Updated GM Update

[top dawg]

Double post

[Ricky Spanish]

I'm still so happy Hurney's gone. I have hope for the first time in 4 years. 

Peters and Dodds are at the top of my list. 

[Logic]

1 hour ago, Waldo said:

Seeing a pattern?

It seems that there is a need for a money manager and not a talent evaluator.

 

[Mr. Scot]

1 minute ago, Waldo said:

Ok, thanks for filling in the gaps!

It's strange we are looking at cap specialist when we have one in house hired for that reason. I fear you are right but still hope it's due diligence. Cap expertise sure as hell doesn't help us find talent. That's where we need to improve. 

Honestly, the NFL is set up where the ownership can be the point of failure so many ways. Rhule is endearing himself to me by targeting an area of weakness, I don't really blame an owner for not getting that. Hopefully Rhule can get his guy, that is a guy who is a talent evaluator. I also get Tepper leaning towards a Cap Specialist, the financial strength overlaps his strengths making him comfortable. Seems like a natural struggle for an NFL team, fingers crossed we can fall on the right side of this one. 

I think Tepper has a real thing about wanting to do things differently than before and looking like a genius for doing so.

That's fine if it works.

It pretty frequently doesn't.

[Mr. Scot]

2 minutes ago, Ricky Spanish said:

I'm still so happy Hurney's gone. I have hope for the first time in 4 years. 

Peters and Dodds are at the top of my list. 

Same, though I'd be happy with Jeff Ireland or Joe Schoen as well.

But Dodds or Peters would make me do a Snoopy dance.

[Waldo]

Just now, Logic said:

It seems that there is a need for a money manager and not a talent evaluator.

 

Thank you. Busy work days, busy news days and busy team days. Just not enough time.

The sounds like putting the cart before the horse. 

[Waldo]

1 minute ago, Mr. Scot said:

I think Tepper has a real thing about wanting to do things differently than before and looking like a genius for doing so.

That's fine if it works.

It pretty frequently doesn't.

What's different? A bad talent evaluator that is convinced we are doing great contracts that end up killing the team sounds like Hurney. 

[BurnNChinn]

I think that’s one reason they hired Rhule was to help with the player evaluator imo

[Mr. Scot]

2 minutes ago, Logic said:

It seems that there is a need for a money manager and not a talent evaluator.

We have a money manager.

Putting a money manager in charge of talent evaluation is like asking an accountant to do your hiring for you.

[Waldo]

1 minute ago, BurnNChinn said:

I think that’s one reason they hired Rhule was to help with the player evaluator imo

We can hire cap geeks all day to help out. I'm not sure we can have too many talent evaluators. 

[Ricky Spanish]

Also, that list of GM candidates is legit. Not the farce of a GM search we did last time. Every single one of the guys we have interviewed seems like they have been a part of a successful org and build of talent. 

[top dawg]

3 minutes ago, Logic said:

It seems that there is a need for a money manager and not a talent evaluator.

 

Good point! 

Not that he won't listen to others, but Rhule seems like he's gonna fuel the engine with the juice of his choosing!

[Mr. Scot]

2 minutes ago, Waldo said:

We can hire cap geeks all day to help out. I'm not sure we can have too many talent evaluators. 

Reminder of what Rhule said he wants (about a minute in)

 

[BurnNChinn]

6 minutes ago, Waldo said:

We can hire cap geeks all day to help out. I'm not sure we can have too many talent evaluators. 

No I agree but I think that’s one reason they hired him