(12-23-2024, 11:34 AM)NYC4jags Wrote:

(12-23-2024, 08:52 AM)Caldrac Wrote: At this point it's going to come down to the Khan family swallowing their pride and hiring someone that can do the job for them. They need an EVP. They were on the right track with Tom Coughlin. I know it may have soured quite a few people in that building 7 years ago, however, it did inject a change in the beginning and it may have made a difference.

They really do need to consider hiring a good football mind to oversee this franchise for them. To your point though, "Is it the coaches or the players?". It's a combination of both at this point. We're not getting things done from both perspectives with this franchise.

Hiring TC wasn't a bad concept, they just hired the wrong guy. 

The league and all of its contemporary dynamics had long passed him by and it was just never going to work out.

It was easy for everyone to buy in because of what he means to this city and the franchise, but he wasn't the right hire. 

The Khans have tried several approaches - and to their credit the careful variations of the hires were a noble effort.
They have just repeatedly hired the wrong guys. Not for lack of trying even if they held on to one regime way too long. My guess is they've learned from that by now. Fingers crossed on that. 

I think an " EVP / GM / HC " traditional hierarchy would be a welcome change here. 
No convolution of responsibility and accountability. 

I'd be good with that.

The BIGGEST element is having those three guys like each others' football philosophy and genuinely trust one another to get it right. That's the lighting in a bottle that's so hard to catch. And there's no guarantee it doesn't fizzle out in a few years. 

I'd also be fine with the Khans (along with the requisite help of a search committee like always) just hiring a quality GM who then leads their search for a quality HC. 

So, the question becomes "would an EVP insure they hire a better GM and who would that EVP be?"

If we have an EVP and he hires both the GM and the HC, we'd still be stuck with this question, is the problem with the coaches or the players?  And then would Khan have to fire the EVP?  It would be much simpler to have a search firm help Khan hire a GM, and have the GM hire the HC.  That way, the GM is entirely responsible for the results.  And if we suck again, we know whom to blame.  

Having the GM hire the HC would also ensure that the two of them are on the same page in terms of how to build the team.  

I think an EVP would be a distraction.  What would he do after he hires the GM and HC?  Work on Khan's yacht?

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