Kwesi Adofo-Mensah, I salute you

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Its a huge leap of faith hiring someone who's never played pro football, never been a scout, and who's background is economics and analytics. Hoping the Wilfs are more interested in winning games then collecting pats on the back from the commissioner with this hire and they know what they are doing. I'll get behind whomever they end up hiring, but count me as super skeptical if it's Mensah. 

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Also not everyone that works in football played football. Does that have to be required for a GM? Oh you're disqualified, you didn't play football. Take a look around the league, not everyone played. 

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Poles is 36. Is that too young? Should we get someone that is over 60 just cuz. 

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@Vikergirl said:
Also not everyone that works in football played football. Does that have to be required for a GM? Oh you're disqualified, you didn't play football. Take a look around the league, not everyone played. 

I don’t think it disqualifies you, but if the question becomes would you rather have someone that did play versus someone that didn’t, I vote for “did” every time.  If this guys people skills and intelligence are so overwhelmingly positive strengths, then you start to say you can live without the playing experience.

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I don’t think being a former player means jack when it comes to talent evaluation. I don’t care if he’s never played at any level. It’s not necessary experience for the job. Do I like to see scouting experience? Sure, but it’s not like he has no talent evaluation experience. He’s played that role with the 49ers and Browns for 8 or 9 years. 
Personally, I like less indoctrinated perspective and often that only comes from outside the group think. When it comes to football, it’s not like there’s some extra special knowledge that can only be gained in league before a person can be successful. 3/4 of the people I played Madden against years back, could go through the various NFL defensive concepts and give a presentation on where a player should be etc. They could give you a rundown of their preferred system and the why, at a near expert level. They could do the same on the opposite side of the ball. 
There are probably a dozen or more people on this board capable of making draft day calls in a logical and intelligent fashion based on their own personal evaluations. That’s a fact as far as I’m concerned and it makes no difference if they ever played the game. 
Why did this guy rise to the top? I think it should be evident in how people talk about his smarts and how he approaches the business. At the end of the day, no matter the person running the show, they will develop a track record and be judged on it. If they can’t cut it, someone else can.

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@Vikergirl said:
Also not everyone that works in football played football. Does that have to be required for a GM? Oh you're disqualified, you didn't play football. Take a look around the league, not everyone played. 

No, but wouldn't you think that would be hugely helpful when evaluating players to build a roster? Not sure the NFL version of "Moneyball" is the right way to go here 

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I must have missed the part of his resume that had him involved in talent evaluation. 

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@Rigby said:
I must have missed the part of his resume that had him involved in talent evaluation. 

That’s essentially all he’s done since being in the league. That’s what people in football research and development do. Evaluate talent at the college and NFL level and try to quantify it. 

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@supafreak84 said:

@Vikergirl said:
Also not everyone that works in football played football. Does that have to be required for a GM? Oh you're disqualified, you didn't play football. Take a look around the league, not everyone played. 

No, but wouldn't you think that would be hugely helpful when evaluating players to build a roster? Not sure the NFL version of "Moneyball" is the right way to go here 

Not even a little bit. The game in the late 1990s to the early 2000s when he would have played highschool and college ball would be so different that it would hardly matter. 

We need a charismatic person to lead our team. Someone who can identify other tallented people and bring them together. 

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