I would put out feelers to explore the interest and make sure I close the deal
I would find a way to make it work. It's mostly about $ so be willing put my $ where my mouth is to take this franchise to the next level
No. No you wouldnt.
You would like to think you would. Makes Mike look incompetent, or cheap, or like he doesnt really care. If he didnt succeed he obviously didnt do whatever it takes.
But some things just cannot get done.
In business and sports there is occasionally this thing called loyalty and often rivalries run emotions high.
Dude in san fran is next in line to be their GM. An organization he knows, staffed with people he cares about, supporting a team he helped build in a city where his kids love their school and friends and his wife loves her job and the family home.
How much money would it take to make the man sacrifice all of that to go to a hated division rival , one of the historically worst run teams in the league, just to clean up steve keims mess so he has a chance to beat his current team twice a year?
Money is no object, so how much would you offer? What qualifies as doing what it takes?
8 million? 12 million? 15?
Sometimes. They just aint coming here no matter how bad you want them to.