Originally Posted by
soulman
Better that, it was pointed out, than the time the Bears spent approximately half a million dollars for a search firm to aid in their hiring of a GM and ended up with a guy (Jerry Angelo) in their own division who "you could have found by going to your rolodex," the NFL employee said.
Yeah well that was then and this is now. George McCaskey is everything his brother never was and first and foremost that includes a reasonable amount of football smarts. Mikey got a strong dose of his old mans genes and we should all remember that GSH called him the dumbest SOB he ever met. George hs more of his mothers genes and therefore his grandads too.
I think one key in this search is that Emery would like to keep as much of the defensive staff intact as possible so that the new guy can concentrate almost entirely on his offensive staff and personnel needs. Emery had that kind of cushion as far as his first year went and I think he sees the benefits of doing it that way.