In Denver: The Anti-Pioli

[DaneMcCloud]

Originally Posted by chiefzilla1501

Transparency in the NFL isn't a good thing. I don't know what the Broncos are thinking.

When you let the public in on information, they scrutinize. And when the public scrutinizes, front offices tend to become very defensive. I doubt Elway is ready for that. If it's about better using social media, etc... fine. But why in the world would you publish your team's interview schedule? If you're another team that badly wants a coaching candidate, what's to stop you from undercutting Denver and putting that coach on a plane to your offices?

Yeah, the public never scrutinizes NFL teams that do their business in "secret".



It's ****ing FOOTBALL. It's not national security.

[chiefzilla1501]

Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud

Yeah, the public never scrutinizes NFL teams that do their business in "secret".



It's ****ing FOOTBALL. It's not national security.

The public may scrutinize all they want. But without any credible information, it's all rumor-mongering. Look at the Weis situation. It seems pretty obvious to me that the two really didn't get along, but we still don't have a credible source vouching for it. So now anyone who claims that the two were fighting looks like a gossip columnist.

I feel like in the NFL, it's so easy to bait players into saying something stupid. The only bad that comes from being secretive is that fans don't get all the information. The bad that comes from being open is that you may fuel a distracting fire that shouldn't have been fueled in the first place.