(01-28-2022, 12:02 PM)jagshype Wrote:

(01-28-2022, 11:50 AM)JaggedSioux Wrote: Fair point. I wouldn't even be opposed to making Schotty the head coach and having Bev as the OC because I think they worked well together once they were out of the shadow of the big, bad twitch finger.
More importantly, I believe Trevor made his biggest strides as a pro once Meyer was gone.

This is madness
Neither have earned a Head Coaching job.

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(01-28-2022, 12:02 PM)Jaguarmeister Wrote: If rumors are true about what has transpired and what the hold up is, I can’t fault Khan for having reservations.

Remove your personal feelings about the specific parties involved and pretend you own a business and have a high level position open.  You’ve interviewed several candidates and the top one has never done the job before but is telling you to fire someone in your building he doesn’t care for as a condition of his employment.  I think in most cases you’d tell that candidate to piss off.  NFL is different than most businesses, but the way you’d feel about that scenario probably doesn’t change regardless of the industry.

To add, Khan has to think that the situation here is good with having a franchise QB already on the roster, extra draft picks and plenty of cap space.  Why would you concede anything in negotiation in such a situation?

I wouldnt take a job if I didnt feel like I could succeed with someone in the building.
I commend Leftwich for demanding something that he feels would help him succeed.
Time is on Leftwich's side.
Jags are in a bad negotiating spot created by themselves.

Ok good for you.  It sounds like you decided not to put yourself in ownership's shoes though.  There are plenty of people who would take this job and in the hypothetical above about putting yourself in the business owner's shoes you should probably feel the same way about a position you are hiring for.  Leverage shifts when you have a candidate that has not only done it before, but done it very well.  That's where you generally consider making concessions.  Or possibly if the candidate is highly coveted and you think he is significantly better than the other options.  Maybe these other interviews Byron gets will force Shad's hand, but I get the feeling it won't.

This isn't an endorsement of Baalke. I've said he probably needs to go, but I'm emotionally unattached to the outcome of that.  He's clearly proven himself in some way to Khan though.  And if that's the case, then I completely understand Khan not conceding to such a request.  Understanding it doesn't necessarily mean agreeing with it.

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