NO

NO

Even a crack head can figure it out

Pioli is the V.P. of player personnel. Not the G.M. If he was, they'd need to label him that, and pay him that dough. Until then, he's fair game.

Makes perfect sense to me. If Clark doesnt want Herm, as he shouldn't, his ass WILL be gone on Monday.

I think it should be obvious to any Owner/GM/President/Dog/Inanimate Object, that Herm should not be here regardless of who is hired.

Interesting.

His official title is VP - Player Personnel so I would imagine GM would be the higher title.:shrug:

Also from the Pats own website from earlier this year with Pioli in a press conference

That would never happen. You're dreaming.

Sanity.

It endangers the "Stafford Connection".

Not trying to be a jerk here, but didn't King Carl resign (under contract)?
I may have missed something though. He may have *resigned*, but was really fired. That may be my perception tho.

Clark accepted his resignation and still has to pay him.

There is a lot of misinformation in this thread.

The Colts have not denied Chris Polian permission to interview with teams for GM type jobs. They cant deny him permission to interview if the job is a promotion. Polian himself has personally declined to interview for jobs, including Atlanta last year. But that was his decision, not the Colts. A few years ago Polian interviewed for some jobs with teams that werent even as high on the totem poll as the GM position. The Colts cant stop him from talking to people unless the job is a lateral move.

Same with Pioli. Pioli has turned down an offer from Seattle, and turned down a chance to interview with the Giants. But the Patriots did not refuse him from talking to those teams. Pioli decided not to himself.

Neither Polian or Pioli is a GM and neither has full control over a team. The Pats and Colts could not stop either guy from talking to the Chiefs. But Polian and Pioli themselves can decline to be interviewed, or they can be interviewed and decline the job.

Polian actually interviewed with Atlanta, they told him he had to keep some of the front office people that were already there and stuff like that, basically saying he couldn't have all of his people in every spot.

Shortly after he withdrew his name from consideration.

If your hoping the next GM is Scott Pioli (which I am) then root for either the Dolphins to win, or the Patriots to lose so the Patriots are out of the playoffs and the Chiefs can get their hands on Pioli quicker.

The Dolphins will probably win with how the Jets are playing right now.

Polian never officially interviewed with Atlanta. The talk about not having full control was one of the many things that came out about Arthur Blank and his interview process, including that he supposedly wanted the candidates to take IQ tests during the interview. Blank also involved 9 or 10 other front office people in the interviews, which people thought was crazy because if any of those guys wanted the GM job for themselves they would likely try to sabotage the other candidates.

The rumors of not having control might have been part of why Polian pulled out, but he never officially sat down to hear it from Blanks mouth.

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I'm not sure where you guys are getting your info on Polian, but this recent article says Irsay, the Colts owner, didn't give permission to Atlanta and two other teams to interview him for the GM job. It looks pretty clear that he's going to takeover control of the Colts once his dad steps down.

http://www.ibj.com/html/detail_page.asp?content=14243

Interesting read, but I think what happened is that Irsay convinced Polian not to interview by promising him the GM position.

Here's a quote from last year:

"NFL Network's Adam Schefter reports Falcons owner Arthur Blank's interview request was turned down by Colts assistant GM Chris Polian. "

It doesnt actually say he didnt give permission. And it wouldnt say that because Irsay has no say over it. As mentioned before, teams cannot prevent their employees from interviewing for higher level jobs. In fact, Polian did interview for at least one of those jobs that was mentioned, the one with San Francisco. He just didnt take it.

What the article says is that Irsay swatted away the attempts by other teams to lure Polian, which could be taken several ways. And since it cant mean that he didnt allow permission, it likely means he did various things to keep Polian with the Colts (raise, promotion, so on).

what do front office guys have to do with playoff games?

You're wrong on this. If they are under contract the club can deny permission. They changed the rules this year at the owner's meetings.