(02-03-2022, 06:39 PM)Cleatwood Wrote:

(02-03-2022, 06:29 PM)flgatorsandjags Wrote: I understand it completely,  I never said I liked the way they went about this whole process, I haven't liked it at all.  They should of fired Baalke right after the season and then they could of likely got whoever they wanted with no issues with any of the candidates.  We don't know if Pederson was their first choice or not.  He was the first coach we brought in and it was rumored that Pederson didn't want to work for Baalke.  If Pederson said he he would of worked with Baalke he might of been offered the job first.  The reason Byron was offered the job is because he didn't say he wouldn't work with Baalke until the job was offered.  He should of brought it up in the first interview even though it would be awkward, or even in a private call. It was pretty clear from reports they knew Pederson didn't want to work with Baalke right off the bat.  Pederson was an afterthought from the first interview until Spielman came back into play.  Was rumored Tony Khan was also banging the table for Pederson

We know for a fact Pederson wasn’t the first choice because they didn’t offer him the job.

They offered it to Leftwich. And it wasn’t until a full month after Pedersons first interview and Leftwich telling them he didn’t want Baalke either did they circle back.

This is a disaster and no one is acting like we lost a SB winning coach. People are acting like the Jags have been incompetent the whole time and they let a good coach slip away. Regardless if you think Leftwich will be a good HC or not, they let a good coach who wanted to be here walk away because they can’t do anything right.

Where is this documented?  It's all rumoured here but I've seen it nowhere.  I put that gossip down to his agent trying to build hype and maximum interview opportunities that to genuine Jags leaking.  People here are jumping to the hype man's tune.  Follow the monied interests when considering leaks and you'll know where it's coming from and if it's worthwhile.

If Leftwich were lined up to interview with 6 of the 8 clubs then I would think the leaks are coming from the Jags as they try to convince everyone else to give up and pursue easier paths.  Seeing as Leftwich only got interviews with 2 of the 8 then I think it's much more likely the leaks are from his agent who is trying to get a few more clubs to talk to his guy.

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