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21Dog
and it's a big if.....
Should a first year coordinator be given much say over personnel decisions?
I hope it isn't true. Because you're a promising (and totally unproven) coordinator doesn't make you a personnel expert.
I strongly disagree, Dog.
Walk with me here for just a minute.
Rams didn’t re-sign Wade and went on a search for an aggressive DC with new ideas about schemes and unpredictability. One schooled by Fangio who has been giving OC’s fits for years, including McVay.
Then comes the interview process where the candidate lays out his vision for his D philosophy and analysis of current Ram D players, including their strengths and more importantly their weaknesses. The candidate lays out his roadmap for the types of players he would like to get to implement his D vision. They like what they hear since it resonates nicely with McVay’s vision of the type of D he wants to see (and Wade didn’t provide) so the candidate is hired.
After all that, do you really feel that they’re gonna ignore his input on players to keep and others to let go? His input on FA’s that he feels would be better and less expensive fits for his schemes? Or his input as to types of players at each position group that he prefers in the coming draft?
Not saying that the tail wags the dog, but Snead excels at getting feedback re exactly the type of players McVay desires. Kromer surely has his input, too. Why in the world would Snead/McVay NOT place great value on the desires of their new DC just when he’s trying to renovate his new D? Staley’s age and experience should have nothing to do with it. If he was considered the best available DC candidate when hired then he should be given the tools he’s asking for. Some probably going all the way back to his interview before he was even hired.
It just seems so obvious to me...
Sry, 43, doesn't add up.
And to translate "it seems obvious to me" that means "I have a hunch and I am going with it."
What you claim would violate Rams procedures and process as we know them after years of reading detailed info about how they do personnel decisions.
A GM getting feedback from a coach who is not experienced in personnel work is not that guy's puppett or an extension of him. That's Snead gathering info and applying it in a way a coach, especially a young green one, would not know how to do.
So yeah in their collaborative process sure Snead listens. But--he knows what to ask, he knows how to hear what he needs to hear, and he knows how to apply the info to the situation.
A doctor may be very very good at interviewing you in detail about your condition, but that does not make you the doctor.
Staley is Stead's patient, basically.
Now having said that--are Snead's choices built around Staley's input about what he likes in various positions? Oh we can probably bet heavily on that.
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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/19/2020 06:16PM by zn.
