I-5 wrote:Does anyone else besides me think that JS plays a huge role in the erosion of the offense? I know both Cable and Bevell play a role in drafting the players they want, and Pete too, but ultimately it's JS that runs the player personnel part of the program. I'm not saying to get rid of him, but I'm suprised there isn't more energy directed towards his fallabalities from both a draft and free agency standpoint. We had a couple of amazing drafts (2010, 2012), and a lot of mediocre ones in between.
I'm pretty sure that when Pete was hired that he was given veto power over anything football-related. I remember thinking at the time that they had it backwards, that they hired a HC before they hired a GM, but I do believe that one of the reasons Pete came here in the first place was because of the amount of authority he was given.
So basically, John works for Pete. If JS he sees a good player become available or a trade opportunity, he has to run it past Pete first. They work so well together, at least what we can see on the surface, that the supervisor/subordinate relationship becomes a bit muddied.
Bottom line is that the head honcho is Pete.