I doubt Caldwell or Baalke are let go unless Pederson tells Shad that he wants them gone strongly. Also, Shad is the owner who generally keeps coaches, GMs and coordinators way too long rather than having a quick hook. And he already has fired 1 GM and 2 HC during the past 2 seasons. He will need a lot of convincing of adding a 2nd GM to that list even if most of the national media and fanbases wanted him gone last year.

I also don't have feeling Pederson is the type of guy to fire Caldwell in his rookie season as a DC after bringing him in to be that guy. Probably more likely trying to bring in some help with new/different Assistant DC or Quality Control coaches and/or position coaches first.

He may be more willing to have Baalke cut loose, but there have been zero rumblings about a front office/internal bickering or issues, so that also seems unlikely.

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(12-04-2022, 05:44 PM)wg171 Wrote:

(12-04-2022, 05:39 PM)Caldrac Wrote: Need to cut Baalke. Hire Rick Spielman who they entertained earlier this year for the role.

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Spielman would have fired Baalke I’m thinking. Or would have wanted to. Probably the reason Khan didn’t make a hire.

I got the feeling Kahn thought Baalke and Pederson got along well and were aligned. He probably was more like adding a new 3rd person with zero history working with either is more likely to create instability.

I never got the sense Baalke was in control of the Spielman thing. That was all Kahn.

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