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Jul 17, 2026 at 12:07 PM
Originally posted by NYniner85:

It could be that Jed York is soft firing him by finding him another job in hopes of convincing Aiyuk to come back.
Jul 17, 2026 at 12:18 PM
Originally posted by 49ersRing:
It could be that Jed York is soft firing him by finding him another job in hopes of convincing Aiyuk to come back.

lol.
Jul 17, 2026 at 12:20 PM
Originally posted by SmokeyJoe:
Originally posted by NYniner85:

Anything that might get him out of football ops. Please and thank you.

Why? He isn't the one making the draft picks which is what this team has struggled with.
Jul 17, 2026 at 12:48 PM
Originally posted by ninersrule4:
Why? He isn't the one making the draft picks which is what this team has struggled with.

For a variety of reasons not including draft picks.

But since you mentioned it, we're never hiring a high quality GM with Paraag doing the nuts and bolts of the GM job (outside of player selection) with no accountability.
Jul 17, 2026 at 1:48 PM
Originally posted by SmokeyJoe:
Originally posted by ninersrule4:
Why? He isn't the one making the draft picks which is what this team has struggled with.

For a variety of reasons not including draft picks.

But since you mentioned it, we're never hiring a high quality GM with Paraag doing the nuts and bolts of the GM job (outside of player selection) with no accountability.
Not every GM does everything down to drawing up a contract from scratch. They shouldn't be doing that as they could get the team into salary cap hell
Jul 17, 2026 at 1:56 PM
Originally posted by 49ersRing:
Originally posted by NYniner85:

It could be that Jed York is soft firing him by finding him another job in hopes of convincing Aiyuk to come back.

Ha ha. Why does York want Aiyuk back? Virtually the whole of the NFL wants nothing to do with him.
Jul 17, 2026 at 2:26 PM
Originally posted by 49AllTheTime:
Not every GM does everything down to drawing up a contract from scratch. They shouldn't be doing that as they could get the team into salary cap hell

That's not really the point. GM's traditionally delineate responsibility to people who work under them. Their responsibilities are not typically delineated by ownership to a person in a parallel position to the GM, who is only accountable to ownership (and not the GM).
Jul 17, 2026 at 2:37 PM
Originally posted by SmokeyJoe:
Originally posted by 49AllTheTime:
Not every GM does everything down to drawing up a contract from scratch. They shouldn't be doing that as they could get the team into salary cap hell

That's not really the point. GM's traditionally delineate responsibility to people who work under them. Their responsibilities are not typically delineated by ownership to a person in a parallel position to the GM, who is only accountable to ownership (and not the GM).
Still, not every Org is like that. And if the GM is in charge of anyone under them to go as far as payment, could lead to bad cap management
Jul 17, 2026 at 2:47 PM
Originally posted by 49AllTheTime:
Still, not every Org is like that. And if the GM is in charge of anyone under them to go as far as payment, could lead to bad cap management

When GM's don't do a good job… a clear example would be mismanagement of the salary cap… they are typically replaced.

Not letting a GM be a GM because it's believed they might not do the job well is pretty much the crux of any conversation around the outsized role Paraag has had in the front office for two decades.
Jul 17, 2026 at 3:16 PM
ppl like to invoke paraag as some sort of boogyman for things gone wrong, the fact he's on the short list for running an entire sports league should tell ppl something if ppl care to listen
[ Edited by 49erFaithful6 on Jul 17, 2026 at 3:17 PM ]
Jul 17, 2026 at 3:22 PM
Originally posted by 49erFaithful6:
ppl like to envoke paraag as some sort of boogyman for things gone wrong, the fact he's on the short list for running an entire sports league should tell ppl something if ppl care to listen

Paraag is very good at a lot of what he does and can be a very valuable asset.

Most adults understand things aren't always black and white and there are gray areas.
Jul 17, 2026 at 4:01 PM
Originally posted by SmokeyJoe:
Originally posted by 49AllTheTime:
Still, not every Org is like that. And if the GM is in charge of anyone under them to go as far as payment, could lead to bad cap management

When GM's don't do a good job… a clear example would be mismanagement of the salary cap… they are typically replaced.

Not letting a GM be a GM because it's believed they might not do the job well is pretty much the crux of any conversation around the outsized role Paraag has had in the front office for two decades.
Luckily we had no issues with this duo
[ Edited by 49AllTheTime on Jul 17, 2026 at 7:40 PM ]
Jul 17, 2026 at 5:46 PM

Well, that was fun.
Jul 17, 2026 at 6:17 PM
Originally posted by SmokeyJoe:

Well, that was fun.

Meh Paraag is good at what he does here. Whatever.

The draft failures fall on Lynch and the coaching staff imo.
Jul 17, 2026 at 11:12 PM
Originally posted by SmokeyJoe:

Well, that was fun.

That's a bummer. They should have just made all 3 guys the MLS commissioner so that it'd resemble the front office structure here.
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