Making sense of Patriots’ unusual GM search post-NFL Draft originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston
The New England Patriots have reportedly begun a search for their next general manager, even though Eliot Wolf just led the franchise through NFL free agency and the most important draft for the franchise in 30 years.
The Patriots have already had multiple candidates reportedly turn down interview opportunities for this job. And it makes sense, too, given the reports that Wolf is the clear favorite to get the job.
On the latest episode of NBC Sports Boston’s Patriots Talk Podcast, Tom E. Curran and Phil Perry tried to make sense of the whole process.
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“It is so widely viewed, based on the people who I’ve spoken to — people who would be well aware of what’s going on with the situation right now — it is so widely viewed that this is Eliot Wolf’s job,” Perry said.
“I think outside of just getting the experience (of interviewing), and there’s something to be said for that. But outside of that, I’m not really sure why you would interview for the job if you have an understanding already that the job is going to someone else.
“So this is a source of frustration for a lot of different people, whether it’s executives, head coaches. The Rooney Rule is there with good intentions, but it also leads to, at times, situations where people feel as though their time is being wasted. And I think that’s why some of the people who have been invited to interview have opted not to.”
It’s hard to justify the timing of this GM search process, too. These searches typically are done early in the offseason, before free agency and the draft. But this search is essentially being done in the opposite order.
And as Perry notes, it’s not like the Patriots had to focus a lot of their time and effort in January to a head coaching search. They knew Jerod Mayo was going to replace Bill…
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Publish date : 2024-05-07 22:16:47
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