Andy Reid's football team

[dj56dt58]

Originally Posted by Cochise

One of the most disturbing aspects of yesterday's series of disturbing events, to me, is that we now have Reid effectively running the team himself.

The word is that they will hire a GM, but Reid is clearly above the GM - past and future - in the pecking order. When the line was drawn, Hunt chose Reid.

To me this is never going to work.

CHunt has created a scheme where the head coach reports directly to the owner which undermines the role of the GM, fundamentally. Reid seems to clearly have been chosen over Dorsey after the relationship deteriorated and now in the search for the GM itself, we can expect that Reid will be a primary decision maker in who is hired, which subjugates the GM even further. Will it do the team good to have a yes-man at GM?

So now, what is going to be the practical difference between Reid's power play and his position in Philadelphia where he controlled everything?

Are we happy that Reid will be without Dorsey's moderating influence in the future?

Does this mean that Reid wanted Mahomes but not Dorsey, and that was a factor in the split? Should it comfort us, with Reid's history of drafting, developing, and selecting free agent QBs, including his hand-picked incumbent starter, Alex Smith?

I think everyone's alarm should be up right now. The Hunt family has a history of being too loyal to guys who weren't good enough in the past, and now Reid has basically been given the keys to the franchise. A guy who can't effectively run three time outs and two challenges.

This didn't end well in Philadelphia and, barring Mahomes becoming elite and being able to turn this goat **** into gasoline, I don't think this is going to end well either.

Doesn't our future depend on Mahomes regardless?

[Eleazar]

Originally Posted by dj56dt58

Doesn't our future depend on Mahomes regardless?

The point being, the only way this works out well is if Mahomes becomes one of the league's elite QBs, good enough to cover all of Reid's shortcomings. Reid himself is not a good enough coach to do much more than win regular season games.

And if our hopes are pinned on Reid developing Mahomes, how optimistic should we be given Reid's history with QBs?

The Hunt family's experiment into coaches that are not accountable to GMs is going to fail. Especially with this coach, this team needs a strong GM, not a puppet.