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Word has just hit the VU that the Triangle of Authority is dead! This is because Zygi and Co. are navigating a contract coup d'état with V.P. of player personnel Fran Foley. That’s a very professional and business way of saying, “don’t let the door hit your ass on the way out.”
I first heard the rumor earlier this afternoon but could not get confirmation. The Enemy paper now has it.
We here at the VU have had a lot of fun with Fran, Fran the Lyin’ Man over the last couple of weeks ever since Foley’s work biography was found to contain numerous exaggerations.
So, Zygi has now terminated The Whizz and terminated Foley in very short order. Anyone still not believe that Zygi wants to restore class to the organization?
My guess is Scott Studwell, who deserved the post in the first place, now assumes the role.
Posted by maasx003 at May 2, 2006 09:16 PMRumor has it that Studwell is furious with the way the draft went down. And there's speculation and Foley screwed up and that's why he was fired so quickly afterwards. If true, can you guess where he screwed it up?
Posted by: ake at May 3, 2006 08:51 AMI hope Studwell gets the gig.
I agree that this is a swift response to a screw-up in the draft room. I think that was the final straw for Foley. Based on the newspaper reports, nobody liked him anyway. What is diplomatically described as a "brash managment style" probably just means he is an a-hole. It's tough to get away with being and a-hole when you also do stupid things (like waste at least one draft pick).
On the draft screw-up, the most glaring mistake was taking Cook instead of Jackson in the middle of the Second round. If they really wanted Jackson, and I'm excited about him, I don't begrudge them reaching to make sure they got him. But that should have happened in the middle of the second round, not at the expense of both third round picks.
I doubt I will be able to be convinced that it was critical to take Cook at that spot because I just do not buy that his talents are so extra special. No disrespect to Centers but I'd be more concerned about getting my potential future QB than I would be about getting a back-up center.
So there's no question in my mind that the draft team totally wasted one of their third round picks. It gave Zygi a good excuse for firing someone nobody liked anyway and whose inflated resume brought embarrassment to the front office.
Posted by: Jake at May 3, 2006 04:45 PMI'm glad that Zygi has the sack to actually hold someone accountable and move to rectify a mistake quickly then the usual course at Winter Park -- hit bottom and keep digging.
Posted by: J. Lichty at May 3, 2006 08:59 PM