Whö wöüld yöü have Replace Carl Petersück at GM?

[Baby Lee]

Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud

Really?

Then why hasn't ANY team EVER hired him to be a GM and why has he ALWAYS been fired over personnel reasons?

Cleveland: Personnel
KC: He left of his own volition due to the decisions to sign thugs.
Redskins: Personnel struggles with Cerrato and Snyder
San Diego: Personnel clashes with A.J. Smith.

If he's SOOOOOOOO freaking great, OLD MAN RIVER, why hasn't ANY NFL team hired him?

Take your Geritol and go to bed.

And in every single case they thought they could do better and ended up measurably worse.

[DaneMcCloud]

Originally Posted by Baby Lee

And in every single case they thought they could do better and ended up measurably worse.

Cleveland didn't improve.
Kansas City didn't improve.
Washington didn't improve.

The jury's still out on San Diego. If the Chargers win one playoff game, that will be an improvement.

That being said, his success as a head coach in the regular season doesn't qualify him to be the general manager of a football team.

[Baby Lee]

Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud

Cleveland didn't improve.
Kansas City didn't improve.
Washington didn't improve.

The jury's still out on San Diego. If the Chargers win one playoff game, that will be an improvement.

That being said, his success as a head coach in the regular season doesn't qualify him to be the general manager of a football team.

Thing is, he's a guy who is a phenomenal success in so many phases of the business, who seems to be cursed at one aspect, the playoffs. So mightn't a perfect position be GM, where he can exert his influence in the areas where he's excelled, and sit back in January an let someone else lift the curse on the field.

My trepidation concerns how his history with the organization might color his future decisions, but that's not to say there isn't a place out there where he'd excell.

[Brock]

Marty didn't really draft well when he was here, if you buy into the coach having a large influence over that in KC. Here is what Marty is good at: Coaching a bad team into a good team. I don't see the qualifications for GM.

[FAX]

Originally Posted by Brock

Marty didn't really draft well when he was here, if you buy into the coach having a large influence over that in KC. Here is what Marty is good at: Coaching a bad team into a good team. I don't see the qualifications for GM.

That's pretty much the way I see it, Mr. Brock. Marty is clearly gifted as a teacher who can coach up individual players. Apparently, he's also a good motivator. But, those are skills that don't really fall under a GM's responsibilities.

In my view, we need a GM with a proven track record of being able to evaluate talent. Somebody who has drafted well enough and for long enough that the organization can feel confident we can turn around our poor drafting history and tendencies. I'd also like to see somebody with a solid commitment to player development so we can get the most out of those marginal players you acquire along the way.

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