(10-21-2019, 05:27 PM)NYC4jags Wrote:

(10-21-2019, 05:19 PM)JagFan81 Wrote: This is where I'm torn. I agree with what you say, that very likely would have been the way the press would go with it. I do think though, even if it's an interview on the website, he could say something. But then I think it's just going to be Ramsey questions and go the first way anyway. I did feel sorry for Marrone having to field those questions and not having any answers. It looks from the outsude that it's a pretty chaotic FO setup which is very un-Coughlin

What gives you the impression the FO is "chaotic?"

I don't know if I would call it "chaotic," but the problem I have with the current structure is that it is hard to assign responsibility for anything.  Who's in charge of drafting?  Who's in charge of player discipline?  Why is the front office confronting a player about his behavior?  

I know we're not necessarily supposed to know all this stuff, but look at how we argue all the time among ourselves about who made what draft pick, who decided to hire a particular free agent, etc.  Does the EVP just hang around and override the GM or the coach whenever he feels like it?  That's not a good structure.  If you have a GM who needs that kind of supervision, then you need a new GM.  Same deal with the coach.  

We've seen this kind of dysfunction all over the league, when someone above the GM (usually an owner) insists on a draft pick.  It's a bad structure.  We seem to have created a position which we call Executive Vice President of Football Operations, but can better be described as "Designated Meddler."

I know Ramsey was wrong, and he probably had to be dealt, but any decent supervisor knows that you do not confront an employee when they are in a very emotional state.   It was a very bad decision to drag Ramsey into a room right after a loss, right after he and the head coach had a pretty major confrontation, and have any kind of conversation with him about it.  This is management 101.  That was nothing but a front office temper tantrum.  Very bad management.

---