Quote:Who knows, but when asked directly if it was possible the team hires is next coach as a guy Dave isn't fully convinced of he said that's distinctly possible and that it was that way for Gus, which was quite the shock to myself. I always thought Gus was Dave's guy all the way. Really changes my perspective on Dave knowing Gus is on someone else, likely Tony Khan.

 

No, he did not say that.  

 

He was asked about hiring a new coach, and whether he could hire someone he didn't have a previous relationship with, and he said, he did that with Gus.  He had no previous relationship with Gus.   

 

Then someone posted on this message board that he was asked if he would hire someone he didn't feel comfortable with, and that Dave had said, he did it with Gus.  

 

But that wasn't the question.   The question was, would he have any hesitation to hire someone he didn't have a previous relationship with.  Not, would he hire someone he was not comfortable with.

 

Gus was Dave's choice.   I remember  Dave talked a couple of years ago about how blown away he was by Gus in the interview process, and how he recommended Gus to Shad Khan, saying, this is our guy. 

 

In fact, read this.   I dug this up from the internet. 

 

https://www.questia.com/newspaper/1G1-32...ew-quickly

 

"What Caldwell did tell everybody was hiring Bradley was a slam-dunk decision once they met for more than 12 hours on Wednesday."

 

and...

 

"But during a set of talks that lasted more than 12 hours, Bradley had a tour de force interview that earned him a job offer and a four-year contract."

 

"After the day with Gus, I knew our visions were aligned," Caldwell said. "It was an easy decision."

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