Pioli isn't doing the hiring.
Makes the kirk thing worse, imo
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Ya.
I listened to the Clark Hunt interview on The Program pod cast. For the most part, I like what he had to say. Soren took it easy on him, but generally touched on the themes that we are all pissed off about. Clark had good answers.
He clearly stated that the next coach will NOT be subordinate to the GM. The next coach will report to Clark directly. Clark said that as a result, he'll handle the hire personally, and that he hasn't finalized changes on the front-office side, but that he wants a "proven winner" as head coach, and that it's important to him that the coach and the GM have a good chemistry. So, we will see whether that means that the burden is to find a coach that can get along with Piloi, or find a new GM who can get along with Clark's hand picked coach.
To me, it seems pretty clear that Clark is putting the priority on the head coach, and not the GM. He's elevated the head coach to a direct report (something he said a KC coach hasn't done since the very early days of the franchise), and he's deliberately stated that the front office personnel should not work under the assumption that their jobs are secure.
Now, will a head coach buy it? Will a head coach want to work in a place where the GM is hated by the fans? We'll see. There are probably quite a few narcissistic head coaches out there who would love the built in superiority to the GM. Though, the most narcissistic of them would want to hire their own GM/front office guys.
