Prerequisites to Assistant GM interviews

[Mr. Scot]

Mind you, teams can still say "yes" to interview requests if they want to, but if they aren't feeling especially generous or just prefer to hang on to their front office personnel, Getzenberg and Cabot confirm they have grounds to block us.

[4Corners]

Sorry man but this thread was already created under a different name. Mods please merge. 

[Snake]

I seriously doubt we get a real candidate for this position for that exact reason. 

[Pantha-kun]

If Tepper believes in Hurney so much then why does he need an assistant GM? 

 

[Jmac]

This "assistant GM" BS is just lame. If a GM needs an assistant to hold his hand and not fug up, then he need not be the GM. Here's looking at you M.H.

[Mr. Scot]

2 minutes ago, Snake said:

I seriously doubt we get a real candidate for this position for that exact reason. 

We could, as long as 1) somebody is okay with what they feel is a lateral move 2) the person we're looking at is out on contract and doesn't need permission or 3) the person we want is fairly low on the totem pole (but then why would we want them?)

But yeah, it might not be so easy.

 

[Mr. Scot]

4 minutes ago, Pantha-kun said:

If Tepper believes in Hurney so much then why does he need an assistant GM?

His official statement was that you really need two people to run a team, but that could easily be bullsh-t. Lots of people have speculated that whoever gets this job is basically Marty's replacement after the next draft.

But if teams aren't willing to let desired targets interview for what they see as a lateral move, then what?

[PanthersBigD]

Everyone in here blaming Hurney for this. Did it ever occur to any of you that this might be a stipulation of Rhule? That he doesn't want someone else having final say over the roster, and Hurney sticking around so far has been contingent on his being agreeable to not having full say? I think it's more likely that's the case, and everyone is letting Hurney take the heat. No way Tepper throws that much at Rhule and then lets the outgoing GM stop him from getting top flight, long term talent. 

[raz]

4 minutes ago, PanthersBigD said:

Everyone in here blaming Hurney for this. Did it ever occur to any of you that this might be a stipulation of Rhule? That he doesn't want someone else having final say over the roster, and Hurney sticking around so far has been contingent on his being agreeable to not having full say? I think it's more likely that's the case, and everyone is letting Hurney take the heat. No way Tepper throws that much at Rhule and then lets the outgoing GM stop him from getting top flight, long term talent. 

i'm with you that rhule and his associates have been better at talent evaluation because of having to be.   i think you're right about final say, and i hope final say on draft picks

[Harbingers]

6 minutes ago, PanthersBigD said:

Everyone in here blaming Hurney for this. Did it ever occur to any of you that this might be a stipulation of Rhule? That he doesn't want someone else having final say over the roster, and Hurney sticking around so far has been contingent on his being agreeable to not having full say? I think it's more likely that's the case, and everyone is letting Hurney take the heat. No way Tepper throws that much at Rhule and then lets the outgoing GM stop him from getting top flight, long term talent. 

No. This is 100% Hurney. If it was rhule he’d be putting his own guy in there. 

[Harbingers]

So much dumb. Tepper. Stop being a fuging idiot about Hurney they dude hasn’t given you a winning season and hasn’t given this team a winning season since what. 2008?

[Mr. Scot]

8 minutes ago, PanthersBigD said:

Everyone in here blaming Hurney for this. Did it ever occur to any of you that this might be a stipulation of Rhule? That he doesn't want someone else having final say over the roster, and Hurney sticking around so far has been contingent on his being agreeable to not having full say? I think it's more likely that's the case, and everyone is letting Hurney take the heat. No way Tepper throws that much at Rhule and then lets the outgoing GM stop him from getting top flight, long term talent. 

Maybe because he specifically said he didn't want personnel control?

Mike Garafolo reported it a while back when he was being considered for the Giants. He wants control over his staff and aspects of the program, but wasn't looking for final say on personnel.

[PanthersBigD]

1 minute ago, Mr. Scot said:

Maybe because he specifically said he didn't want personnel control?

Mike Garafolo reported it a while back when he was being considered for the Giants. He wants control over his staff and aspects of the program, but not personnel.

He also said he was staying at Baylor. People say a lot of things. I'm not suggesting anything sinister like him wanting to be some kind of autocrat, simply that perhaps he wants someone 'on the same page/part of his process' to be the one pulling the trigger on draft day, and this guy wasn't it. 

[raz]

3 minutes ago, Mr. Scot said:

Maybe because he specifically said he didn't want personnel control?

Mike Garafolo reported it a while back when he was being considered for the Giants. He wants control over his staff and aspects of the program, but wasn't looking for final say on personnel.

booooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!       not at you, but at hurney