(03-16-2023, 08:28 PM)empty Wrote:

(03-16-2023, 08:03 PM)flgatorsandjags Wrote: Call the false news?  Lol  The one Tampa beat writer, can't remember his name, is the one that reported it that it was a done deal.  They were in talks with Byron and it was never a done deal, Byron was trying to play GM and bring in his own boss as a first time head coach and Shad wasn't having it. A few in the twitter world always want to be the first one to break the news whether they know if it's true or not, they might of seen the tweet first.

Yes, we were fully prepared to hire Leftwich until late in the negotiations where there was no agreement on who would be GM.  Dilla was the first to post anything with his "Lefthich is the new HC" tweet.  Talks fell through, and Rick Stroud and various Jags reporters later said it was almost a done deal.  As has been said numerous times, he absolutely jumped the gun on it and posted something that wasn't 100% a done deal, but that doesn't mean he didn't have info that it was close.

This is still unknown and he say she say.  I do believe he was a serious candidate but there were also a few others. Thats the whole point of the interview process, do all the interviews get all the info and then make a final decision.  Him reporting false information doesnt mean that he had inside info lol. The only ones that know this are the ones that were sitting in the interviews, which was likely just Shad and Baalke and I highly doubt either called or text him to let him know Byron was going to be the next coach.  The Raiders temp coach was also a serouous candidate

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