(01-30-2022, 01:57 PM)Firesky Wrote: Khan stated after ousting Meyer that he would take more time this hiring cycle and really do his due diligence on all the candidates that are out there. Now that he's actually doing that everyone is losing their minds, I think Byron is definitely still in the lead but until we hear rumors confirmed no news is good news. I don't think this speaks to any dysfunction, because Khan is doing exactly what he said he's doing. He could be having private talks with Jim Harbaugh, he could be trying to coax a Hall of Fame Coach out of retirement like Tony Dungy. I really believe Khan is leaving no stone unturned but still has an idea of what to do.

It definitely is more reflective on the national media and how out of touch they are with Jacksonville. They don't care enough during the regular season so they look at box scores and paint us with broad strokes as they railroad the narrative. They have exactly zero outside of Baalke leaks (which aren't leaks but more spin I would say) and since they can't just report nothing they default to their typical tactic of calling us dysfunctional, a dumpster fire etc. Think back to any time since the fall of Sacksonville, the takes about this team are braindead and had little research put into them, that hasn't changed, if these national talking heads dont care to cultivate the relationships during our poor regular seasons (because we're "not worth covering") they won't have any insight when there's an actual story to cover like right now.

tl;dr - Khan is doing exactly what he said he'd do, that doesn't mean the search is going south. National Media types as usual have no idea what's going on in Jacksonville and they're mad about it so they default to calling us bad.

You're joking, right?  Or not?

Khan selected seven or eight people for a first interview, then he selected three for a second interview, two of them got hired by other teams and the only remaining candidate said he wouldn't work with Trent Baalke.  
So then he picks another guy to do a first interview but this guy is already about to do a second interview with the Vikings.  The Vikings get to do a second interview because They did a first interview already, we don't get to interview the guy for a second interview until he's out of the playoffs.  So the Vikings will finish their second interview and if they offer him a job we have to find yet another candidate to do a first interview.  

So two months after we knew we were going to need a head coach we are still scouring the market for guys to bring in for a first interview.

And you don't think that's dysfunctional?

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