Bengals GM

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(11-29-2018, 01:43 PM)Whatever Wrote: Duke seems like like a hybrid.  The typical Director of Player Personnel evaluates free agents for the GM and HC and is usually the primary contract negotiator.  Here, obviously, Katie and Troy do most of the contract negotiations, but Duke is also basically the head of the college scouting department, as well.

What we've generally been told is that it's Marvin and the Blackburn's making most of the personnel decisions, with Mikey having final say.  

I remember a Coslet interview where he said his biggest regret was not pushing Mike harder to take the Rickey Williams trade.  We don't know, obviously, but it seems to indicate that that Brown can be talked into changing his position if you make a good enough case.  Coslet at least seems to think he could have talked him into it.  So, Mike is typically cheap in FA, but it would seem this could be mitigated somewhat if Marvin and Duke were pushing harder.  

Therein lies part of the problem though. Shouldn't something like that be a pretty obvious choice? Should someone really have to fight tooth and nail with upper management every time they want something to change? Trust that your employees can make good decision and let them make those decisions. If you aren't going to trust them, should they really even be working for you?