Getting to Know the Front Office/Understanding the Scouting Process

[los panda]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

You mean like when they let Keenan McArdell go how did they select Ike Hilliard?

I think it's just like a regular job interview. Except in most job interviews you're probably not asked to draw up certain plays or explain how you plan to use Niles Paul. Connections (who you know) go a long way toward selecting the assistant coaches.

And of course the whole scouting process can ultimately be thrown out the window if Shanahan (or any football head) simply says "this is the guy I want. make it happen" Most, like Shanahan, are respectful of the process. Others, not so much

i wonder what the saints staff thought about the events leading up to the 1999 draft.

[Lotus]

SS, thank you so much! This is a terrifically educational thread.

[Bishop Hammer]

Thanks for the thread SS. Its great to see the organization run like a real NFL team as opposed to how the last adminastration ran it.