I've seen a bunch of FU Merritt sentiment, but I haven't seen nearly as much FU Grabavoy. Obviously, MP has his reputation going against him, but do we also think he was the decider in the hire?
I've seen a bunch of FU Merritt sentiment, but I haven't seen nearly as much FU Grabavoy. Obviously, MP has his reputation going against him, but do we also think he was the decider in the hire?
Grabavoy needs to go. His benefit of the doubt has just run out. Last year he could argue that he was stuck with GWs bad contracts so the team couldn't be improved. That reeks of lack of imagination, creativity, ability to identify cheap available talent, and ability to work with the existing roster to renegotiate \restructure in order to bring in support so the whole roster could benefit. That's bad, I thought maybe it was growing pains\transition bad.
He was also unimpressive at best as a scout, but that area is tough to speculate on. I was willing to give him this off -season before making a final judgment, while leaning towards "he's not equipped for this job at this level."
Hiring Neville, after short-listing a group of candidates that were ALL. beneath the needs of this team, should see grabavoy right out the door. Unfortunately I'm in agreement with others--not sure whether this is the FO not caring what fans think, not interested in success, or a deliberate provocation, but it feels like it's somewhere on that spectrum. Totally out of touch is best-case scenario and that's not even disappointing anymore because we've seen no evidence MP and his club culture are anything but.
I honestly don't know who the ultimate decider was, and I suspect we the general public never will. As I've said elsewhere, though, if this was Ned's decision, hiring Neville is a fireable offense, assuming he works out to be as bad a coach as he probably will work out to be. If MP insisted on this hire, though, I actually feel bad for Ned, because that shows who really has the power in an era where MP was reported to have taken a "step back".
I am really starting to think that "step back" means that "okay, I will delete my twitter account and not argue with fans online." When Gio got fired, MP was the first person quoted in the press release and Heather Davis wasn't even mentioned.
The guy was just way too invested in things to suddenly just sit back and count his money. I am curious how much Merritt had a say in this as well and really think it was quite a bit.
I've seen a bunch of FU Merritt sentiment, but I haven't seen nearly as much FU Grabavoy. Obviously, MP has his reputation going against him, but do we also think he was the decider in the hire?
Grabavoy needs to go. His benefit of the doubt has just run out. Last year he could argue that he was stuck with GWs bad contracts so the team couldn't be improved. That reeks of lack of imagination, creativity, ability to identify cheap available talent, and ability to work with the existing roster to renegotiate \restructure in order to bring in support so the whole roster could benefit. That's bad, I thought maybe it was growing pains\transition bad.
He was also unimpressive at best as a scout, but that area is tough to speculate on. I was willing to give him this off -season before making a final judgment, while leaning towards "he's not equipped for this job at this level."
Hiring Neville, after short-listing a group of candidates that were ALL. beneath the needs of this team, should see grabavoy right out the door. Unfortunately I'm in agreement with others--not sure whether this is the FO not caring what fans think, not interested in success, or a deliberate provocation, but it feels like it's somewhere on that spectrum. Totally out of touch is best-case scenario and that's not even disappointing anymore because we've seen no evidence MP and his club culture are anything but.
I honestly don't know who the ultimate decider was, and I suspect we the general public never will. As I've said elsewhere, though, if this was Ned's decision, hiring Neville is a fireable offense, assuming he works out to be as bad a coach as he probably will work out to be. If MP insisted on this hire, though, I actually feel bad for Ned, because that shows who really has the power in an era where MP was reported to have taken a "step back".
I am really starting to think that "step back" means that "okay, I will delete my twitter account and not argue with fans online." When Gio got fired, MP was the first person quoted in the press release and Heather Davis wasn't even mentioned.
The guy was just way too invested in things to suddenly just sit back and count his money. I am curious how much Merritt had a say in this as well and really think it was quite a bit.