OC Callahan apparently was not aware that we were going to waive Shaq Calhoun

[BengalChris]

(09-29-2020, 02:49 PM)fredtoast Wrote: No it is not crazy at all.  Teams don't let OCs make the decisions on who the release or who they sign.  They don't "have a say" in those decisions.

Even head coaches complain about not getting to pick their own players.  So why would you think the OC would have any say in who the keep or cut?

How many times in the history of the NFL have your heard a coach in an interview say that one of his players is garbage and that the front office should replace him?  It just never happens.  Coaches get players and while they are on the team they try to support them.  That is what happened with Callahan. 

Taking or signing players the coaching staff doesn't want or letting players go that the coaches want around is bad management. We've seen it multiple times with the Bengals. I can't recall it turning out all that well.

John Ross is a clear example. Low-balling Whit is another example. Not that this Calhoun is any kind of a mistake either way as the Ross and Whit cases were.