Frank Seravalli

Go through the whole list.

smorgasbord of candidates that have experience.

So that's an easy exercise.

Um, and then I think to contrast that the real question is where does Ryan Johnson fit in with all of this?

And if Ryan Johnson was the top candidate, why has there been a hesitation to make that switch?

would that process not have already been completed last week as this change was set up from the beginning with Patrick Alvin being fired?

So I think that looms large over the whole process to me is this push and pull between experience, someone who's done the job, and someone who, you know, at least by the view that Jim Rutherford presented last week that he's not long for it,

that maybe it's kind of becoming clear from ownership that they'd prefer someone, if Jim Rutherford's gone, that has done this before.

Possible.

Yes.

But let me ask you like a dead serious question.

If it's so disjointed from the jump, why is Jim Rutherford still involved at all?

I don't understand.

It doesn't make any sense to me.

Okay, so Jim Rutherford wants to do his thing and ownership clearly prefers something different if this is all accurate.

Now what?

How do these two things mesh?

And again, where does Rian Johnson fit in in all of this who appears to be a well-qualified internal candidate?

That's how I see it.

I mean, and it's not to diminish Jim Rutherford's career, demean his accomplishments.