(01-06-2025, 05:32 PM)jagibelieve Wrote: Meh, I kind of get what Shad is trying to do.  A football franchise is a business/corporation.  Shad isn't and doesn't strike me as a micro-manager such as Jerry Jones in Dallas (how has that worked out for them?).  He hires executives to run the franchise (HC/GM).

The head coach is responsible for the coordinators/coaches under him.  Doug failed in this aspect.  Had Doug fired both coordinators earlier in the season he might still have a job today.

The general manager is responsible for personnel including players, scouting staff, coaches (to some extent) as well as managing the salary cap.  Trent has done a mediocre job at best, but I wouldn't say is a complete failure.

I'm not saying that I agree with Shad's decision(s), I just understand where he is coming from.

Quite a few fans were complaining and saying that coaching was the issue throughout the season.  Well, a new HC along with his own staff including coordinators/assistant coaches is coming next season.  The salary cap is in decent shape and the team has some draft capital so hopefully the GM will make good decisions regarding the draft/free agency.

This team still has a lot of young players with plenty of talent.  A turnaround next season certainly isn't out of the question.

I think this was what the main discussion was behind the scenes as to who was most responsible for this season. Shad said that his and the GMs job is to give the HC what they want. By that logic Baalke gave him the players/type of players Doug apparently asked for after last season. It's a tough thing to judge as we don't know what those conversations were and who ultimately had the final say on those decisions.

The one thing I didn't agree with from the Baalke-Shad press conference was they seemed to push the idea that he and Baalke had built a good roster and it was Doug and his staff that failed. The coaching staff definitely had a hand in this seasons failures but it felt a bit like what went wrong was Dougs fault and what went well was due to Baalke. Like Gabe Davis being bad was the coaching but BTJ was a good draft pick. Just felt a bit like history is written by the victor.

My main worry moving forward is with Baalke having one year left on his deal, if we have another bad season and he gets moved on does the new GM want to pick their own HC? If we have a good year with a new HC will that be used to vindicate Baalke rather than the new HC?

I just feel we're making it a lot more complicated than it has to be.

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