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[comet52]

I've stated ad nauseum that a GM's most important job is to identify talent in the draft. This continues to be where Mensah falls short because any dolt can spend money in free agency on proven veteran players.

I would say the GM's most important job is hiring the right coach.  This is where most people don't get it because they see drafting as a GM standing in a draft room ordering up picks.  It's a collaborative process.    Yes he is responsible for the final outcomes, responsible for finding the right scouts, coaches, etc. to build a great draft room.   I'll give you that.   But it takes a village as someone once said.

Problem is his background in analytics wasn't enough to build that great draft structure.  Starting with Grigson, an abject failure at Indianapolis who looks like the same here.  This is why if the pressure is ever put on, Grigson will be the fall guy because KAM already has the big $ extention locked up from the owners who care mostly about the bottom line.  Winning is secondary despite the p.r. that brainwashes the entire purple fanbase about how bad they "want it" lol.  But I digress.

KAM has to rely on people with scouting and football backgrounds that are more thorough than anything he personally has from his time making spreadsheets for various teams, so if he picks the wrong guy to run scouting well, you get what we have.   A drunk baby throwing darts could probably come up with at least a couple of pro-bowl worthy draft picks in 4 years versus just one (Addison) so far.  Maybe Jackson will pan out.   The underachievement at this point in the drafting department is somewhat mind-bogglingly bad.

[supafreak84]

I would say the GM's most important job is hiring the right coach.  This is where most people don't get it because they see drafting as a GM standing in a draft room ordering up picks.  It's a collaborative process.    Yes he is responsible for the final outcomes, responsible for finding the right scouts, coaches, etc. to build a great draft room.   I'll give you that.   But it takes a village as someone once said.

Agreed, but you can think you hired "the right guy" one year to not speaking to each other the next like Spielman and Zimmer. Having the ability to scout and identify draft talent doesn't change and Is the core of roster building. It's why I say that's the most important job/quality in a GM and I'd never think of hiring someone that doesn't come from a scouting background. Instead we hired the analytics guy who is now relying on a putrid former GM (Grigson) to shore up his scouting deficiencies. It's the literal definition of "recipe for disaster" and the results have been the results.

[pattersaur]

Agreed, but you can think you hired "the right guy" one year to not speaking to each other the next like Spielman and Zimmer. Having the ability to scout and identify draft talent doesn't change and Is the core of roster building. It's why I say that's the most important job/quality in a GM and I'd never think of hiring someone that doesn't come from a scouting background. Instead we hired the analytics guy who is now relying on a putrid former GM (Grigson) to shore up his scouting deficiencies. It's the literal definition of "recipe for disaster" and the results have been the results.

Your take is probably harsher than mine on KAM because I think more highly of what he's done as a whole, but specifically talking about draft picks your take is not unfair. He, his team, the village, whatever we wanna call it has been pretty terrible at drafting.

I agree with what was said earlier in the thread. There will always be loads of players we should've chosen, but are the players we do select any good? So far the answer has been mostly, "not really".

I think all of us hoped McCarthy and Turner would take the league by storm this year and be two fine feathers in Kwesi's cap. Hasn't worked out that way so far.