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Yep, they worked together for 7 years in Seattle.

The man is desperate to show he’s smarter than everyone else.

Told ya

This was telegraphed by the org days ago. No surprise

Sheila seems far more humble and far less pushy than Tepper. Thats probably the key difference. She can sit in on all FA scouting meetings, give her opinion, and be fine if they do something different. Tepper seems like he really pushes his preferences and opinions.

I’m fully expecting this team to look exactly the same next year.

The difference is she’s smarter than Tepper. She’s still heavily involved. Lions fans were furious about her involvement at first. So much so Dan Campbell had to come out and defend her. Now they’re ok with it and sing her praises. Winning fixes everything.

You guys are looking at the wrong owner if you want an example of someone who is not involved. She’s just as involved as Tepper. She’s just clearly smarter. But she’s sitting in on draft meetings giving her opinion, she’s front and center in the draft room, her office is in the team training facility, she goes to practices, all of it.

https://www.mlive.com/lions/2021/02/lions-owner-sheila-ford-hamp-sitting-in-on-offensive-defensive-meetings-heading-into-free-agency.html?outputType=amp LLEN PARK -- William Clay Ford wasn’t very involved with the Detroit Lions during his final years as owner of the team. Martha Firestone Ford adopted a more hands-on approach when she took over in 2014, and it seems their daughter has been even more involved with team operations. Sheila Ford Hamp is even sitting in on offensive and defensive meetings heading into the start of free agency on March 17. People always ask me how much Sheila is involved,” special assistant Chris Spielman said on Tuesday morning during an appearance on 97.1 The Ticket. “Well, Sheila has been involved by being in all these personnel meetings. She’s sat in two days of offensive free agency meetings and defensive free agency meetings.” Owners have different styles across the league. Some, like Dallas’ Jerry Jones and Jacksonville’s Shad Khan, have given themselves control of roster building. Others, like the late William Clay Ford in Detroit, are never around at all. Martha Firestone Ford was much more active in her years of ownership with the Lions, including dropping in on training camp, attending almost every game, sitting in the draft room, talking to draft picks and potential free agents and so on. Sheila Ford Hamp has been even more active since taking over for her mother last summer, including firing the general manager and head coach she inherited just five months after taking over the team. She heavily pursued Chris Spielman to join the franchise as her special assistant, and Spielman eventually agreed after a couple interviews with Ford Hamp. “She’s the one that put me over the top when I was deciding whether to do this or not,” Spielman said. “She’s fabulous. Great leader. She’s a leader to me. I was like, ‘Let’s go!’ Felt like I talked to a head coach before a game. She gave me a locker-room speech, and I was ready to run through the hotel door in Cincinnati.” Ford Hamp was involved in the subsequent searches for a new general manager (Brad Holmes) and head coach (Dan Campbell), and now she’s sitting in on those guys’ meetings as Detroit prepares for free agency and the draft, which will be critical to forming the backbone of the new approach. That’s not unheard of around the NFL, and Spielman was very clear that football people like Holmes and Campbell have the final say on all decisions. But it’s certainly a more active ownership approach than we’ve seen in Detroit, as the new owner tries to understand all the nooks and crannies of her organization. She even took Chris Spielman’s office at the training facility. “I had an office when I got here, and all of the sudden I’m on the corner next to the exit door,” Spielman told The Ticket. “So what happened? Well, Sheila wants this office because it’s right in the middle of everything, which is awesome. And it just goes to show her commitment and what she wants and how involved she is being in these meetings and giving her opinion, which is fun. It’s cool to see the commitment that she has.”

The info you need is Dan’s job duties the past few years and the product on the field. A good linebacker doesn’t make a good talent evaluator.

Here’s the thing. Love wouldn’t have made it with the vast majority of teams. I can’t think of any team that would have had the patience to develop that guy. Most teams give up way too fast on QBs. See Goff and Baker…among others. That’s why they are so well run. The packers error on cutting aging guys a year early and take their time developing key people. They don’t make knee jerk “Tepper” decisions.

pretty much

I really think Morgan was the only guy they could find that was all in on Bryce. The idea that Dan wasn’t onboard with how this roster was constructed is laughable. 1) talent eval was his main job 2) Do we really think Fitt just ignored him on all these major decisions? If you think that, then Dan has zero communication and interpersonal skills and will be steamrolled by Tepper and the coaches.

Samir had no authority there. per the job description, Dan was the head talent evaluator.

2nd order of business, the owner can’t talk to me for at least 2 years.

It makes perfect sense if Dan is all you could get.

Yeah, a ton of smoke around him. Supposedly his brother hinted to some podcast yesterday that things were being finalized.

It sounds like Canales is the guy.

It sounds like Canales is going to be the guy.

Who knows, but that does look like the likely direction.

True in some sense, but I’d be very surprised if he has given up on Bryce. He’s a very proud man, and giving up means telling the world you made one of the worst trades of all time (if CJ continues to be a stud).

Morgan was hired because he was team Bryce. No way Dave would hire a guy who would want to move in a different direction.

He was the assistant of the guy who put together the worst panthers roster ever. Either he agreed with those moves and is trash OR he was so ineffective as an assistant he was constantly ignored.