice presidents, but no president.

[Davidson Deac II]

1 hour ago, Mr. Scot said:

Our previous team president has a non-football role.

Titles and job descriptions in the NFL are extremely flexible. Most team presidents (among the few teams that have one) do have authority over football operations, though the top person in charge of most teams is the general manager.

There are actually several teams whose front office includes multiple vice presidents, but no president.

Most of the ones I read about don't.  Although some teams call him the CEO.  

IMO, it makes sense to split business and personnel operations.  GM's should focus exclusively on football,  while ticket sales/plane charters etc... should reside in anothe area.

[Mr. Scot]

15 minutes ago, Davidson Deac II said:

Most of the ones I read about don't.  Although some teams call him the CEO.  

IMO, it makes sense to split business and personnel operations.  GM's should focus exclusively on football,  while ticket sales/plane charters etc... should reside in anothe area.

Some of the guys who get the job - Polian, for example - are really just GMs with a different title.

Heck, technically you could call a guy Douchebag in Charge of Nothing in Particular if you wanted (there's probably at least a few guys who deserve it).

[The Righteous Troll]

PLEASE NO ERINE ACOSSI!!! All he is going to do is hire one of his old colleagues....Last time it was Dave Gettleman, this time it would be Jerry Resse 

[rayzor]

On 5/23/2018 at 8:17 PM, Mr. Scot said:

I've floated Omar Khan as a team president option before.

He's basically Kevin Colbert's second in command with the Steelers, and his background is more "analyst" than scout. Also said it'd be a huge coup if we could steal Colbert from the Steelers with a "promotion" but that ain't happenin'.

One thing: As our friend Woodie pointed out, it's possible the Rooneys might have asked Tepper not to poach any of their people till next season. That'd mesh with taking a year to get the lay of the land anyway (something many people expect Tepper to do).

If that's the case, a consultant seems far more likely.

Candidates for the consultant would include Ernie Accorsi, Ron Wolf, Charley Casserly, Tony Dungy, Carl Peterson and even our old friend Bill Polian.

(wouldn't that be interesting)

Do not particularly want Accorsi, definitely don't want casserly or polian.

[rayzor]

I actually would be talking to Danny Morrison tho. 

[Squirrel]

13 minutes ago, rayzor said:

I actually would be talking to Danny Morrison tho. 

Yeah he seemed to do a good job when he was there. Also could see what he thinks of the current front office and changes he would make. 

[Mr. Scot]

15 minutes ago, rayzor said:

I actually would be talking to Danny Morrison tho. 

Even if it's a football role, though?

I don't believe Morrison was an enabler or anything, but to bring him back you still have to account for the close association with Richardson.

[Mr. Scot]

1 hour ago, The Righteous Troll said:

PLEASE NO ERINE ACOSSI!!! All he is going to do is hire one of his old colleagues....Last time it was Dave Gettleman, this time it would be Jerry Resse 

They all hire their friends. That's why you have to pick the right consultant.

To be fair, Accorsi just sets up the interviews. It's the team that makes the decision. And the guy that got the Detroit job (Quinn) was not an Accorsi colleague.

If we're talking Accorsi friends though, I think Kevin Abrams gets a call before Jerry Reese. Marc Ross might too.