How soon after the game on sunday will a new GM be announced?

[The Franchise]

I'm assuming we won't hear anything until after the SB.

[dirk digler]

Interesting enough from a Lions website:

Thanks to a proposal passed at an NFL meeting this morning, they now have the potential to interview and hire employees of playoff teams before their playoff run is over.

Previously, there were restrictions on when teams could interview candidates under contract with playoff teams, and teams could not hire those candidates until after their seasons ended.

Basically, after the regular season ends, the Lions can request permission to interview anyone who doesn’t have full control over personnel decisions with his team. But the candidate’s team has the right to deny permission. (If the team gives permission to one team to interview a person, it must give permission to every team that asks.)

NFL spokesman Greg Aiello said the proposal was submitted by the competition committee, not the Lions. Ironically, former Lions president Matt Millen used to be on the competition committee.

The proposal “allows employees of playoff clubs that are not high-level employees to be interviewed by other clubs for high-level positions during the postseason with the permission of the employer club and at the convenience of the employer club (not during a specific window only) and hired,” Aiello said. “The playoff club can deny permission to all requests. If it gives permission to such a person to be interviewed, that permission must be granted to any club that requests it during the postseason. An individual that is already a high-level employee is not eligible to be interviewed.”

[DaFace]

Originally Posted by dirk digler

Interesting enough from a Lions website:

Ahh...yeah, I'd forgotten about that. Still, I haven't ever figured out what a team's motivation would be to give another team permission in the first place. I'd think that would be a big distraction if they're in the middle of a playoff run.

[dirk digler]

Originally Posted by DaFace

Ahh...yeah, I'd forgotten about that. Still, I haven't ever figured out what a team's motivation would be to give another team permission in the first place. I'd think that would be a big distraction if they're in the middle of a playoff run.

It depends on the person I suppose. Some of those people are probably not high profile so they won't garner much attention plus their jobs duties are probably light until the end of the season.

IMHO it is really up to the coaching staff now to be successful in the playoffs the front office is really out of the picture.

[reiko57]

Originally Posted by DaFace

Ahh...yeah, I'd forgotten about that. Still, I haven't ever figured out what a team's motivation would be to give another team permission in the first place. I'd think that would be a big distraction if they're in the middle of a playoff run.

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