(01-27-2022, 10:21 AM)Mikey Wrote: Yeah, I get that. I hadn't seen anyone hear shouting from the rooftops that Byron is anywhere near officially hired.
There's a very good chance that if Dilla's source is close to the owner, and the owner is wowed by Byron, that yeah, it's going to happen or the wheels are going in that direction.
There was nothing concrete in his tweet.

Once again, as with damn near everything on this board, everyone has to pick a side. It's either "Dilla is a prescient god who must not be doubted" or "Dilla is a dumma". Byron is either the solution to every problem, or he's just a continuation of everything wrong with the franchise. It's frickin exhausting.

Like you said, Dilla has shown over time that his sources (instincts, guesses, what the heck ever) tend to be reliable. If he indicates that the team is leaning in Byron's direction, it's probably believable that they are.

Yea at the end of the day Dilla is just a regular guy that knows someone in the building (or knows someone that does) that gives him info.  And he posts it on twitter without verifying if final or not.  Just hears the rumors and posts them.   Not knocking that because it's fun to hear the rumors but things in that building can change quickly.  And I don't think Dilla is unique in knowing folks in the building.  I've known a number of people on these boards over the years and have dropped info from things they've heard.  One of our family friends works directly for Shad in a non football capacity for the Jags who often spends gamedays in the owners box.  When I'm down in Jax and if we talk football, he'll drop some interesting nuggets but not everything comes true.  Just because folks in the building want to move in a direction doesn't mean it always happens.  

As far as the national media, these guys are often just getting info from agents and front office in order to create leverage or change narratives.  Often they are just being used but they get "credit" for being first with the story.  Which frankly I've always found to be odd that so many people are interested in that.  It's not like football media is breaking interesting stories or doing deep dive investigations.  Typically stories that come out are done so because teams, players, and agents want those stories out.

Anyways it sounds very likely the Jags want Leftwich, Leftwich wants to come here, but something happened.  Either negotiation tactics to get more money, more control, etc... who knows.  I'm sure we'll hear the real story when all is said and done.

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