ChrisPozz wrote:ChrisPozz wrote:PATRIOTS' DAY COULD BE PIVOTAL IN 49ERS' COACH-GM SEARCH
http://www.csnbayarea.com/49ers/patriots-day-could-be-pivotal-49ers-coach-gm-search
Widely considered the hottest of the NFL coaching candidates, McDaniels is scheduled to have three-hour interviews with Jacksonville, Los Angeles and the 49ers. He will have one-hour breaks between those interviews, a source told CSNBayArea.com.
The Patriots’ playoff schedule dictates that the interviews will last an hour less than typical. Because New England opens its Super Bowl quest on Saturday, Jan. 14, coach Bill Belichick requested his coaches conclude all their interviews in time to get back to work full time on Sunday to begin preparations on a normal seven-day work week.
The 49ers have received permission to interview Patriots director of player personnel Nick Caserio, a source said. But it’s still unclear whether Caserio will take part in an interview for the 49ers’ general manager position or whether he is content to remain as the Patriots’ top personnel executive.
One league source described any talks that take place with the top candidates: “You’re not interviewing them as much as they’re interviewing you,” he said.
If Caserio remains with New England, it does not appear to be a deal-breaker for McDaniels, who could be comfortable working with ESPN analyst Louis Riddick or Green Bay director of football operations Eliot Wolf. The 49ers interviewed Wolf and Packers director of player personnel Brian Gutekunst on Thursday.
The part that drives me a little bit crazy because I am sure there are noticeable differences in your upper echelon names versus guys who are still finding their way, but the whole thing on the source saying "you're not interviewing them as much as they're interviewing you" like they're re-inventing the way interviews are being conducted? C'mon.
If you're interviewing anybody who isn't taking anything from you or doesn't want to pull information out of you then you're interviewing a a pure schlub and he should be disqualified from consideration almost immediately. And the fact this stuff is often said about Patriots employees like they JUST GET IT more so than allllllllllllllllll these other names in the league, so stupid and maddening. Tired of that.
Matt Barrows:
No interview set up between #49ers & #Patriots personnel guy Nick Caserio. I reached out -- several times -- to Pats and ... crickets.