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For wry amusement, nothing beats an NFL hiring cycle, the seasonal game of billionaire owners running in circles in their hapless hunts for a "great football mind." Every year, one owner declares certainty in his heart that he s found a true organization-builder who just happens to look like his son, while another announces that the change agent his franchise needs is a third-chance retread who s barely above .500.