I only ever had 1 exit interview.
When I left a company to start my own.
It pretty much ended when I tore the phone line out of the wall, to actually get the boss’s attention.
He said why did you do that?
I said well, I’ve been sitting here 25 mins of which you spent 20 on the phone ordering a new car, dinner reservations, and making a dentist appointment.
I figure you asked me in here to talk, so talk to me, not your damn phone.
Then I got up and left.
A week later he offered me an extra $5.00 an hour to come back.
Two weeks later he asked what it would cost him to have me back.
3 weeks later he called to tell me off for stealing 9 of his "long time coustermers"
all 3 times I put HIM on hold for 20 mins. :D

Everone manages differently. In my opinion, he should have an exit interview. At the very least, he should offer an exit interview and allow the player to accept or decline. JMO, if he doesn't perform exit interviews he's either, too lazy, too disorganized or a pussy and doesn't want to confront an angry lineman.

that's not true. Some know they have skills and can move on to bigger better teams or careers elsewhere.

others suck and will be no more than emergency calls if all else fails.

I think exit interviews are bogus, especially in a business as tight-knit as the NFL. Everybody knows everybody. I had exit interview with two major music/film/tv studios and lied my frickin' ass off in each one. Told them how great the company was, how I would really miss working there and gave them both incorrect reasons for leaving. Why? Because I didn't want to burn any bridges, in case I'd ever need to work for or with either of them again.

IMO, an honest exit interview can never be "good" for the employee.

Word!

Won't Herm do the firing face to face? Isn't that pretty much an exit interview?

Herm is an effin clown. He is stubborn and blind. He is too busy looking for scape goats. He won't find what he wants to find in his exit interviews so why have them. He isn't having them because he knows what he will hear.

Kawika said he talks to Gun everyday so Gun knows what he thinks.

It is called the chain of command.

Great, so on offense Herm will rely solely upon what Solari tells him.

Kawika did say he talks to Gun everyday and Gun knows how he feels but the last part was me being a sarcastic ass.

In my experience on jobs I've found that exit interviews make very little difference. HR typically conducts them and the info you give gets so massaged and watered down that it's meaningless by the time it gets passed back. IF it gets passed back!

Granted, I come from academia, but I schedule conferences at the beginning middle and end of each semester so that I can let them know what I think of their progress. This is especially beneficial if there are things that I think they can work on in the future (this could extend to the "offseason") I see no reason why a properly conducted interview couldn't be beneficial.

Yes, very different. You're speaking with students who are PAYING you for your service. In this case, we're talking about paid athletes who are asked for their honest opinion of their teammates and coaches?

No way will anyone give an honest answer when it's their paycheck on the line.

:)

This is true, but at the same time, I think that 1 on 1's would help if Herm elucidated his philosophy to them personally and told them WHAT HE THOUGHT their strenghts and weaknesses are

Example:

"Jordan, I think you did an admirable job this year, but you really need to work on your footspeed and agility in the offseason. Here is the number of a speed trainer that I think you should work with so that you do a better job of covering the outside speed rush. I'd also like to see you look into ______ and _____ to improve your footwork."