Jeffbear slotted in-house candidate Vellucci in the GM slot, where he would perform just fine.
But he would be an even more interesting head coach choice, in my opinion, and that is where his interests lie per McKenzie.
Already running Peters' system in Charlotte so can now tweak his way but from a common vocabulary. Knows the youngsters well. Shouldn't be afraid to use them.
Potentially a smooth transition to hopefully avoid yet another lost season retooling.
From what I'm reading and hearing and from reading between the lines, I do think Vellucci is pretty much 100% moving to Raleigh as soon as the Checkers are out of the playoffs. It's the capacity I'm guessing on ... I think GM, but it's only a hunch, based on that position being trickier to fill. And again, I'd be fine with Vellucci in either role. I think he's ready for the bigs, and that we could do a LOT worse in either role.
Oh ... and I think we need to take "Peters'" system out and give it a viking funeral. As do the two or three other teams that are beating their head against that brick wall right now. Toronto's the only one getting anywhere close to playing it well and they're never going to be able to afford the level of forward talent it requires to win playing that way in a cap environment in the long term.