GM Candidates

[MileHighGrowler]

(12-17-2020, 02:52 PM)ochocincos Wrote: Yes, to an extent.
If you don't get the ultimate decision-making power, it ultimately limits your influence.
For example, I'm sure Duke Tobin gives his input, but he ultimately cannot fire/hire coaches. That falls under Mike Brown.
As such, this could make it more difficult for Tobin to get things done the way he thinks need to go from a coaching perspective.

The best analogy I can think of in regards to Tobin's influence with coaching if coaching doesn't report up through him would be, "You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink." 

I wonder though how many GMs around the league actually have ultimate decision making power?  Most of them are still held by the owner to certain decisions or paths.  Unless you own the team, you're rarely the ultimate decision maker.  Having a voice in the room though is what most people swear up and down no one has with the Bengals outside of The Family, and I guess I just wonder how true that actually is, or how much different it is than other teams.  In other words, how much is semantics and perception vs reality.