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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.

Looking good Yogi, looking good.

He's off all the time. Does a lot of the shows from his basement I believe. He's honestly semi-retired, and is around to make weird noises and be Dan's yes-man. But Black Monday is like sarcastic radio host porn.

so, like, why isn't Terry Boers working on this day, of all days?

Except Cutler. And Trestman and Emery and Kromer and I assume the other coordinators.

No you goomba, we're worried about the entire package, which is an aging expensive and declining receiver who came in with a short fuse and is probably not going to be something the next big boss wants to deal with going forward.

I would expect it to be a perfect storm of those things plus the possibility Marshall may not react well to the new guy coming in and trying to restrict his media appearances. Christ, he's not the [expletive] Hulk; he's not going to flip out if they tell him to not go on the radio. I wouldn't be surprised if they scrap both him and Cutler's radio spots if both are on the team next year. Just spin it like it's a fresh start and all that crap and he'd be fine. Hell, we're having this discussion today because a guy ON THE RADIO ticked him off. Probably not going to be too hard to explain to him why it would be a better move to stay off of it. Depends on contract language really. If they don't have decent clout to try and restrict his appearances, he may say thanks no thanks. Not react well doesn't mean he starts flipping tables. All this media stuff is him setting up his next career, so there's next to no way you can cut him off from making appearances.

It's like sammy sofa pays as much attention to the Bears as he does Cubs players. Marshall was the catalyst to the first meltdown team meeting nonsense being leaked to the public we lost the team situation of the year.

There is nothing at all bizarre about a player lamenting the firing of his coach, whether he means it or not is another story. But he specifically tweeted out thanks to both Trestman and Emery for bringing him to the NFL and only included a picture of Emery if that makes you happy.