Who should be the next GM?

[OS PA]

So what you're all saying is if we hire Ball to be our new GM, McCarthy would leave? If that happens then we'll surely lure Bill Belichick away from his "unhappy home" with NE. Right...?

[beveaux1]

So what you're all saying is if we hire Ball to be our new GM, McCarthy would leave? If that happens then we'll surely lure Bill Belichick away from his "unhappy home" with NE. Right...?

Are you the source of that information?

[gbgary]

This is dumb. The coach shouldn't have that much power.

it's about the "fit."

[gbgary]

belichick, carroll, do you think those guys don't have personnel input? belichick has all the personnel power. i think MM wants, and should, have more power in that area.

[alquaal]

This seems like a tough position for any new gm. A head coach wanting more power and the former gm, a well known iron fisted control freak, still with the team "advising".

[pbmax]

belichick, carroll, do you think those guys don't have personnel input? belichick has all the personnel power. i think MM wants, and should, have more power in that area.

Nope. People against having a cap guy in charge should REALLY be upset about a HC with personnel authority.

It works out far, far less. For every Belichick, there is Jeff Fisher, Chip Kelly, Mike Sherman and Nick Saban.

[mraynrand]

just heard Reggie McKenzie turned down an interview request with the Packers.

I would turn it down too. Probably their token black for the Rooney Rule. I would hate that.

[BZnDallas]

This is dumb. The coach shouldn't have that much power.

If you're gonna let me cook dinner, why can't I choose the ingredients? Wasn't that a Parcelsism?

Not saying I agree 100%, but not saying I disagree 100% either...

But I do want them all on the same page, and not sure how to do that without input from all of them.

[BZnDallas]

I would turn it down too. Probably their token black for the Rooney Rule. I would hate that.

Is the Rooney Rule enforced on GM or just HC or coordinators too?

[gbgary]

Nope. People against having a cap guy in charge should REALLY be upset about a HC with personnel authority.

It works out far, far less. For every Belichick, there is Jeff Fisher, Chip Kelly, Mike Sherman and Nick Saban.

if MM is having to deal with a finance guy as a gm then he should have some power in personnel matters. MM knows what he needs, and who can help, more than anyone there. they're not there to win the cap championship. if that were the case the browns would be holding the trophy.

[gbgary]

Is the Rooney Rule enforced on GM or just HC or coordinators too?

GMs and HCs i think.

[BZnDallas]

GMs and HCs i think.

I thought so too at first. But I can't think of any GM or coordinator that needed to pass the rule.

[woodbuck27]

GMs and HCs i think.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rooney_Rule

" The Rooney Rule is a National Football League policy that requires league teams to Interview minority candidates for head coaching and senior football operation jobs."

[Smidgeon]

In somewhat related news, the Vikings would not let the Packers interview George Paton.

They obviously don't follow the dictates of Wolf-ism, which as espoused on this board means let them go anywhere, even in the Division.

I thought if a GM had roster control, they couldn't be blocked from an interview. Apparently not true?

[pbmax]

I thought if a GM had roster control, they couldn't be blocked from an interview. Apparently not true?

A good question, the theory I saw was that with their season still going, they do not have to grant interviews except in the specially designated windows.

Its possible it was a courtesy the Packers extended to them; they may abide by it even when they could force it.