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Jaguars owner Shad Khan has his head coach at Urban Meyer, but the team has yet to hire a general manager.
From his comments at Meyer’s introductory press conference, Khan hired Meyer first because he wants a team centered around the head coach. Khan declined to specify who will have the final say on the 53-player roster, but made it clear that Meyer’s voice and opinions will carry a lot of weight.
“Moving forward, I think the issue of escalation control is more technical or symbolic,” said Khan. “My whole aspect – and it really started about 15 months ago – [is] that we need to be a coach-centered team in our organization, where the head coach really has to lead the type of players he wants, the type of team we need to be. And the general manager, myself, we have to support that view. And somehow, somehow it got lost. And the idea here is more about transparency, collaboration, teamwork and responsibility.
Khan added that he and Meyer discussed the role of the GM and who it should be, and the hope is that they will be able to hire someone next week or later.
Both Meyer and GM will report directly to Khan.
“Everyone in the organization, we will obviously realize Urban’s vision of the team for the type of players we want,” said Khan.