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Message: <blockquote data-quote="TJV" data-source="post: 420655" data-attributes="member: 4300">IMO it’s very difficult for those of us outside the organization to know how big a loss this is. How involved was McKenzie in the details of talent evaluation? Is he more of a manager who allocates responsibility or is his style more “hands on”? Was he more involved with the pro- or college-player evaluation? Will John Dorsey able to take on his responsibilities without missing a beat? If so, is someone ready to take on Dorsey’s? I don’t know the answer to any of these questions and that’s my point: We just don’t know.  My guess is the loss of Holmgren, along with the personnel he raided was a bigger loss than this will be, if McKenzie doesn’t take a lot of front office people and/or coaches with him. I heard Jason Wilde say he believes McKenzie will take Eliot Wolf (Ron’s son) with him, but will that be the extent of the damage? (BTW, Wolf was promoted because another team came after him last year.) Even if McKenzie and the Raiders don’t “raid” the front office and coaching staffs, other teams may. The only comfort I find in any of this is Thompson and McCarthy, the two most important people in the organization IMO will be staying and I’ll bet each is very well prepared for this situation.  </blockquote>

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