Dan Morgan for GM?

[Jeremy Igo]

46 minutes ago, DeAngelo Beason said:

Didn't Dan Morgan used to come on these boards a while back?  I could be imagining this but I thought he had opened a pizza place or something and was asking people to come try it out.  I honestly had no idea that he had even left the city.  Time flies!

Yeah, he is a buddy of mine. Really good guy. Would love the hire, obviously. 

[Moo Daeng]

I saw him at Best Buy. Hire him.

[hepcat]

Not a fan of former player hires after dealing with Rivera for a decade

[rodeo]

was his pizza place any good? important qualification.

[rayzor]

8 hours ago, Mr. Scot said:

I think that was kinda where the disconnect started.

Some people probably also don't appreciate that he pumped up Bobby Wagner over Luke Kuechly a few times, but given that he was working for the Seahawks at the time, well... 

I don't think he was in Seattle when he was on here. He had opened up a brick oven pizza place around Charlotte. 

[Mr. Scot]

23 minutes ago, rodeo said:

was his pizza place any good? important qualification.

No exaggeration. It was some of the best pizza I ever had.

16 minutes ago, rayzor said:

I don't think he was in Seattle when he was on here. He had opened up a brick oven pizza place around Charlotte. 

No. His stint with Seattle and his comments about Kuechly came long after he was on here.

[Mr. Scot]

From interviews and things that I've read with Morgan, he strikes me as a good talent scout but I'm not really positive I'd trust him to be the guy in charge, putting it all together.

[thefuzz]

49 minutes ago, Mr. Scot said:

From interviews and things that I've read with Morgan, he strikes me as a good talent scout but I'm not really positive I'd trust him to be the guy in charge, putting it all together.

I would agree to this for now.

Much prefer to have someone who understands the big picture, and not just the players, college or professional.

Not saying that he can't do that, but would like someone like Colbert to be in charge and maybe Dan be his right hand man with the thought of him taking over in 2/3 years.

Many will point to Lynch, but didn't he actually run a Canadian or Arena league team for a while?  At least he was the final say there, and got some on the job training.

Nope, never mind, got Lynch and Elway confused.

[raz]

if jeremy knows him, jeremy knows how smart he is or isn't.  he's moving up the ladder in successful situations.  i like the idea.   we're not hiring him to coach.   and hopefully tepper is building a system where there is a person with final say, but that person has much more than himself to rely upon when making decisions.  

on another note if we do hire morgan, igo's tongue is gonna be on a very short leash.  wanna talk about scrutinized posts.

[Carl Spackler]

Getting Morgan back would be amazing

[Mr. Scot]

2 hours ago, thefuzz said:

I would agree to this for now.

Much prefer to have someone who understands the big picture, and not just the players, college or professional.

Not saying that he can't do that, but would like someone like Colbert to be in charge and maybe Dan be his right hand man with the thought of him taking over in 2/3 years.

Many will point to Lynch, but didn't he actually run a Canadian or Arena league team for a while?  At least he was the final say there, and got some on the job training.

Nope, never mind, got Lynch and Elway confused.

"Peter Principle" is the term that applies here, I think.

[Snake]

17 hours ago, rodeo said:

John Lynch is doing pretty well in SF and he had less experience than Morgan when he was hired.

True but let's see how success works for him. It's not so easy to sustain success in the NFL multiple seasons with a salary cap and a competitive division. 

[chknwing]

Shouldnt toss dan morgans name around, he might get a concussion

[Mr. Scot]

2 hours ago, thefuzz said:

Nope, never mind, got Lynch and Elway confused.

I think the best thing Lynch did was hire Shanahan.

As I recall, they came in at the same time though so I'm not sure what all the dynamics were.