Are You Smarter Than A Pioli? -2010

[B_Ambuehl]

Smarter than Pioli? Sure, if were talking aviation...

But when it comes to the draft and running and NFL franchise, seeing how is doing it and were just message board GM's... I would say he trumps us every single time....

Personnel departments across the NFL are brimming with people who have little talent for it. Sometimes these people make it to high positions, largely on account of luck and being associated with the right people. Acquring a title in the personnel department for an NFL franchise doesn't require experience playing football and doesn't require experience coaching football. All it requires is luck meeting/knowing the right people and being in the right place. Couple that with the fact that player procurement is an inexact science and there is plenty of room for failure. The great thing about it is selections can be accurately judged rightly or wrongly one way or the other over time. Four or 5 years from now we can look back on this thread and it'll leave no doubt as to how much better or worse Pioli is than some random internet guy. Do that every year for 4 or 5 years straight and it will determine Piolis competence one way or the other.