Comments on: Rams avoid question about final say on draft day http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/02/15/rams-avoid-question-about-final-say-on-draft-day/ ProFootballTalk on NBCSports.com Mon, 20 May 2013 17:17:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: stavreafavre http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/02/15/rams-avoid-question-about-final-say-on-draft-day/#comment-1579817 Wed, 15 Feb 2012 20:34:57 +0000 http://nbcprofootballtalk.wordpress.com/?p=248606#comment-1579817 A three-man partnership on personnel decisions has done wonders for the Vikings. But then again, I suppose 3-13 looks good in St. Louis.

]]> By: kelly8791 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/02/15/rams-avoid-question-about-final-say-on-draft-day/#comment-1579690 Wed, 15 Feb 2012 19:46:53 +0000 http://nbcprofootballtalk.wordpress.com/?p=248606#comment-1579690 This whole “Final Say” thing is overrated. No Head Coach has the time to deal with all the Personnel matters day-to-day, and no GM is going to force a Coach to take a player that he absolutely doesn’t want.

The Coach decides what kind of players he wants, and the GM, along with the Personnel Staff, goes out and finds those players. It’s that simple.

]]> By: sj39 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/02/15/rams-avoid-question-about-final-say-on-draft-day/#comment-1579589 Wed, 15 Feb 2012 18:58:37 +0000 http://nbcprofootballtalk.wordpress.com/?p=248606#comment-1579589 The Head Coach will have the final say, as he should.

]]> By: dempsey63 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/02/15/rams-avoid-question-about-final-say-on-draft-day/#comment-1579568 Wed, 15 Feb 2012 18:49:26 +0000 http://nbcprofootballtalk.wordpress.com/?p=248606#comment-1579568 There was a newspaper interview featuring ex-Packers director of player personnel Dick Corrick in which he hinted that the legendary coach/GM of the team ignored his scouts’ advice to select Joe Montana and Ronnie Lott and instead placed phone calls to college coaches during the draft to ask if they had any players they personally would recommend.

That’s how Green Bay wound up with “a fine young man” named Rich Campbell at QB and a fullback named Steve Avery–while Corrick and his talent evaluators reached for their straitjackets and the cyanide.

In other words, it doesn’t matter who makes the final decision, as long as he takes into account the viewpoints of the professionals who spent a year on the road gathering critical data.

]]> By: cardinals1234 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/02/15/rams-avoid-question-about-final-say-on-draft-day/#comment-1579562 Wed, 15 Feb 2012 18:46:31 +0000 http://nbcprofootballtalk.wordpress.com/?p=248606#comment-1579562 Not sure why you think anyone cares what you say, but you will keep posting.

]]> By: fijabbersman345 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/02/15/rams-avoid-question-about-final-say-on-draft-day/#comment-1579548 Wed, 15 Feb 2012 18:43:26 +0000 http://nbcprofootballtalk.wordpress.com/?p=248606#comment-1579548 Translation: “Jeff has all the say in all matters, but we won’t say it for the sake of our ‘GM’.”

]]> By: mrslay1 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/02/15/rams-avoid-question-about-final-say-on-draft-day/#comment-1579544 Wed, 15 Feb 2012 18:41:11 +0000 http://nbcprofootballtalk.wordpress.com/?p=248606#comment-1579544 Not sure why Fisher picked the Rams, but he will do well if he has enough power to make the decisions.

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