Patriots GM Search

[Huckleberry1]

Because there's no search.
Eliot Wolf is your next GM. That's what Curran said, and he got everything right from the source.

Agree with this. Wolf should and will get the job.

 

[Love The Drake]

Agree with this. Wolf should and will get the job.

Currans word has been money recently.
I think he is very tapped in to Wolf and Mayo.

 

[Ross12]

Apparently Trey Brown (CIN) and Quentin Harris (ARI) have both declined to interview.

 

[Ross12]

If Wolf says he identifies as a black man does that satisfy the Rooney Rule?

No, because it has to be an external minority candidate.

 

[cmasspatsfan]

Who's going to agree to interview knowing it's a dog and pony show? What happens if they ask 20 guys to come in for an interview and they all refuse?

 

[KCSVEN]

Apparently Trey Brown (CIN) and Quentin Harris (ARI) have both declined to interview.

I think they'd want to go thru the process as a learning experience even if they know Wolfe will be hired. Seems short sighted on their part.

 

[XLIX]

Report: Patriots have complied with Rooney Rule as to their G.M. search

However, no minority candidates have been publicly linked to the job.

www.nbcsports.com

For a team that has allegedly complied with the Rooney Rule, they sure are trying to interview - and getting rejected by - an awful lot of black guys.

 

[Force Zero Boomer]

No, because it has to be an external minority candidate.

What if he identifies as the black GM of the Boston Breakers?

 

[Love The Drake]

I think they'd want to go thru the process as a learning experience even if they know Wolfe will be hired. Seems short sighted on their part.

Plus maybe they knock the Pats socks off and the Pats talk him up to other clubs or the pats offer another position at a higher salary,
Def should at least zoom interview.
I’ll take any zoom interview right now if it’s comp or a promotion.

 

[XLIX]

I think they'd want to go thru the process as a learning experience even if they know Wolfe will be hired. Seems short sighted on their part.

"Going through the process" can backfire in a hurry. Once you've gone through the process 3 or 4 times without getting a job offer, teams start to wonder what is wrong with you and why you have been rejected so much.

Not to mention these are extremely busy men in their current roles and probably don't want to take several days off for what is clearly a sham.

 

[mike_usagisan]

No, because it has to be an external minority candidate.

Does Highsmith not count if they interviewed him for GM before giving him his current role?

 

[Ross12]

I think they'd want to go thru the process as a learning experience even if they know Wolfe will be hired. Seems short sighted on their part.

I'm not sure about Williams, but I know Trey Brown was a hot candidate back in January and has already done this song & dance before so I don't know how much more there is to learn.

I wonder if a team can request a Rooney Rule exemption if enough minority candidates decline the interview offer.

 

[Clonamery]

I'm not sure about Williams, but I know Trey Brown was a hot candidate back in January and has already done this song & dance before so I don't know how much more there is to learn.

I wonder if a team can request a Rooney Rule exemption if enough minority candidates decline the interview offer.

It's a faux system so they can pretty much do what they want just not say the quiet part out loud and embarrASS Goodell.

 

[UGAPatsfan]

They ate going to have to do something else with that rule because predictably, minority coaches don’t want to do sham interviews, but teams should also be able to hire an internal guy they like and know. Just a bad idea.

 

[Ross12]

That makes 3 candidates now that have declined to interview.

I'm not sure what they're supposed to do here. Eventually they will have to go find random scouts that are minorities that they have no interest in and beg them to interview just to satisfy the rule.

 

[gobesmug]

What's sad is the Patriots instead of interviewing guys who are already working in an NFL front office, why not interview some candidates outside of the NFL that would love a chance to actually get their foot in the door.

Sure they might not be qualified for the GM position but maybe they impress enough to gain an entry level position with the chance of moving up in the future.

 

[SammyBlueCat]

Why haven’t Patriots hired Eliot Wolf as GM yet?

 

[SammyBlueCat]

Maybe they can interview 2 former players?

 

[cmasspatsfan]

Maybe they can interview 2 former players?

I was just about to post the same thing, take em out to dinner and talk shop, does that qualify?

 

[TheRainMaker]

Hasn't Wolf been doing the job so far? At least that's what the media has been implying. That would be weird if they bring in someone from the outside. I'd wait to see how this draft class doing - or more importantly Maye. Like KC, Brett Veach was immediately promoted to GM after the emergence of Patrick Mahomes. He was the one that pushed Reid into taking him.