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<blockquote data-quote="CaliforniaCheez" data-source="post: 136966" data-attributes="member: 167"><p>Let me throw around some general statements. </p><p></p><p>1) Ron Wolf did a number of stuies and analized the process. He added a lot of psychological tests. </p><p>2) Many of the people who learned from Ron Wolf ended up in Seattle for awhile hired by GM Mike Holmgren. </p><p>3) The majority now seem to have left Seattle. The Ron Wolf way of doing things is getting spread around. </p><p>4) I would say it is not "old school" but successful school. </p><p></p><p>Check out the biography of the current GM of the 49'ers, Scot McCloughan. Half of it speaks of his learning from Ron Wolf. </p><p><a href="http://www.sf49ers.com/team/front_office_detail.php?PRKey=4" target="_blank">http://www.sf49ers.com/team/front_office_detail.php?PRKey=4</a></p><p></p><p>"Respected NFL executive Ron Wolf was a member of the scouting department in Oakland at the time and brought Kent on board to bolster the department. Young Scot joined his father for film sessions at the house, and even traveled as his dad’s sidekick on trips around the area. He watched, learned and took notes. </p><p></p><p>Football was life in the McCloughan household, and the environment quickly ceded Scot McCloughan into a standout on the football team as a running back, safety and return man. He was also a star baseball player, earning a scholarship on the Wichita State team where he contributed in two collegiate World Series as a designated hitter and third-baseman. </p><p></p><p>McCloughan went on to play minor league baseball for three more years for the Toronto Blue Jays organization before football beckoned him again. It was then that Wolf re-entered the picture, this time, recruiting Kent’s son to join his scouting staff in Green Bay in 1994. </p><p></p><p>McCloughan went on to comb the Midlands region for college talent for three years before he took over a slot in the Southeast territory. During that span, he was part of two Packers’ Super Bowl teams, including the 1996 championship squad who defeated New England in Super Bowl XXXI. In just five short years, he made an impressive name for himself and Seattle hired him as their director of college scouting. </p><p></p><p>“He’s very good at what he does and has a tremendous desire to improve,” Wolf said. “He has an exceptional eye for talent.” </p><p></p><p>Some of his early picks, like St. Louis G Adam Timmerman, Green Bay’s seventh-round selection out of South Dakota State in 1995, turned out to be hidden gems. Timmerman has since become a Pro Bowler. </p><p></p><p>In Seattle, McCloughan’s efforts came to fruition when the Seahawks won the NFC Championship in 2005 and made a trip to Super Bowl XL in Detroit to play the Pittsburgh Steelers. On that roster, 25 of the 28 draft picks on McCloughan’s draft scroll were still on the team when he left his post to join the 49ers last year. </p><p></p><p>“I think Scot is one of the bright young talents in this League. I fought like crazy to keep him here,” Seattle Head Coach Mike Holmgren said. </p><p></p><p>Along with his tireless routine of preparation, McCloughan possesses an acute memory. It served him well heading his first draft in San Francisco, where he had to put together a draft board based on the needs of a team he barely knew. </p><p></p><p>“Ten of the 11 draft picks from 2005 remained on the team and the one we did cut and wanted to put on the practice squad was claimed,” McCloughan recapped. “Two, three years into this, I think it’s going to be a heck of a draft.” </p><p>The 2005 Draft Class has already proven him right.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CaliforniaCheez, post: 136966, member: 167"] Let me throw around some general statements. 1) Ron Wolf did a number of stuies and analized the process. He added a lot of psychological tests. 2) Many of the people who learned from Ron Wolf ended up in Seattle for awhile hired by GM Mike Holmgren. 3) The majority now seem to have left Seattle. The Ron Wolf way of doing things is getting spread around. 4) I would say it is not "old school" but successful school. Check out the biography of the current GM of the 49'ers, Scot McCloughan. Half of it speaks of his learning from Ron Wolf. [url]http://www.sf49ers.com/team/front_office_detail.php?PRKey=4[/url] "Respected NFL executive Ron Wolf was a member of the scouting department in Oakland at the time and brought Kent on board to bolster the department. Young Scot joined his father for film sessions at the house, and even traveled as his dad’s sidekick on trips around the area. He watched, learned and took notes. Football was life in the McCloughan household, and the environment quickly ceded Scot McCloughan into a standout on the football team as a running back, safety and return man. He was also a star baseball player, earning a scholarship on the Wichita State team where he contributed in two collegiate World Series as a designated hitter and third-baseman. McCloughan went on to play minor league baseball for three more years for the Toronto Blue Jays organization before football beckoned him again. It was then that Wolf re-entered the picture, this time, recruiting Kent’s son to join his scouting staff in Green Bay in 1994. McCloughan went on to comb the Midlands region for college talent for three years before he took over a slot in the Southeast territory. During that span, he was part of two Packers’ Super Bowl teams, including the 1996 championship squad who defeated New England in Super Bowl XXXI. In just five short years, he made an impressive name for himself and Seattle hired him as their director of college scouting. “He’s very good at what he does and has a tremendous desire to improve,” Wolf said. “He has an exceptional eye for talent.” Some of his early picks, like St. Louis G Adam Timmerman, Green Bay’s seventh-round selection out of South Dakota State in 1995, turned out to be hidden gems. Timmerman has since become a Pro Bowler. In Seattle, McCloughan’s efforts came to fruition when the Seahawks won the NFC Championship in 2005 and made a trip to Super Bowl XL in Detroit to play the Pittsburgh Steelers. On that roster, 25 of the 28 draft picks on McCloughan’s draft scroll were still on the team when he left his post to join the 49ers last year. “I think Scot is one of the bright young talents in this League. I fought like crazy to keep him here,” Seattle Head Coach Mike Holmgren said. Along with his tireless routine of preparation, McCloughan possesses an acute memory. It served him well heading his first draft in San Francisco, where he had to put together a draft board based on the needs of a team he barely knew. “Ten of the 11 draft picks from 2005 remained on the team and the one we did cut and wanted to put on the practice squad was claimed,” McCloughan recapped. “Two, three years into this, I think it’s going to be a heck of a draft.” The 2005 Draft Class has already proven him right. [/QUOTE]
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