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Originally Posted by Saccopoo
There's mediocrity in most teams drafts.
The thing I like about him is he's not afraid to pull the trigger on a huge ceiling prospect like JPP and that he's managed to pull in some guys who have contributed - substantially more than what we've seen here under Pioli.
Add to it that the guy is smart (two Ivy league degrees), isn't a son of some guy from the '70's NFL and has intermed/done his time under solid, successful team oriented atmospheres.
Also, he was the Eagles Director of College Scouting back in 2000 at only 27 years old (youngest director of college scouting in the NFL) until 2004.
In between his Eagles and Giants gigs, he was national college scout for the Bills.
He played the game in college, where he still owns numerous receiving records at Princeton. (Offensive minded guy is a plus in my book in this day and age.)
The guy has drive and vision and experience. And he's only 39.
I think he's a pretty solid GM canidate all the way around.
And having the first pick in the draft is a nice little carrot to dangle in front of a prospective GM, especially when it's a QB like Geno Smith who has a ton of potential to be a high level NFL signal caller for a long time.
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There's also the fact that once Clark Hunt hires the GM he completely turns over the football operations.
There really isn't a better situation for a GM in the league.