(12-12-2021, 05:35 PM)DTWD4∞ Wrote:

(12-08-2021, 10:09 AM)Mikey Wrote: Had Pederson not tanked the last game, he might have been in the running, but I have a feeling that negative press was an instant deal breaker for Shad. Pederson needed some time away for that subject to die down.

I said from day one hiring the coach before the GM was a bad move (it may be working in CLE, they hired Stefanski first, but exceptions do not always make a new rule), and especially with the tools that we had, it almost mandated that we bring in someone familiar with scouting, draft, development, and FA acquisition. We did the very opposite, and have dookie to show for our headline-grabbing hire.

Let's say you were/ are right. Who would you have preferred as GM? Which HC would you have preferred?

No idea if I had a GM candidate in mind, but in-house default was not on the radar at all. For HC, I was looking to Daboll, Bienemy or someone else well versed in both NFL talent and QB/offensive development. I would have even settled for a prior coach like Garrett.

Heck, once we got rid of Todd Wash I assumed the rest was gravy. Boy was I wrong.

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