08-17-2021, 11:23 AM
(08-16-2021, 05:44 PM)Sled21 Wrote: Pollack left before Taylor got here. He wanted to go to New York.
(08-16-2021, 06:29 PM)Truck_1_0_1_ Wrote: Pollack left in January, Zac was hired after the SB and interviewed a week or two before the SB.
His choice was Callahan, but Washington blocked the move, thus the only person (in his mind, I guess) left available was Turner.
Let's not shit on Zac or management for this; it was a timing/other-team-being-pricks sitch and nothing more.
https://www.cincinnati.com/story/sports/nfl/bengals/2019/01/18/bx-pollack-departure-illustrates-ownership-investing-taylor-cincinnati-bengals/2603273002/
This article, written before Zac was hired (but widely known by then to be the HC pick), seems to state things differently. It seems to make more sense as well. I would think FP would rather stay with the Bengals if he could, than take a lateral job in NY just for the sake of doing so, unless of course, FP had absolutely no faith in ZT, which I suppose could also be true.
Was ZT solely responsible for bringing Jim Turner here? I believe that to be the case, but we will never know what exactly the discussion was between FP and management. I'm not sure what he saw in ZT to make him want to come back here other than management and/or the players really got in his ear. It is a bit of a strange story.
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