Katie Blackburn

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(01-26-2019, 12:55 AM)NKURyan Wrote: I think she is running the show and has been for a few years now. You can see it in so many things they've done over the last few seasons. I think the only reason they haven't made that more official is that she really, really wants to get her dad a playoff win first before taking the spotlight for herself... and maybe people will laugh at that, but if most people were in that position they'd probably do the same.

I agree, from everything I've read, she took a more prominent role starting after the 2010 season.

Then this year it seems like she's just completely taking the role of GM over.

I read an interview from Jerry Jones today about his first ever senior bowl.

“I’ll never forget the first morning that I was here in Mobile. We had a staff meeting. We had our entire coaching staff. Jimmy Johnson was our coach. We had the entire scouting staff. And it probably was in excess of 35-40, and it could’ve been — counting pilots and all — it could’ve been 45 people. Well, Mike Brown of the Cincinnati Bengals — my good friend — came up and he had his staff of three. And he asked me — and I’d been in the league. This was February, that I’d bought into the league. And he said ‘Are you enjoying this?’ And I said ‘This is the greatest thrill I’ve had to date.’ And he said ‘Well, I hope you are, because you don’t need 50 people to scout this place.’”

Jerry Jones and Mike Brown are good friends and both are known for running the day to day operations.

Though they go about it with very different approaches.

It just struck me that essentially Mike Brown had a staff of three and Jerry had a staff of nearly fifty.

But if reports are true that Katie took a more prominent role after 2010 season. That means we had those 5 straight playoff appearances she since took on a more prominent role.

This year it seems, at least from reports, that she's completely doing all the hires and interviews. That essentially for all intents and purposes she's the GM.