i agree its a collaborative process, but i just dont see this "complete consensus" model as very realistic or plausible model, 43. Yes I agree they try to, and yes I agree it can occur the majority of the time. But sometimes two or three well meaning and intelligent people will disagree (the ourlads scouts talk about this in building their board as well) and no amount of talking and discussing will change it. in such cases i assume a consensus grade is probably tagged to a person, but how much those in dispute buy into that assigned consensus grade is where I believe the problem lies. moreover, once you get into the latter half of the board, the grade differences are almost inconsequential. IMO, it just makes sense that somebody has to be ultimately responsible for making the choice.
further, even if you want to believe the complete consensus model is exactly what they say it is, you can still assign picks to those involved. for example, if fisher argued persuasively for GRob over Sneads objections during the consensus building process, and they ranked Grob "1 or #2 overall, isnt GROB still a fisher pick?
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what happens when mcvay and snead simply disagree about a player as often happens in real life? lets say snead ranks player A #1 and mcvay ranks the same player #10. they compromise on #5. when the draft occurs, player A is on the board and snead is ready to pull the trigger, but mcvay really wants player B because mcvay still thinks Player B is better than Player A. Who makes the choice? IMO someone needs to have ultimate authority to pull the trigger because disagreements over players are inevitable. I dont mean it needs to be acrimonious. just good- natured disagreements.
I love good-natured disagreements, PHD.
Honestly, I don’t think your scenario is possible because the Snead/McVay/ asst Coach, and scout braintrust has already stacked the board. Unless a trade opportunity presents itself or the Rams have already earlier taken that position, their course is pre-determined and they follow their board. And even if they’ve already taken a player at that position earlier, they might pull the trigger, anyway. Evans and Edwards illustrate that from just this last draft.
But if all else fails, I suspect that Snead now makes the final call.
