Freeman: Would you?

[barrett]

Originally Posted by Joshua

At the time, I was more concerned with the lack of due diligence by the team as a whole. Not sure it even occurred to me at the time to try and divide up responsibility for this between McNair and Kubiak. I honestly don't recall but I think I simply lumped them together because I wasn't really thinking of it in those terms at that time.

Regardless, I still think a reasonable person could conclude that Kubiak was primarily responsible for Bush's hire and McNair was primarily responsible for Wade's, which was the initial argument.

Now quit digging up old posts of mine and trying to make me look bad!

I think it's far more likely that Kubiak was forced into firing his DC than McNair was picking the replacement. I don't think McNair is hands on in those ways. I think the most likely scenario is Kubiak is forced into a move, Phillips is his kind of guy (they run in the same same good old boy, nice guy circle, plus a resume that easily justifies the hire and makes Kubiak think its a good one), and a hire ensues with no other candidates. Kubiak uses the same process (hiring guys he knows), and this time is fortunate to have a guy who takes care of that side of the ball and is unlikely to ever leave for a HC gig.