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I like Ray a lot. He's a mean bastard with speed. He would be a freaking beast in a 3-4 set-up. How does he compare to his distracting former teammate?

I thought from the beginning that Marshall in Chicago would have a short shelf life and believe we have gotten lucky so far that his outbursts have been so relatively tame.

Wait, let's let Jersey weigh in Listen you child porn advocating sociopath, did I offend you somehow?

Why is this the first I am hearing of this outrage?!?!?

I successfully introduced my 5 y/o to live hockey (which she loved) while also reiterating that the Blackhawks are actually our team while njd are just the hometown team.

No need to be any more patient than with anybody else.

I think your categories are arbitrary and not helpful.

"Vision" is meaningless. They need a gm.

I'm not hung up on the Philips situation and I do not think others should be. A quality GM/coach combo can easily win with this ownership/president set-up. Ted is effectively the business guy. Agreed. The fact that they're bringing in Accorsi to be the voice of football reason makes me feel better about the situation. I have no idea how qualified he is, but the fact that the last coach he hired has been in the job as long as he has tells me he has a decent idea of what he's doing. Accorsi is very qualified. He's been a longtime GM and successful and is still involved with the league. The truth of the matter is there is no purpose for a football decision making guy above the GM. Such a guy can only meddle in the GMs decisions on draft day. Once a guy like Ernie makes his recommendations, and, assuming they are hired, there would be no role for such a man going forward. The key is finding the right GM/coach combo. I'd rather see someone who is capable of navigating the changes that will come along the way. Just because Accorsi makes a recommendation, doesn't mean the coaching or GM hire may not flop. It'd be good to know the guy at top has a clear organizational structure and know how to keep it chugging along when the next big decision has to be made. It doesn't have to be a strict football guy, but I see little to indicate Phillips has that vision and ability to take the wheel post-Accorsi. You mean like how they fired emery 3 years in and trestman 2 years in when they knew it failed.

They have a true FB guy running the consulting situation. They will have a true FB guy at the head of football operations. The very top of the organization is not what matters. This consultant was alive during Pearl Harbor who will make recommendations for the coach and GM with Phillips and McCaskey making the final choice. Don't like it. He's not going to be running the thing day to day. His age is meaningless. He's a perfectly suitable man for the job.

I'm not hung up on the Philips situation and I do not think others should be. A quality GM/coach combo can easily win with this ownership/president set-up. Ted is effectively the business guy. Agreed. The fact that they're bringing in Accorsi to be the voice of football reason makes me feel better about the situation. I have no idea how qualified he is, but the fact that the last coach he hired has been in the job as long as he has tells me he has a decent idea of what he's doing. Accorsi is very qualified. He's been a longtime GM and successful and is still involved with the league. The truth of the matter is there is no purpose for a football decision making guy above the GM. Such a guy can only meddle in the GMs decisions on draft day. Once a guy like Ernie makes his recommendations, and, assuming they are hired, there would be no role for such a man going forward. The key is finding the right GM/coach combo.

I'm not hung up on the Philips situation and I do not think others should be. A quality GM/coach combo can easily win with this ownership/president set-up. Ted is effectively the business guy.

They have a true FB guy running the consulting situation. They will have a true FB guy at the head of football operations. The very top of the organization is not what matters.

nothing wrong with that. emery/trestman/kromer took the fall for everything going horribly wrong. the rest of the staff that still has a contract (only Cavanaugh does not) remain under contract but can look elsewhere if they want. Tucker is gone, but he's not being singled out.

very cutler heavy in the current questions

pretty clear ownership blames emery/trestman/kromer for the shitshow

as of now although they specifically said the structure could change depending on who they hire

keeping the same hierarchy structure with a willingness to move off that plan given the "right guy" for the job.

Ernie Acorsi, huh?

not sure what this means

no, it's personal

These radio guys are speculating that maybe the Kromer announcement was punishment from the team for being involved with the unraveling. They didn't announce Tucker but he will not be kept by any likely new head coach. In other words, it is not odd. They fired the head coach and GM and the next GM/HC will make the decisions about the next staff.

I think it's more like 50%. I think it depends largely on how much they can get away with losing for ~2 years. I think a huge portion of the NFL hates Cutler, and I think a lot of those same people would be more than happy to cut bait and really fast pace the overhaul and give them a chance to have almost an entire roster made of their own guys by 2016. I think the smartest move is to keep him for at least a couple years and build up your depth as you look for his inevitable replacement. But I highly doubt that all NFL execs think that is the case.

I'm not sure why/when/how he was supposed to be any kind of leader.

So that show blue bloods that only old people watch on CBS..., the main family is named the Reagans? That's brilliant.