Is Russell really better than Quinn?

[GTripp0012]

Originally Posted by hooskins

GTripp,
Do you seriously think hatred for ND would cause a professional scout to make his decision differently?

On the other points, I agree to an extent. For some reason I refuse to believe that all scouts and front offices are plagues by this lack of rationality. I mean these guys are doing this professionally with better resources and knowledge.

You really think they will continue to make mistakes? Why wouldnt GMs get other people to help?

Because no GMs even realize that this is an issue. I'm sure Scott Pioli in NE realized this a long time before I did, and had such a huge advantage that it wasn't even fair. I'm sure Pioli also realizes theres a lot left for him to learn.

Most scouts I'm sure think that they've been around the game long enough to know all that the game has to offer. But who can blame them? No one is going to admit they spent a 30 year career doing something incorrectly.

I don't think all scouts that think Russell is better than Quinn hate ND, but I'm sure theres somebody who is critiquing Russell and Quinn differently because of a bias.

I'm also sure some people think Charlie Weis is a genius and just assume that Quinn is good because he says. And that's a horrible reason to draft Quinn.