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John Mara has a title. President and CEO. Lurie is Chairman and CEO. Jones is President and GM. Rooney is President.

Consider them in charge of a Multibillion Dollar Business. In that position they have a fiduciary responsibility. In the Giants case, the Tisch and Mara Families are the owners of the franchise and John has responsibility to them, the league, the fans and the Employees/Coaches/Players.

If the team has a GM, I expect that GM to be involved in the search and preliminary interviews. The final interview would be with the head of the Organization and I suspect in most cases it's not a one on one. I would observe the interaction between the GM, HC and whoever the coach would have a working relationship with.

Quote from: Ed Vette on January 29, 2025, 09:00:45 PMJohn Mara has a title. President and CEO. Lurie is Chairman and CEO. Jones is President and GM. Rooney is President.

Consider them in charge of a Multibillion Dollar Business. In that position they have a fiduciary responsibility. In the Giants case, the Tisch and Mara Families are the owners of the franchise and John has responsibility to them, the league, the fans and the Employees/Coaches/Players.

If the team has a GM, I expect that GM to be involved in the search and preliminary interviews. The final interview would be with the head of the Organization and I suspect in most cases it's not a one on one. I would observe the interaction between the GM, HC and whoever the coach would have a working relationship with.

Spot on, Ed

These are significant businesses, and the man in charge is going to be involved in the major hires.

 Lourie has owned the Eagles for roughly 30 years, he has certainly refined himself over time. 

Hopefully he buys the Celtics and loses focus on the Eagles. 

Quote from: H-Town G-Fan on January 29, 2025, 05:00:18 PMLurie let Andy Reid go. He then hired Chip Kelly. Pederson won a Superbowl, then Lurie asked him to tank and fired him. And no one was spouting Nick Sirianni's praises last year (he could've been canned after last season). I don't think Lurie is exactly the centerpiece for espousing how involved one must be in making coaching decisions. Howie Roseman is the reason that team is truly successful--and Lurie cut him out of GM responsibilities when Kelly came in. He's very lucky Roseman never left when the Kelly debacle went down.

I think an owner should ask for and be able to understand a coach's vision for a team and how it intersects with the roster and the GM's team-building theory. But requiring "specific qualities" (beyond things like organization and preparation)... I don't know how productive it is, especially when you're talking 10 in the Lurie example.

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Turns out things were not as they appeared.  I am not surprised



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