Maelstrom787
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Full quote here. Says Pete very rarely ever used his veto powers.
Absolutely, but the popular narrative seems to be that Pete was making the personnel decisions and John was mostly an errand boy. I like that John is doing his best to combat this narrative.Makes sense that his role hasn’t changed but notice how he said Pete rarely used his veto power. That is one thing that has changed. Nobody has veto power now (except ow worship of course). So, although his role hasn’t changed, the freedom within that role certainly has.
personally I think him and Pete made a good pair when it came to drafts as nd free agents. I do think they overpaid or had just bad luck with too many trades but when you put the successes up against the failures they did pretty well. I hope a similar chemistry exists with the new coach and the he’s learned from his previous splashes in the trade departmentAbsolutely, but the popular narrative seems to be that Pete was making the personnel decisions and John was mostly an errand boy. I like that John is doing his best to combat this narrative.
It's simply a narrative spun by those who have no clue what they're talking about. Glad he finally said this so those people can knock it offAbsolutely, but the popular narrative seems to be that Pete was making the personnel decisions and John was mostly an errand boy. I like that John is doing his best to combat this narrative.
John expanded on this a bit.Well John was looking at players Pete's system would work with, we know Pete's system was figured out and countered, now John is looking at players in a different way, Mike's system adapts to a players strengths from what I have read, so if a player screams a talent you look at how he will fit with the scheme and players you have, type isn't as strict I think.
John expanded on this a bit.
Basically taking the coaches preferences and specific schematic needs into consideration but claiming it hasn't really perceptibly changed the type the players they're looking to acquire.
This makes sense, because most of the NFL is looking for the same thing at any given them as John touches on.
Yep. As Mike Holmgren once said about this period of time: "Everybody lies."Not only that, but the draft is coming up, so there's no reason to give out honest information that might help give away our draft strategy.
I suppose we will find out.But that begs the question...if they were on the same page and had the same philosophy, why not get rid of JS too? Did they decide that Pete's coaching was the issue? I don't know the answer.
The Pittsburgh game was the final nail in the coffin for Pete in my mind. I think Jody & her people came to the conclusion that it was no longer working under Pete. They needed to clean house & bring in a new coaching staff with a fresh perspective.But that begs the question...if they were on the same page and had the same philosophy, why not get rid of JS too? Did they decide that Pete's coaching was the issue? I don't know the answer.