(01-20-2021, 01:47 PM)SeldomRite Wrote:

(01-20-2021, 01:37 PM)NYC4jags Wrote: That's reading into it more than a little bit.

I can't think of anything else to make of it. A coach centric team where the coach was hired first, then they have to just stick with the guy already on staff at GM. Tells me the good candidates probably weren't interested in joining a team where they'd be answering to a coach instead of calling the shots.

Like I said, maybe Trevor is so good he makes all the moves look good, but that's an awful lot to expect of a player.

So if I understand you correctly, your trepidation is more reflective of Meyer's influence in personnel decisions?

Granted, the NFL differs from college in relevant part due to talent acquisition.  In college, Meyer could recruit all of the talent to his team, whereas here, the pro level talent is harder to identify and harder to acquire.  Through the draft, NFL teams have to wait their turn to acquire the talent.

I take some solace in the fact that Meyer's teams in college, if nothing else, have usually been exceptionally fast and athletic.  If that speed and athleticism governed-a least in part- the kind of players he recruited, perhaps it will govern, at least in part, the kind of players he drafts.

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