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dirtboy068
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do you think anyone gets the ax tomorrow and if so: who and why?
do you think anyone gets the ax tomorrow and if so: who and why?
I would love to read that Phil Emery, the architect of this redesigned team, has been fired in tomorrow's papers, but I don't think that would go high enough.
This whole experiment for the last few years wreaks of another McCaskey cost cutter.
We can all point to the big money contracts we've written to our "star players," but the fact is we don't go after premiere talent in the front office or on the coaching staff.
Bingo.
The McCaskeys, if they're truly serious about a winning football team, need to bring in football people to run the team. A beancounter like Ted Phillips is not the answer.
Agreed, but they've seemed content to have Phillips running the show up to now, and they have a Super Bowl and NFC title game appearance to delude them into thinking Phillips is at least on the right track.
Who knows how much uglier it would need to get for Virginia & Co. to actually replace Phillips. I aways thought he was there to run the team, but more importantly protect the family's financial interests. If that's what they're most concerned with, Phillips isn't going anyplace anytime soon.
In the meantime, show Mel Tucker the door today. The D is literally historically bad at this point; it's not like there's a downside to letting him go now.
When the fannies are not in the seats, the McCaskey's financial interest is directly assaulted. Factor in that there is no hope and said fannies may remain out of the seats and perhaps they're compelled to make a move. Wishful thinking I'm sure but it's OK to daydream, right?
Firing Tucker is temporary gratification albeit small potatoes. We need to clip higher up the chain.