How Much Power Does ZT Have?

[Joelist]

Good grief...

Whether some here like it or not Taylor was on multiple short lists for head coach. He came here. From the way it played out it seemed we had informally sealed the deal prior to the Super Bowl but of course had to wait until it was over for ZT to be officially free to join the club.

As to how much authority, we really are guessing in some areas. Was the near total cleanout of assistants and staff even to the medical staff a ZT thing? If I had to guess it had to be at least partly his call. Why does Taylor have a larger staff than preceding coaches? Again we cannot be sure.

How about player acquisition? We know that historically MB and Tobin have had most of the say. Do they still? Seeing as this year's free agent crop was one of the worst since Free Agency started I was okay with the decision not to drop megabucks on journeymen. The draft seemed clearly to be based a lot on input from ZT as he said going in they were looking to bolster the blocking and came out with three picks used on blockers.

Things like the schemes, who plays and such are obvious under ZTs authority - anyone think MB would start Damion Willis or sit our first rounder from last season?