Could Kavis Reed be trying to turn the tables on Tillman?
Many have speculated about how Tillman has tried to insulate himself with shields that could be blamed before he gets touched. However, there is no question that the moves he has made have made Maciocia look like a genius in comparison, which is really saying something.
While many questioned Reed's hire when it first happened, there was a lot more positive to be said about him than negative after his first season. Has his decline this season and some downright bone-headed calls been a result of losing veteran coaches around him? Or has he seen the writing on the wall and decided to take defensive measures to try and protect himself?
It has appeared that ever since the Ray trade, Reed has appeared to be no more than a Yes Man to Tillman. While this could be seen as defending terrible decisions and thus guilty by association, or even aiding and abetting, perhaps Kavis is setting himself up for turning the tables.
Take the recent announcement that Kerry Joseph will start on Friday, when everybody and their dead grandmother can tell that Joseph has the best chance of backing us out of the playoff spot that we could have backed in to. It makes no sense whatsoever to start someone who has gone 16 for 43 in their last two games and looks like they should have retired 3 years ago in a do-or-die game where we still have our destiny in our own hands. (This decision looks more like we're putting our density in our own hands).
Someone questioned whether announcing KJ as the started could be part of a convoluted plan to foil Calgary, but I wonder if it is part of a convoluted plan to rid the organization of the bad decision maker while trying to save his own skin. What if Kavis has been starting KJ against everyone's better judgement in order to say "this is what ET has given us", with the hopes that ET gets fired, but before a new GM fires him, he pleads that his hands were tied by ET, and hopes that will be enough to give him a second chance?
I know this seems far-fetched, as this would be the opposite of the "Eskimo Way" that Kavis has claimed to be trying to restore to the organization, but it is the only plausible explanation that I can come up with for why anyone would consider letting Kerry Joseph play another down in this league.
While many questioned Reed's hire when it first happened, there was a lot more positive to be said about him than negative after his first season. Has his decline this season and some downright bone-headed calls been a result of losing veteran coaches around him? Or has he seen the writing on the wall and decided to take defensive measures to try and protect himself?
It has appeared that ever since the Ray trade, Reed has appeared to be no more than a Yes Man to Tillman. While this could be seen as defending terrible decisions and thus guilty by association, or even aiding and abetting, perhaps Kavis is setting himself up for turning the tables.
Take the recent announcement that Kerry Joseph will start on Friday, when everybody and their dead grandmother can tell that Joseph has the best chance of backing us out of the playoff spot that we could have backed in to. It makes no sense whatsoever to start someone who has gone 16 for 43 in their last two games and looks like they should have retired 3 years ago in a do-or-die game where we still have our destiny in our own hands. (This decision looks more like we're putting our density in our own hands).
Someone questioned whether announcing KJ as the started could be part of a convoluted plan to foil Calgary, but I wonder if it is part of a convoluted plan to rid the organization of the bad decision maker while trying to save his own skin. What if Kavis has been starting KJ against everyone's better judgement in order to say "this is what ET has given us", with the hopes that ET gets fired, but before a new GM fires him, he pleads that his hands were tied by ET, and hopes that will be enough to give him a second chance?
I know this seems far-fetched, as this would be the opposite of the "Eskimo Way" that Kavis has claimed to be trying to restore to the organization, but it is the only plausible explanation that I can come up with for why anyone would consider letting Kerry Joseph play another down in this league.
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