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Originally Posted by Zeke
It's not about getting rid of him... it's about the ultimatum... meaning Dayton would make selfish moves that could hurt the franchise long term to gain 2-3 more wins and save his job.
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yep, you gotta pay attention to moral hazard. Its not as big a deal in the NFL since in-season trades are rare. Ideally, if I were the owner, I'd put my GM on a rolling 2-year contract that automatically renews every year about a month after the season. The GM might still think that this is the make or break year, but he'll never be in the last year of his contract and might not know for sure that he has to make long-term dumb moves to win now.
You'd guarantee that you would have to eat a year if you ever did decide to fire the GM, but its probably worth it.