re: According to Scott Kushner, Dell Demps to return next season

Kushner just dropped a summation of events on twitter.

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Scott Kushner ?@ScottDKushner 45m45 minutes ago

Nothing has changed regarding Demps' current job status. He's running the Pels front office. Nearly everyone in the org expects him back

However, there hasn't been a final decision whether Demps returns for '16-'17 by ownership. And press conf stretched too far into offseason.

Demps was out of town scouting/unavailable for nearly two weeks, making Monday the most logical date for press conf scheduling.

So, rather than a "season recap" like Gentry had 11 days ago, this presser would be focused entirely on offseason and the future.

And, if Demps can't answer the first question - will he be here next season – Pels felt there was no purpose in having him talk w the media.

The press conf was never supposed to be an indication of if Demps stays, the way most (me too) read it to be. It was expected to a recap

So, basically, there's nothing to read off of cancelling, except to say no decision is yet final. But it wasn't final when PC was scheduled

Summation: The optics of this are significantly worse than what has actually occurred over the past two weeks - which is basically nothing

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I do find the explanation about the forward looking vs. backward looking presser odd. Monty did a presser last season without knowing his status and I don't recall the details but I'd be surprised if questions about his future came up and he answered them with generic coach speak like "I want to be here, that decision is out of my hands." Have Demps start with that and then move on to telling us how he can't give us any specifics about who he wants to draft or sign in FA. Seriously, it's not like these "forward looking" pressers are ever illuminating other than discussing general directions.