woodstockfan Posted January 9, 2008 Share Posted January 9, 2008 Just listened to Sean Salisbury on ESPN discussing the Pete Carroll rumors. While he admits he is a USC grad and doesn't want to see PC leave the program, he was adamant in saying it would be a huge mistake for any owner to offer any coach full control over personnel issues with the team. He believes in today's NFL that just won't work. You hire a coach to coach and a good GM who can evaluate talent to do the personnel work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stoned_jc7 Posted January 9, 2008 Share Posted January 9, 2008 There is a lot of truth to that. I think the teams who are most successful have a HC and GM who are on the same page. But to expect one person to handle both jobs is expecting a little too much.And obviously, the only way we will get Carroll is to let him have both jobs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
falcoholic (The Commish) Posted January 9, 2008 Share Posted January 9, 2008 Andy Reid's done pretty well (most years) since having final say on personnel. Parcells did well having (mostly) final say on personnel. But I do see Sean's point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ancient raptor Posted January 9, 2008 Share Posted January 9, 2008 woodstockfan (1/9/2008)Just listened to Sean Salisbury on ESPN discussing the Pete Carroll rumors. While he admits he is a USC grad and doesn't want to see PC leave the program, he was adamant in saying it would be a huge mistake for any owner to offer any coach full control over personnel issues with the team. He believes in today's NFL that just won't work. You hire a coach to coach and a good GM who can evaluate talent to do the personnel work.I agree with this 100%. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodstockfan Posted January 9, 2008 Author Share Posted January 9, 2008 We could be talking semantics here, but Reid has the "final say" in personnel issues; the Eagles have a GM (Heckert). What I understand with the PC issue is "total control" over personnel. It sounds like we wouldn't even have a GM--maybe a staff of scouts to merely gather data. Carroll would be HC/GM. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Posted January 9, 2008 Share Posted January 9, 2008 Well he has done a pretty good job evaluating talent at USC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stoned_jc7 Posted January 10, 2008 Share Posted January 10, 2008 Andrew (1/9/2008)Well he has done a pretty good job evaluating talent at USC.True.But that is the premier college football program on the west coast. You have kids all over the west who BEG to get into USC. He gets the cream of the crop in talent. I am not saying he isn't doing anything, but I don't know if you can compare the challenges or recruiting and evaluating talent at USC to any of the SEC schools. USC doesn't have a whole lot of competition for the blue chip recruits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metterfalcon Posted January 10, 2008 Share Posted January 10, 2008 falcoholic (The Commish) (1/9/2008)Andy Reid's done pretty well (most years) since having final say on personnel. Parcells did well having (mostly) final say on personnel. But I do see Sean's point.i think we can all say those two are a different breed of coaches. i wouldn't put carrol in that group just yet. i'm in the belief we need a strong gm seperate from the coach. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodstockfan Posted January 10, 2008 Author Share Posted January 10, 2008 There is also a huge difference in recruiting for a college program like USC and running an NFL draft, dealing with salary cap issues, free agency, etc. I think Salisbury's point was in today's NFL there is no way one person can do all of this and coach the team. And it would be a huge mistake for an owner to consider giving all of this over to any coaching candidate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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