Pure speculation here, but I will bet a shiny new dime that McDaniels wanted greater say/veto power on personnel decisions.
I am also guessing that he isn’t as big of a fan of Pettine as many of us are.
Originally Posted by: KRK
And I'll that that dime 😁 ... what? It's shiney, I never said your wrong 😝
I'll take that dime.... just cus it's shiney... not cus your wrong. 🤣
Though I think it could of been a straight up win in the interview process too, as everyone says LaFleur comes off as extremely smart and extremely willing to be flexable about his scheme to the players. Of course, I thought it was a better chance to be LaFleur ever since I figured out, if SF had an offensive coordinator it would be LaFleur... and we get our head coaches from the SF offensive coordinator spot (don't laugh, it was right 😝 )
Though I do think the same verbage as Mike McCarthy system could of been a factor, as well if they asked Pettine his opinion, Pettine and LaFleur have both worked with Kyle Shanahan.... and according to LT Joe Thomas, he heard Shanahan talk about LaFleur, so Pettine might have as well.
Also, I dislike the conspiracy theories, but this one needs to be pointed out. Less than 24 hours before the Packers/McDaniels interview, it comes out that McDaniels is extremely interested in the Browns job (and some story said it was his perfered spot) and that the Browns are interested in him too. But outside of that story, there has been no sign the Browns are interested in McDaniels... so either
1) The story is true.... (and with the Packers/Browns connections they may know it's true)
2) It's false and it's McDaniels side, trying to draw interest from the Browns for some reason (I want to speculate, but there is too many different possibility of why he might do it)
But the timing of that article seems extremely interesting.... and maybe extremely telling for someone on the inside who has more info.... and that could potentially turn the Packers off (which is assuming that McDaniels was ever truely on).