How Much Power Does ZT Have?

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(09-03-2019, 10:33 AM)THE PISTONS Wrote: I think we'd like to believe that.

Reality is he was an Assistant WR coach 2 years ago and a QB Coach last year. Most teams would not hire a guy that inexperienced as a HC. So it's not like he had a ton of leverage.

It was a weird coaching search this year for all of the vacancies. Usually 2-3 teams compete to hire the same guy. This year, it seems like all of the teams had different targets.

Miami did.  The Bears did.  The Rams did.  The Packers did.  The Cardinals hired a guy who was a loser in college.  The Browns did.  Every HC was a new HC at one time or another. 

All you have to do is look at how different things are this year.  He got here and immediately renovated all the offices.  He let most of last year's staff go.  Mike Brown paying two coaching staffs?  The hell you say.  He has the largest coaching staff ever for a Bengals team. 

Practices are very different.  Listen to the players.  They know way better than any of us.  Most everything is different. 

Allow me to quote, or, at least, paraphrase Lap on ZT's interview--He blew them away.  BLEW THEM AWAY.  That's why he got the job, because he knew exactly how he wanted to do things and that is exactly how things are being done.  That speaks directly to how much power he has.  Any fool can connect those dots