Parallax
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I've heard similar rumors and my thoughts are similar to yours. Until now, we never really knew which decisions had Carroll's fingerprints on them and which were from Schneider. I suspect that Carroll was calling the shots on the draft until the Wilson trade and then Jody put John in charge. But I've long figured I could be giving Schneider too much credit. The trades in which we overpaid I attributed to Pete. Those few where we got a great deal I credited to John.Apparently, Johnson wanted too much money & that's why teams cooled on him. When he didn't get the type of money & offers that he wanted, he decided to stay in Detroit. That's the rumor.
Slowik didn't get 2nd interviews with both the Hawks & Commanders. So, I guess teams didn't think he was ready to become a head coach just yet.
According to Ian Rapoport, he had several teams tell him that Macdonald was the best interview they had. It sounds like he was the Commanders choice as well after Ben Johnson turned them down.
We got very lucky. John & the guys leading this thing played it perfectly. They we're very patient & it paid off.
So this was the first real world test of who Schneider is and, as far as I'm concerned, he looks great. At least so far.