(01-31-2022, 09:24 PM)Upper Wrote: I would have been fine with Pederson originally. Now that he is the disqualified suddenly circled back upon for whatever reason he is far less appealing now (not to mention several people who said his first interview was very unimpressive).

I could maybe get behind him if he sticks to his no Baalke guns, but if he is suddenly taking a second interview because he didn't receive nearly as much interest as he thought so he is going to work with Baalke because it's his only option then hell no. And I fear that is the case.

It could be that he floated conditions in the first talk, perhaps not as drastic as fire balke, that aren’t so bad now. On Balke specifically he may have said something like “I’ll work with him but all these other things must apply.”

If I remember, UM reported to Kahn, not balke. Maybe Kahn decided UM went wrong because the chain of command was poorly designed.  Balke would have certainly made that argument.  But pederson and others perhaps are saying they will only join if they also report direct to leadership and have personnel approvals. So now Kahn is going back and talking to people with a different model in mind.

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