Jeff Ireland... General Manager??

[dueyhemlock]

It's good that Jerry doesn't stand in the way when his guys are offered promotions. Don't want a negative image when trying to hire new guys down the road.

Don't like the back-scratching either, still don't understand the draft day trade, seemed one sided to me (2 players for a 4th).

Would you feel better if we just traded Fasano for a 4th? Because that's basically what we did.

They knew that Ayodele wasn't going to make the team this year, so rather than waiting until camp to cut him, they went ahead and included him on the Fasano trade. That way he gets a jump start on his Miami career and Parcells gets a guy who he knows what he brings to the table.

Really it was just to help out Akin and get him out of the way here. The trade was for Fasano.

I know we were cutting our loses with Fasano in the trade but to include Akin, I thought Bill should've thrown us the bone after the promotion for Jeff . Instead we sweetened the pot. Akin was our starter last year, didn't have a high salary, could of had value to somebody if not us (late round pick ?). No need to throw him away.

Since it was the first pick in the fourth they were able to turn it into a 4th and 5th which then turned into Tashard Choice and Orlando Scandrick.

This does make the trade with Miami better after reading about the potential of these 2 guys. It seems we got lucky it turned out this way.

 

[theogt]

This was more about Ireland WANTING to leave and Jerry allowing him to do so because Miami was a better opportunity for him.

Jerry made it clear that Ireland -- or anyone not named Jones -- was never going to be the GM here. So he let him go somewhere that gave him more mobility.

Non issue

Right, it was still a promotion, even if he didn't have "final say." He clearly wanted to get more into the "business" side of football and I'm sure he's getting a much bigger taste of that now. Like you said, he would never get that in Dallas with Stephen around.

 

[AbeBeta]

Right, it was still a promotion, even if he didn't have "final say." He clearly wanted to get more into the "business" side of football and I'm sure he's getting a much bigger taste of that now. Like you said, he would never get that in Dallas with Stephen around.

what it comes down to is that Jerry is a pretty good boss - he could have pushed the issue with the league but not letting someone pursue an opportunity is no way to run a business.