(04-06-2021, 08:58 AM)homebiscuit Wrote: Meyer is learning the ropes. Expect mistakes to be made, but he seems smart enough to learn from them. I’m sure we’ll see some doozies this year.

I'm sure many people will see at least some of UM's picks as "doozies."

I just hope like hell the doozie seers are wrong.

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(04-06-2021, 09:12 AM)rpr52121 Wrote: Every method will have hits and misses. The professional scouts are definitely a great resource and shouldn't be completely disregarded, but close relationships throughout the college ranks will is really also part of scouting as well.

The biggest thing the Belicheck-Harry situation seemed to show was overvaluing the ceiling based on his personal connections instead of mapping out the likelihood of all possibly outcomes. If the current FO/UM cannot navigate that, they will fail.

I would say the advantage that UM has over Belichick in this regard is as a coach and analyst over the past few years, he has seen these players far more than Belichick has.

NFL coaches really don't get to see these players at all until after the season at the earliest.  For guys like Belichick, it's worse because they are in the playoffs all the time.  Meyer has been exposed to these players all season long for years, whether it's coaching his own players, studying the film on opposing players, or studying the film as an analyst.

I think the longer Meyer is in the NFL, the less he'll be able to rely upon his coaching and TV experiences in terms of college player evaluation.

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