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<blockquote data-quote="Pokerbrat2000" data-source="post: 1058613" data-attributes="member: 7261"><p>For the same reasons that a GM gets credit for a player that he obtains (draft, trade, FA, etc.) that excels for his team?</p><p></p><p>There are all sorts of reasons that a player doesn't work out for a team. So yes, while there are some "excuses" that can be made for a GM for drafting picks that don't pan out, the first question you have to ask is; "Why didn't said player pan out?". If its due to injury, then yeah, not really anyone's fault, just bad luck. Isn't the GM at the top of the hierarchy and making the drafting and hiring decisions for a team? A Football GM is supposed to sort through all the data and plug in the best pieces that he feels will all work together. If he drafts a player that doesn't mesh with the team/coaches, who's to blame? If you want to blame the coaches, who is ultimately in charge of them?</p><p></p><p>[USER=10086]@OldSchool101[/USER] example of Favre and the Falcons bears this out. Sure, Herock recognized talent in Favre, but his HC (Glanville) absolutely didn't want Favre and proved that after he was drafted. Someone saying "Herock was a brilliant GM, he knew just how good Favre might be", isn't telling the whole story. Yes, Herock drafted a player that he saw potential in. However, you would be more correct if you said "Herock was an idiot, he drafted a FHOF QB and then traded him away. Favre would have eventually been drafted by another team, actually, possibly with the next pick by the Jets GM, Ron Wolf. The Jets didn't have a 1st round pick that year and Wolf absolutely loved Favre. How History for 3 teams may have changed, had the Falcons passed on Favre and Wolf selected him.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Pokerbrat2000, post: 1058613, member: 7261"] For the same reasons that a GM gets credit for a player that he obtains (draft, trade, FA, etc.) that excels for his team? There are all sorts of reasons that a player doesn't work out for a team. So yes, while there are some "excuses" that can be made for a GM for drafting picks that don't pan out, the first question you have to ask is; "Why didn't said player pan out?". If its due to injury, then yeah, not really anyone's fault, just bad luck. Isn't the GM at the top of the hierarchy and making the drafting and hiring decisions for a team? A Football GM is supposed to sort through all the data and plug in the best pieces that he feels will all work together. If he drafts a player that doesn't mesh with the team/coaches, who's to blame? If you want to blame the coaches, who is ultimately in charge of them? [USER=10086]@OldSchool101[/USER] example of Favre and the Falcons bears this out. Sure, Herock recognized talent in Favre, but his HC (Glanville) absolutely didn't want Favre and proved that after he was drafted. Someone saying "Herock was a brilliant GM, he knew just how good Favre might be", isn't telling the whole story. Yes, Herock drafted a player that he saw potential in. However, you would be more correct if you said "Herock was an idiot, he drafted a FHOF QB and then traded him away. Favre would have eventually been drafted by another team, actually, possibly with the next pick by the Jets GM, Ron Wolf. The Jets didn't have a 1st round pick that year and Wolf absolutely loved Favre. How History for 3 teams may have changed, had the Falcons passed on Favre and Wolf selected him. [/QUOTE]
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