Bob Magaw
Footballguy
i can't wrap my mind around this (reported from several sources)...
when NFL franchises are worth hundreds of millions of $ (perhaps a few upwards of a billion), what is another $1-2 million per year... especially when it doesn't count towards the salary cap...
this seems to me to be thinking small & a loser mentality... maybe rex ryan, leslie frazier, winston moss or some other dark horse candidate could end up surprising... but why restrict yourself to a potential low budget, cheaper candidate... it could lead to a vicious circle... because you have less money, you can only afford a cheaper HC, which can lead to worse on field product and performance, poorer fan turnout & revenue, reduced TV exposure & marketing opps...
rinse & repeat...
is chip rosenbloom that miserly that he is going on the cheap due to a potentially immanent sale of the team?
while on the subject, did it bother any rams fans that they made no effort to go after a GM candidate of the caliber & pedigree of a pioli, but instead summarily put billy devaney in charge... a couple things about this... first of all, i don't think devaney should be held responsible for the mistakes made by his predecessors (ie - shaw & notably zygmunt)... also, no idea if pioli would be even remotely interested... from what i gather, reporter jay glazer suggested that the rams gig is the least desireable situation due to the cloud of uncertainty hanging over the unstable ownership situation, & commonly perceived management incompetence...
still, it would have been nice to see the team make some effort to land an upper tier GM candidate before "settling" for a n in-house candidate, after such a disastrous season & the apparent need for a clean sweep...
* i'm not suggesting a more expensive HC candidate NECESSARILY correlates to better performance (that would be ridiculous)... just that a candidate like spags is coveted for a reason... his higher price tag is a function of his consensus desireability... by restricting themselves in large part by financial criteria, they are ruling out potential great HCs before even interviewing them... maybe if they had the chance & were deeply, profoundly impressed by his leadership, communication skills, intelligence, organizational ability, plan for the defense & franchise as a whole, etc... they would deem he was worth the extra money... their miserly hiring strategy precludes them from these kinds of fortuitous discoveries right from the beginning...
when NFL franchises are worth hundreds of millions of $ (perhaps a few upwards of a billion), what is another $1-2 million per year... especially when it doesn't count towards the salary cap...
this seems to me to be thinking small & a loser mentality... maybe rex ryan, leslie frazier, winston moss or some other dark horse candidate could end up surprising... but why restrict yourself to a potential low budget, cheaper candidate... it could lead to a vicious circle... because you have less money, you can only afford a cheaper HC, which can lead to worse on field product and performance, poorer fan turnout & revenue, reduced TV exposure & marketing opps...
rinse & repeat...
is chip rosenbloom that miserly that he is going on the cheap due to a potentially immanent sale of the team?
while on the subject, did it bother any rams fans that they made no effort to go after a GM candidate of the caliber & pedigree of a pioli, but instead summarily put billy devaney in charge... a couple things about this... first of all, i don't think devaney should be held responsible for the mistakes made by his predecessors (ie - shaw & notably zygmunt)... also, no idea if pioli would be even remotely interested... from what i gather, reporter jay glazer suggested that the rams gig is the least desireable situation due to the cloud of uncertainty hanging over the unstable ownership situation, & commonly perceived management incompetence...
still, it would have been nice to see the team make some effort to land an upper tier GM candidate before "settling" for a n in-house candidate, after such a disastrous season & the apparent need for a clean sweep...
* i'm not suggesting a more expensive HC candidate NECESSARILY correlates to better performance (that would be ridiculous)... just that a candidate like spags is coveted for a reason... his higher price tag is a function of his consensus desireability... by restricting themselves in large part by financial criteria, they are ruling out potential great HCs before even interviewing them... maybe if they had the chance & were deeply, profoundly impressed by his leadership, communication skills, intelligence, organizational ability, plan for the defense & franchise as a whole, etc... they would deem he was worth the extra money... their miserly hiring strategy precludes them from these kinds of fortuitous discoveries right from the beginning...
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