This is such a fucking stupid move by AAS. I hate this. We fired Vrabel for Carthon, a year removed from COTY accolades. Now, a year later, we’re firing Ran. So in the span of 2 years, we’ve fired the HC and the GM. However, we’re keeping Callahan. So presumably AAS and the new GM are going to pick the draft pick; will Callahan agree? Who knows, but likely not. So then we’ll fire Callahan, and start staff churn with new team. And then that won’t go well, and the cycle will continue.

I’m gonna steal a comment from Reddit showing how awful our cycle has been…

2011/12 - Fire Mike Reinfeldt as GM but keep Mike Munchak as HC. Hire Ruston Webster as GM.

2014/15 - Fire Mike Munchak but keep Ruston Webster on as GM. Let him hire Ken Whisenhunt to be the new HC. Let him draft a new franchise QB in 2015

2015 - Fire Ken Whisenhunt mid-season, and somehow become enamored with Mike Mularkey as the interim HC.

2015/16 - Fire Ruston Webster and hire Jon Robinson as GM, but conduct the entire GM search telling candidates, “We want to keep Mike Mularkey, you have to be okay with that to take the job.”

2018 - When the Mularkey shit doesn’t work, predictably, let Robinson actually hire his guy in Mike Vrabel.

2022 - Jon Robinson and Mike Vrabel are on the outs, power struggle ensues after you just gave both of them extensions to tie their timelines together. Fire Robinson mid-season but decide to keep Vrabel and let him have input on the GM search, but don’t let him pick his own guy. Hire Ran Carthon.

2023/4 - After Vrabel and Carthon inevitably have a falling out after a terrible season and their visions of the team clashing, (Vrabel seemed more focused on winning now, probably because he knew he was on the hot seat,) ownership decides to start fresh and fire Vrabel to hire Carthon’s guy in Brian Callahan.

2025 - After a disaster season and when you get the #1 overall pick, fire Carthon after two years but keep the coach he selected, limiting potential GM candidates because they have to be okay with Callahan. Let Callahan be involved in the decision to potentially draft a new franchise QB with the 1st overall pick.