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Originally Posted by Pitt Gorilla
Why did Paton choose Hacket over, literally, everybody else?
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Good question. Again, I am in no way defending Paton. I can't imagine how Hackett could have impressed enough in an interview to have been hired. That's the biggest negative mark against Paton, and he has a few of them. The obvious answer was "he thought it would land him Aaron Rodgers." I would have told you that was nonsense at the time of the hire. Now, who knows?
One interesting thing that has come up, though, is that at least the last three Broncos coaching hires were influenced by the team's financial situation. They had limited short-term resources. So, at the top of the list of criteria for the job, it was, "Is motivated enough to be a head coach that we can get him on the cheap." I think that was probably bolded and capitalized when you had to account for the cash you were still paying the last guy.
Vance Joseph
Vic Fangio
Nathaniel Hackett
Yikes. I have a little fan PTSD just typing those names.