Was Mcgee even thrown into the mix during Preseason last year as a kick returner?
I like TD i have never knocked the guy but I don't think he deserves as much credit for the personal decisions as people around here do.
TD is mostly a finance guy he isn't a coach. I seriously doubt that he would sign someone that his current coach didn't want. You have a bunch of starters on this years squad whose contracts are up so of course he is going to agressively try to resign them. They are starters after all. TD himself has stated several times that he doesn't make the personal decisions on who starts or not. I cannot imagine a coach wanting to coach a team where he didn't have absolute say as to who starts and who is on the team. Otherwise you would see alot more coaches wanting to be General Managers.
There is a chain of command in football organizations
Owner --> GM --> HC --> players
AS soon as you start skipping a link in the chain of command all hell breaks lose and you end up with an organization like the Raiders where the Owner micromanages to much.
I like TD i like that he has fixed our salary cap so we can bring in players like Spikes, Sam Adams, Drew Bledsoe, etc... He can have all the credit he wants for making it work but if GW didn't want Spikes or Sam Adams I doubt they would be here right now.