Anyone who’s a San Francisco 49ers fan might be shocked to hear this, but CEO Jed York deserves a lot of praise over the John Lynch hiring.
Lynch was inevitably compared to former Detroit Lions general manager Matt Millen, who similarly made the transition from the broadcast booth to the front office.
The results weren’t exactly a roaring success, the ineptitude of the Lions in that time culminating in their infamous 0-16 season.
So with the wreckage of that relatively recent disaster still smouldering on the NFL landscape, it’s an understandable statement that it was unforeseen that Lynch has been nothing short of incredible.