(01-11-2024, 02:09 PM)Caldrac Wrote:

(01-11-2024, 01:50 PM)mikesez Wrote: If I'm Khan I pull Baalke aside and tell him "Stay in your lane.  Press answers to Doug, Doug answers to me." 
Then I hire an out of town law firm and ask them to investigate the dynamics of some of the bad decisions that the front office made, and separately, the bad decisions that the coaches made.  They would interview staff one on one deposition style, minimal advance notice of what questions will be asked.

To front office staff: Why was Luke Fortner drafted? Why was Snoop Connor drafted?  Why was Brenton Strange drafted? Why was Ben Bartch cut? Etc.

To coaching staff: Why has Luke Fortner started so many games? Did you try out anyone else at center? Explain the thought process on rushing Trevor back.  Are we observing the concussion protocol as strictly as we should?  Does Doug veto play calls in-game?

There are many other questions that could be asked, about the playbook, about what went wrong with Mike Caldwell, but the answer to these questions is probably less informative.  The big, root cause questions I mentioned are what need to be asked, because those are the things that they had plenty of time to think over and still got wrong.

I honestly think the solution is simple:

It's either one of two solutions.

1. Baalke out. New GM in.
2. Baalke remains. VP of Football Operations added to keep everybody in check with final say in personnel decisions.