Jones & Keefe: Scott McLaughlin on Don Sweeney's job security

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00:00Jacobs, Neely, and Sweeney all put out statements after this happened

00:03and the thing that really jumped out to me, well to us, we were talking about it, was

00:07Jacobs really backing Sweeney and Neely as far as the rebuild and going forward

00:13Did you read it the same way?

00:15And are you surprised that Sweeney, based on the season that they're having, is as safe as it may appear?

00:20I'm not surprised for now

00:23because you don't let Don Sweeney have a day like Friday if you're thinking about firing him after the season

00:30If Sweeney's a lame duck GM, the dictate from ownership is

00:36hey, sell off Frederick, sell off Brazzo, and that's it

00:40and we'll save the bigger stuff for the offseason

00:43and in their minds it would be because we're going to have a new GM and we'll let him handle it

00:48So Sweeney is, in my mind, safe through the summer now

00:52He's going to get a chance to start this retool

00:54The big question is, how long does he get?

00:57And what does next season have to look like?

01:00Are the Jacobs expecting next season to be competitive again like Sweeney said they could be?

01:05Is that the expectation?

01:07So then what happens if they start slow and they're trending towards another non-playoff year?

01:12Is he out next year or are they understanding and accepting of something a little longer term?

01:20Is this a two, three year plan?

01:23Well if you had to guess, I'm sorry to jump in, but if you had to guess based on their track record

01:27They're not going to wait two or three years, they want this team back in the playoffs next year, right?

01:31That's generally how it goes with the Jacobs, yeah

01:33Usually if you miss the playoffs once or twice, you're out as GM

01:36So we'll see, maybe they're in some new spot

01:40Maybe they believe in Cam Neely enough that they take his word on

01:44you know, hey, Don's the right guy for this

01:46But generally they have not exhibited any patience at all for prolonged retools or rebuilds