What does Vinny Cerrato do?

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Originally Posted by SmootSmack

What a GM would mean is a great question, because no one really knows. That's why I always say the "We need a GM" argument carries little weight because no one can really say what that would mean.

I always argue that we have a GM. It just isn't how we normally see it. What everyone really means when they say "We need a GM" is "We need Synder not making football decisions." I argue that Gibbs 2.0 showed exactly the role Snyder should be in. Let football guys tell you who to get and how valuable they are then go get them. I don't see anything even close to recently that leads me to believe that Snyder does anything more than recruit, negotiate and write checks. That's how it should be and I suspect that is how it'll continue to be.

I suspect the haggling right now with GW is over staff and direction of the offense. It is probably somewhat unnerving for GW to envision being HC while Saunders basically runs half the team. From what I can tell Saunders is respected but not the most liked guy and I am guessing that GW thinks this team has good chemistry and is extremely worried that not having control of the offense would be detrimental. Not control in terms of calling plays but control in terms of bringing in his guys and having them be clearly his subordinates. I tend to agree that Saunders would loom awfully large over GW's shoulder and I could definitely see that as causing problems. I am not convinced that we need Saunders or that he'd be awful loss. I do think his offense works and works well but there are other offenses, that aren't nearly as hard to learn, that could succeed. Hell I'd honestly consider giving Todd Collins a boat load of money to become a QB coach and help run the offense until he was ready to be OC. I know it sounds crazy but we'd keep the system and a sense of continuity.