(12-23-2024, 11:42 AM)The Real Marty Wrote:

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

The way I see is it Khan clearly has no ability to evaluate the performance of the team or the people he's put in charge of it. He's shown through the years that he only accepts the reality of the situation when there is so much empirical evidence that even a blind man could see it. That's why people think we need an EVP. The EVP would do those things well, in theory, and it really shouldn't be hard to find someone that can grade the job the personnel and scouting department do, because you don't have to have a crystal ball to do it, just the ability to understand what you're watching.

We know that Baalke has been awful because when a playoff level of talent has been on the team Doug has gotten wins out of it. When the talent has been lost (due to age, injury, or cap casualty) the performance has regressed.

When blue chip guys like BTJ have been bumbled into those talents have succeeded under the current regime.

I don't think Doug needs to go, but I think Khan needs someone in charge who isn't Baalke, and it has to be accepted that whoever he hires to be in that position is going to have their own thoughts on Doug and who should be coaching.

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