Sam Bradford's pro day workout should clear up top of NFL draft

[BigHairedAristocrat]

Originally Posted by CRedskinsRule

BHA,
What would Cowher do?

He would have brought in someone with more personnel knowledge and experience to be GM. Allens great as a leader but his speciality is in the business side of things. we've always been ahead of the curb on the business side of football.

bringing in Shanahan as HC and Allen as GM improved our team in two areas that needed improving as both represent upgrades over Zorn and Cerrato... but theres still a glaring weakness in our front office structure.

Think of it this way - its like drafting CJ Spiller with our first round pick and Tim Tebow with our 2nd. With our first round pick we got a HUGE upgrade at running back. With our 2nd, we got a guy who's a great leader but who's playing out of position. At the end of the day, neither is really going to improve the team if we dont have a solid offensive line and a good quarterback.

Shanahan and Allen won't build a successful team until they bring in a personnel guy to help them make those decisions. In the 2010 draft, I just want them to play it safe. In 2011, when we have a strong personnel guy in the FO helping them, i'll be more comfortable with the team taking more calculated risks.

To clarify my analogy above, i think our front office should/will eventually be be structured this way:

Team President - Bruce Allen
GM - pimp daddy mac talent evaluator
Head Coach - Shanahan

My dream scenario would have negated the need for a triumvate:
Head Coach - Bill Cowher
GM - pimp daddy mac talent evaluator