(12-23-2019, 02:24 PM)rfc17 Wrote:

(12-23-2019, 01:56 PM)JagNGeorgia Wrote: I’m not foolish enough to think I can school most coaches or GMs—even the Gus Bradley and Gene Smith types. As bad as they were, they’ve been doing this all their life, and their lives were likely 100% football. I just don’t think that describes Tony, and I think that’s what it takes to be good at that job. 

I don’t think Tony is stupid. I think i just doubt he’s good enough to do anything (at this moment) involved in evaluating talent successfully.

I can't speak to Tony or other GMs, but I've always felt on the whole, there was a severe lack of talent at the GM and front office level.  Not because the people in those jobs aren't always capable but just due to the limited pool of people eligible for those roles.  How many people in the world have the opportunity to become the GM of a team?  Very very few.  In most cases you need to have been a player at some level, that got into coaching or scouting, and then worked their way up.  How many people played college ball?  Of those how many went into coaching or scouting?  Very very small numbers.  Anytime you pick from a small pool of candidates, the talent pool becomes extremely thin.  Now admittedly I think scouting is a bit of an art combined with a lot of luck.  So the intelligence aspect is somewhat negated in that regards.  But over time, luck is spread equally and those with an intelligent process or design (combining old fashioned scouting with modern analytics, maximizing draft picks through trades, utilizing compensatory picks, etc..) should come out ahead.  

Long story short I think there are tons of really smart capable people, with zero football experience, that would ultimately make much better GMs / front office staff than those currently employed in those roles.

Exactly. Smart people generally aren't in football and until recently there was very little innovation. The front office spots have 32 spots and are filled from either the management or scouting side. If you took high IQ people and thought them the ins and outside of football for 1-2 seasons, they could develop game plans that we haven't seen before and tailor it to the players on the team.

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