(12-28-2019, 11:23 PM)MalabarJag Wrote: I think Coughlin was hired because Khan didn't feel capable of running the team, or didn't want to put in the time and effort it would take to do the job properly. He was hired to replace Khan, not Caldwell. If Khan was not satisfied with Caldwell back then he would simply have replaced him with Coughlin. I though that at the time and I still do. 

What I have read since then is that, rather than taking an overseeing executive role, Coughlin decided to micromanage the team. He dictated personnel decisions and salary decisions, and involved himself in coaching during practices. He did things far beyond what Khan intended. Khan was already not happy with Coughlin since he said that Coughlin would have been fired at the end of the season anyway if the NFLPA hadn't forced the issue.

I could be wrong about all of this, but it all fits together into a neat package. The only question remaining is just how far Coughlin went in overriding Marrone and Caldwell.