(09-08-2021, 01:00 AM)CanDoBetter Wrote:

(09-07-2021, 08:09 PM)Eric1 Wrote: Exactly what has Meyer done to prove that he can even judge NFL talent at all? This isn't College where he could get by on having the best talent on the field every game. He hasn't done jack [BLEEP] in the NFL to prove to anybody that we should just take whatever he does as greatness, or anything even close to it.

Tell me how he got to have the best talent available? He could recruit mostly anyone he wanted so he got the best ones available. You see, it's not like he recruited scrubs because he knew who the best ones were. Why do you think he wouldn't be able to identify talent at the NFL level? 

Because it's a unique ability that not all have and he has yet to prove he possesses it.  Dave Coldwell didn't have it and neither did Gene Smith.  To assume success at the college level automatically translates into success at the NFL level is no more realistic for a HC/GM, than it is for a QB (enough said on that subject without mentioning any names).

Personnel decisions go beyond "talent" and there are multiple facets to consider, many of which are not supported by measurable statistics.  Justin Blackmon and Jalen Ramsey both had great "talent''.  

We all hope Meyer turns out to be great, but some of us aren't jumping on the bandwagon just yet.

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