LET'S GO KWESI!

#49ers DC DeMeco Ryans mic’s up at practice. Seems like a coach everyone likes to play for. His personality is on the completely opposite side of the spectrum than Judge’s. pic.twitter.com/EILNJMj5o1

— A New Hope (@IG3rb) January 19, 2022

@"minny65" said:

@"SFVikeFan" said: I mean I don't get the whole he doesn't have experience in football personnel complaints.

8 years at SF in R&D.  What do you think he did?  Design helmets, shoulder pads? Personnel evaluation.  Scouts watch tape and grade technique.  He compiles data.  You marry the two.

What do you think PFF is doing?  Why are they so popular with fans, they do EXACTLY what he's done.  Except he spent 7+ seasons in SF surrounded by football people and scouts and not "fans".  Is out of the question he didn't learn talent evaluation from the 49ers?

Analytics is already here dude.  This is an exciting movement to me.  Let scouts scout, then marry their evaluations with the analytics.  Belichik was ahead of his time in that he evaluated every damn possible variable to gain an edge, sadly including cheating with spying to deflated footballs, but he was constantly searching for anything to give his team an edge.

The margin for wins and losses is razor thin.  Look at us this season.  

I'm thrilled to hire a guy who is the smartest guy in the room, who listens, who learns.  We have tried the grizzled old guys with loads of experience who can't adapt or change. 

But let's not pretend this is some hedge fund manager whose only NFL experience is running FFL.  

First off - 100% I hope Kwesi is the best GM we ever had - premise

Nowhere I have seen a poster indicate that he was just a FFL guru or as another poster wanted as a strawman said that someone claimed he was a No Nothing???  

I get the novelty and excitement of having a new GM, I hope it works out.

But is it a decision that cannot be questioned?  

Let me put it this way:  Did the 49'ers fill his R&D position with someone else?  I don't think so.  Do the Vikings have or ever had a position in Research?  I don't see one.  I have never heard of the position he did for 7 years.  Was he a consultant in that position while doing other consulting work or was it a FT position with a salary?  I do not know but it looks like a created position to me.  Just saying. 

Now his 2 years with Cleveland was in an executive position that is on every organization's chart and to me that is experience in the NFL as an executive.  I get that he is brilliant and that is great wonderful I am pulling for him.......but I also expect a real learning curve with some mistakes along the way that a more experienced NFL'er would not have made. 

I guess I am in the Doubting Thomas position.... show me the Money/results.

Right now, I am very cautiously optimistic and will be very curious who he hires as the HC - first major decision.  I don't want a Ryans - 1 year as DC or even a McDaniel 1 year as OC with his ties to 49'ers.  I hope he makes a better decision then just old tie or allegiances.

Hope for the Best but these decisions can be questioned without being used as a strawman argument where someone puts words in your mouth, right?

  

@"JustinTime18™" said:

@"JimmyinSD" said: All I know is that he is left handed,   must be one smart fucker.  Even if he doesn't know the job,  he will figure it out quickly.

My son is a lefty, and I'm actually glad the stubby scissors thing went away.

@"JustinTime18™" said:

Ummmmm...

Wish him the best. Like that he is smart and analytical. Excited to see what the future holds. 

@"StickyBun" said: Now onto the HC. Looking forward to hearing about second interviews for the Vikings in this capacity.

Hope springs eternal, so we're being optimistic with this hiring. An agent of change is what this is really being portrayed as, but I think the fanbase is going to have to be a little patient until he can shave the cap a bit and get some room to work under it. If its the same ol' - same ol' results with the first two years of him being here, fans are going to balk. What else is new in a league where rookie QBs are accused of being busts before their first year is even over. 

@"purple4life" said: In my opinion, we don't need massive tweaks to take a step forward, changing management was the one tweak most necessary.  Now they could be duds, like you mentioned will know in a few years,  but I have to believe the team did its due diligence.  

Looking forward to HC round 2 as well.  I'm thinking two of the HC finalists, O'Connell and Ryans, are playing each other this weekend.

Not sure I'd characterize new GM and HC as a "tweak"

Thanks! and true --> "tweak" is a poor characterization  :)

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@"Clanzomaelan" said:

@"JimmyinSD" said: All I know is that he is left handed,   must be one smart fucker.  Even if he doesn't know the job,  he will figure it out quickly.

But... Will he have a pair of stubby scissors?

My son is a lefty, and I'm actually glad the stubby scissors thing went away.