Quote:If anything, hiring Coughlin as vp of football operations is more of a sign that Khan didn't trust himself, not Dave.

 

THIS.

 

The only "power" Dave Caldwell lost is that the HC no longer reports to him, but directly to TC.

 

TC is effectively "Owner by Proxy".  Dave is still very much the GM.  He has just as much say and just as much power with personnel as he did a week ago.  The only difference is, instead of Khan holding the Veto button, TC holds it now.

 

Shad basically brought TC in to provide experience and insight to the ownership level that has been lacking.  He effectively said "Ya know, I don't think Tony and I know as much about Football as we need to in order to run this correctly" and he brought in someone who COULD do that.

 

Dave will still make the picks.


Dave will still handle the Free Agents.

 

Instead of reporting to Shad, he reports to TC now. 

 

That doesn't suddenly mean he has to "mother may I" every single decision he makes.  It means on the major decisions, instead of it being a "check with Khan" moment, it's now a "check with TC" moment.

 

TC is basically an experience buffer between Ownership and Management.  Sounds like a move a smart business man would make to me.

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