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Tepper to pick the new coach


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Just now, Mr. Scot said:

Not really. He's just acknowledging Tepper making final decisions. That doesn't say anything about his status at all.

He also talked several times about planning for the team's future, which would indicate he's firmly involved in that.

He also said Wilks was in that conversation and his future is very much in doubt. Unless there is more info than just that quote I am missing both possibilities exist and I have seen nothing definite yet but what you would expect from someone trying to keep their job. Last night feels like Fritts being allowed to prove just that. If he was a lock I think that answer would have been different but that is just my opinion. 

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14 minutes ago, Waldo said:

What I read is that Fitts isn't a lock to stay yet and there isn't a locked in plan in place at this time.

Same. Moving a player like McCaffrey comes from the top. Sounded to me like we basically held an auction with a minimum reserve, no one actually hit the minimum reserve (a 1st) but Tepper and possibly Fitterer decided to settle on the best they could get.

Sucks for Wilks as he's really not being given a chance at all to have the interim tag removed. 

 

 

 

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1 minute ago, Waldo said:

He also said Wilks was in that conversation and his future is very much in doubt. Unless there is more info than just that quote I am missing both possibilities exist and I have seen nothing definite yet but what you would expect from someone trying to keep their job. Last night feels like Fritts being allowed to prove just that. If he was a lock I think that answer would have been different but that is just my opinion. 

If he weren't safe, it'd be pretty tough to imagine him being allowed to trade a star player.

I don't doubt that Fitterer and Morgan are safe. Wilks is still in the same position an interim coach is always in.

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Just now, panther4life said:

Same. Moving a player like McCaffrey comes from the top. Sounded to me like we basically held an auction with a minimum reserve, no one actually hit the minimum reserve (a 1st) but Tepper and possibly Fitterer decided to settle on the best they could get.

Sucks for Wilks as he's really not being given a chance at all to have the interim tag removed. 

 

 

 

Feels like a test and you are 100% right that Tepper allowed it...not sure who forced it because I can't confirm if CMC asked for the trade. That would change the dynamics of the evaluation. Too much unknown for absolutes IMO. 

Stinks that Wilks was never a candidate that has a chance to be able to fix or help our biggest issues. He can make the D play well but the O is beyond of his ability. He is auditioning to get back to DC IMO the rest of this year. 

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1 minute ago, Mr. Scot said:

If he weren't safe, it'd be pretty tough to imagine him being allowed to trade a star player.

I don't doubt that Fitterer and Morgan are safe. Wilks is still in the same position an interim coach is always in.

Lots of reasons he would be allowed to trade CMC and from the auditioning to keep his job angle it makes a lot of sense. I'm sure teams were calling anyways so the talk was in the air either way. 

I think Fritterer is safer today than yesterday. There is a lot of season left and they need to make it to the finish line to truly be safe. Things change and with people like Tepper that change isn't always predictable. 

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5 minutes ago, Mr. Scot said:

If he weren't safe, it'd be pretty tough to imagine him being allowed to trade a star player.

I don't doubt that Fitterer and Morgan are safe. Wilks is still in the same position an interim coach is always in.

 

5 minutes ago, mrcompletely11 said:

Gotta think fitt is safe.  

 

I would not assume that at all. If Tepper called for this move then Fitterer was just following orders and if that's the case this in no way indicates he has job security.

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2 minutes ago, Waldo said:

Lots of reasons he would be allowed to trade CMC and from the auditioning to keep his job angle it makes a lot of sense. I'm sure teams were calling anyways so the talk was in the air either way. 

I think Fritterer is safer today than yesterday. There is a lot of season left and they need to make it to the finish line to truly be safe. Things change and with people like Tepper that change isn't always predictable. 

From an "anything can happen" stance? Sure.

Is it likely though? I'd say definitively not.

And Josh Klein said what he said before any of this happened.

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1 minute ago, panther4life said:

I would not assume that at all. If Tepper called for this move then Fitterer was just following orders and if that's the case this in no way indicates he has job security.

Tepper didn't call for this move.

Not a single source has said anything of the sort.

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2 minutes ago, Mr. Scot said:

From an "anything can happen" stance? Sure.

Is it likely though? I'd say definitively not.

And Josh Klein said what he said before any of this happened.

Klein isn't Tepper and Frits hasn't said clearly he has more than anticipation and expectations on next year and the new coach. 

I expect it now, a lot more than yesterday. Hell I am more open to it now than I was yesterday. 

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39 minutes ago, Jaxel said:

I feel more comfortable with Fitterer making decisions like these that Rhule, I'll tell you that. With that being said, it does feel like he's walking on egg shells in the press conferences... not really a good sign to me.

I feel the same. I don’t think he is confident he will be here next season. I think Tepper hasn’t fired him because he needs someone to man the ship till the end of the season and Fitt probably has a similar feeling.

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2 minutes ago, Waldo said:

Klein isn't Tepper and Frits hasn't said clearly he has more than anticipation and expectations on next year and the new coach. 

I expect it now, a lot more than yesterday. Hell I am more open to it now than I was yesterday. 

You're reading pretty heavily into what was said.

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