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Shahid Khan says he'll be very involved in Jaguars' coach search

"Jaguars new owner Shahid Khan outlined his vision Friday for the kind of person he wants to hire as the team's next head coach.

In his first media session in Jacksonville since he was approved in a unanimous vote of NFL owners Wednesday, Khan said of the Jaguars' next coach:

"I can describe two qualities. It has to be a person you like and trust and a person who can win. You don't want to be winning with a person you despise, and you don't want to be losing with a person you like. Simple."

He also indicated he will be very involved in the coaching search and will sit in on many of the interviews.

Khan said he wants the general manager and head coach to report directly to him and doesn't want to hire a person to oversee them.

He was referring to the job that Bill Parcells had in Miami and the one that Mike Holmgren currently has in Cleveland, although Khan didn't name them.

"This is a huge commitment for me timewise, emotionally, money, whatever," Khan said. "Right now, the worst thing for me is to have too many layers. You don't get the true picture. I don't need somebody banging heads for me. I can do that."

He added, "We're not going to have a structure of some superpower egomaniac. It doesn't work for me. It's not going to work here. If somebody thought that is the solution, they are going to be disappointed. Frankly, I would have said that before it ended in utter failure. I've seen that in other businesses. The principles of business apply here. An all-empowering egomaniac is not a good thing. In auto parts or football, if you're looking for a superman or the silver bullet, I think you're deceiving yourself.""


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