Hypothetical question - If KAM is CANned...

Starter list:

Jon-Eric Sullivan, Green Bay Packers vice president of player personnel
Sullivan had interviews with the Titans and Jets last year, advancing the final stages of the process in Tennessee. He’s the top scout behind Brian Gutekunst in an organization that has been highly successful at building through the draft.

George Kokinis, Baltimore Ravens vice president of player personnel
The Ravens are one of the most respected franchises in football, and Kokinis has an important scouting role.

Catherine Hickman, Cleveland Browns vice president of football operations/assistant GM
Catherine has worked in the NFL and CFL for a long time on the managerial side, and could become the first woman to become a GM in the league.

Andy Weidl, Pittsburgh Steelers assistant GM
Weidl has decades of experience on the scouting side. Before working on the Steelers, he spent six years with the Philadelphia Eagles.

Ed Dodds, Indianapolis Colts assistant GM
Dodds has been a hot candidate for several years. However, now that the Colts have been extremely successful, his name tends to appear more frequently.

Brian Xanders, Jacksonville Jaguars senior advisor to the GM/personnel strategist
Xanders has GM experience with the Denver Broncos between 2009 and 2012, helping to build the team that reached two Super Bowls in the 2010s. He’s spent a lot of time with the Los Angeles Rams before following James Gladstone to Jacksonville.

Chad Alexander, Los Angeles Chargers assistant GM
He spent 20 years with the Ravens and recently moved to the Jets and Chargers to gain more experience elsewhere.

Alec Halaby, Philadelphia Eagles assistant GM
A rising youngster, Halaby started his NFL journey in 2007 as an intern and climbed the ladder under Howie Roseman. He’s a good name if the team looks for a strategist.

Will McClay, Dallas Cowboys vice president of player personnel
It’s hard to imagine McClay leaving Dallas, where he’s almost a regular GM. But if he wants the chance to call the shots, multiple teams would be interested.

Brandon Brown, New York Giants assistant GM
Another name that rose with the Eagles, but he has been with the Giants since 2022.

Ian Cunningham, Chicago Bears assistant GM
Cunningham has also been a GM candidate for a long time, with multiple interviews in his résumé. He has experience with the Ravens and Eagles, two of the best organizations in football, and has been the Bears’ assistant GM since 2022.

Ray Agnew, Detroit Lions assistant GM
Agnew is older (57) than you could expect, but he’s a former NFL player and has been working as an executive since 2017. First, as a director of pro personnel for the Rams, and then following Brad Holmes to Detroit.

Mike Greenberg, Tampa Bay Buccaneers assistant GM
Jason Licht has been one of the most stable GMs in football, and Greenberg has been with the Bucs for almost two full decades.

John McKay, Los Angeles Rams assistant GM
The Rams have been a real school of executive and coaching talent, and McKay has been with the Rams for 10 years — an important name behind Les Snead.

Champ Kelly, Miami Dolphins interim GM
Kelly took over the Dolphins after the team parted ways with Chris Grier. He was also the interim GM for the Raiders a few years ago. It’s difficult to impress under these circumstances, but he has to be mentioned.

I would take anyone from the Ravens, Eagles or Rams personnel teams.

Great post Badger - thanks for putting that together

I was looking at this a while back and I really like McKay. How can you argue with how the Rams have drafted and he's learned from one of the best GM's in the league in Les Snead.

I'll throw another name out there that wasn't on Badgers list, Seattle assistant GM Nolan Teasley;

"Nolan Teasley begins his 12th season with the Seahawks, second as assistant general manager, following five seasons as director of pro personnel (2018-22), one season as assistant director of pro personnel (2017) and three seasons as a pro personnel scout (2014-16). He originally joined the Seahawks in 2013 as an intern in the team's scouting department."

He's another one where it's hard to argue with how Seattle has rebuilt that roster and also has been schooled by one of the best GM's in the league in John Schneider.

I think there's probably about a 30% chance Kwesi is fired. I think there's probably a 50% chance they restructure their scouting staff.

They'd promote Ryan Grigson.   Rinse repeat.

MaroonBells wrote:
I think there's probably about a 30% chance Kwesi is fired. I think there's probably a 50% chance they restructure their scouting staff.

Yah, my spidey senses aren't tingling about KAM being gone...I dont know how much is tied to the team performance the remaining 4 games or not?

If we just let Mel Kiper make our picks we will be better off than if KAM and KOC make them.

purplefaithful wrote:

Yah, my spidey senses aren't tingling about KAM being gone...I dont know how much is tied to the team performance the remaining 4 games or not?

Honestly, I think very little. The team is going to want to see this through, and I think that means seeing what McCarthy does in his 2nd year before making any kind of wholesale changes to leadership, whose contracts have ink that isn't even dry yet.

MaroonBells wrote:

Honestly, I think very little. The team is going to want to see this through, and I think that means seeing what McCarthy does in his 2nd year before making any kind of wholesale changes to leadership, whose contracts have ink that isn't even dry yet.

I personally think he is gone. However, their scouting department needs a serious restructure and Grigson is gone I believe no matter what.

A guy can dream right?

In the 2022 draft he traded our first round pick to the Lions. Then looking back at that draft we see it is the worst draft the Vikings have ever made.

I seriously doubt that trading down to a division rival in the first round has ever happened in the history of the NFL.

purplefaithful wrote:

Yah, my spidey senses aren't tingling about KAM being gone...I dont know how much is tied to the team performance the remaining 4 games or not?

I think these last four games are significant when it comes to whether the Wilfs retain or shitcan Kwesi. I'd wager as follows;

O-1 wins- fired
2 wins- maybe
3-4 wins- retained

Remember, the Wilfs fired Childress the very next year after giving him an extension, so there's precedent by ownership to go that route. They also shitcanned Spielman after an 8-9 season, so if we go 5-12 or 6-11 on top of just spending 300 or so million in free agency, I'd say Kwesi is toast and rightfully so. Combine that with his draft record and how do you justify it otherwise if you are the Wilfs?

Honestly don't know that we should be looking at team W/L when it comes to Kwesi.

After three full drafts, In terms of player personnel, I see a lot more L's than W's

If I were the Wilfs, I’d be getting aggressive right now.  Kwesi’s formula isn’t translating the way he expected, and IMO, the scouting department needs a serious overhaul.

A few candidates who intrigue me for better or worse:

Andy Weidl — Steelers Assistant GM

• He’s spent time under Ozzie Newsome and Eric DeCosta in Baltimore and was Howie Roseman’s right-hand man in Philly.  He has 24+ years of scouting experience and helped shape the Eagles’ turnaround starting in 2016.  His philosophy centers on finding the right fit and building cohesive teams, not just collecting talent.
  

Jon-Eric Sullivan — Packers VP of Player Personnel

• He’s worked his way up Green Bay’s scouting department since interning in 2003.  He became a major part of their draft room around 2016.  While the Packers’ draft classes haven’t always blown me away, the organization has been consistently well-run for decades.
  

Alec Halaby — Eagles Assistant GM

• I’m intrigued by his background, but after the Kwesi experiment, I can’t help seeing him as a “Kwesi-lite.”  Smart, analytical, Ivy League (Harvard this time), but more of a complementary strategist than a true leader.  The résumé is great; the fit… I’m not convinced.
  

John McKay — Rams Assistant GM

• He’s been involved in some of the best drafts of the past few years.  As Director of Pro Scouting from 2021–2024, he helped assemble a roster with 20–25 solid contributors still on the team.  That track record speaks loudly.
  

Chad Alexander — Chargers Assistant GM

• He’s worked with both Harbaugh brothers; what more needs to be said?  Okay, fine, he’s also an Ozzie Newsome protégé.  That alone puts him on the shortlist.
  

Vanguard83 wrote:
Honestly don't know that we should be looking at team W/L when it comes to Kwesi.

After three full drafts, In terms of player personnel, I see a lot more L's than W's

Curious what you gave JJ McCarthy and Dallas Turner.

I mean I'd still love to know the real reasons why the Wilfs hired Kwesi in the first place. I think we all know why, but I'd love for the Wilfs to give a straight answer. His resume was so completely lacking and you bring him over from a totally dysfunctional Cleveland organization where he ran "football operations" for a year. No scouting or personnel experience in his background whatsoever. He made sure there were enough towels on the sidelines and that the hotdog cart was filled for gamedays. Why would the Wilfs, who are supposedly smart people, just say, "ahh screw it" and hand him over the keys to a playoff quality roster? He is the Les Steckel of GM hires and goes down as probably the strangest hire in this organizations history IMO. I was one of the few who called it an awful hire at the time and its played out as expected. To make matters worse they've further multiplied the problem by bringing in Grigson, a completely failed GM himself, to be his right hand man and "voice of reason" in the draft room. The sooner this problem is rectified by the owners who created it, the better we will be as an organization moving forward.

Looks like most of us are agreeable that McKay should absolutely be interviewed

MaroonBells wrote:

Curious what you gave JJ McCarthy and Dallas Turner.

While trying to judge our draft I was told that it really can't be judged until a few years. Well looking back right now it seems there were better players on the board at those positions when we picked them.

FLVike wrote:

While trying to judge our draft I was told that it really can't be judged until a few years. Well looking back right now it seems there were better players on the board at those positions when we picked them.

This time last year, every Pats fan in Southie wished their team had taken Bo Nix instead of Drake Maye.

Too many fans kicking JJM to the curb already...