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Originally Posted by dirk digler
Here is a transcript of Beers interview with Clark yesterday. In it he said that Pioli may stay in charge but he is leaving open the option of finding a HC that would want personnel control.
Like I said it is not out of the realm of possibility that Pioli may not be fired and still be in charge. I hope not but who knows..
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"In charge" is a bit of a stretch from that transcript. He was basically asked if he felt that Pioli could be a part of the solution and Hunt said he hadn't ruled it out. But that it is all contingent on whichever head coach he hires.
Clark is likely doing due diligence here. He's probably got a short list of coaches he wants, and he's probably got a second short list of coaches Pioli gave him. He may end up interviewing both sets, and he'll probably go with whoever he himself has the most comfort with in a leadership capacity, rather than just some handpicked puppet that Pioli may want. I highly doubt Clark was very involved in the last two hires, especially when he said what impressed him about Romeo was that Romeo told him that he wants "to win a Super Bowl." That screams of him allowing Pioli to run the entire process last time.
My prediction: all the big names will turn us down (they also would have turned us down IMO had Pioli been fired, I just get a sense that the big names want to go to big cities or good weather cities or cities with a star QB), and we go down the Haley route and try our hand again at an ascending assistant coach, and Pioli sticks around.
I also think we are fooling ourselves if we don't think finances will come into play here, despite what Clark says. You're paying Pioli big bucks, you're still on the hook for two years of Romeo, you're on the hook for his assistants, and you're still in litigation as far as I know over whether you owe Haley the rest of his dough. I don't see a big name coach coming through that door...