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Originally Posted by SmootSmack
So just to be clear, you think the talent is suspect or the means to acquire said talent?
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Both.
Which makes it very hard to only blame VC. Obviously, as far as the draft goes, we haven't given him much ammunition. Still, not an exemplary record by any stretch on college scouting and picking the right players in the draft. Also, I imagine that if I'm in his position I put my foot down when you are telling me about a lot of these deals involving draft picks. A stronger individual would have basically said, "if you surrender those picks for those guys, I walk."
His ability to properly scout FA players has been suspect. I am not in the JG, "Well look at Springs, Griffin and Washington I don't know where we'd be without them", camp. I think there have been many more misses than hits on that front. Although I don't believe he is the only problem, I don't think VC is part of the solution to this mess. I think getting rid of him would be addition by subtraction.
Moreover, I think we can all agree that the overall strategy of the team in terms of player aquisition needs an overhall. The good news is that there are signs of those changes this offseason. The bad news is that we are still paying for mistakes we made in the past, and we still have the same people deciding who's good and who's not.
And I don't want to be perceived as thinking that VC is the end-all-be-all and that once he is replaced by someone better and wiser we will suddenly have nothing to worry about. The issue is not only scouting but obvoiusly also has to do with what we do with said info. If I am not mistaken, Vinny's job is more to compile the reports on these guys with the help of his scouts and then let The Danny and JG do the rest, which obviously does't recommend those two highly in that regard either. Sadly, it appears that Snyder and JG are making faulty desions on top of faulty information.
My question would be this: if you are starting a new NFL franchise tomorrow and Vinny is available, do you take him?
Since the answer to that question is most likely "no", why is he still here?