Scout Posted May 19, 2018 Share Posted May 19, 2018 If you were just hired as a general manager, how would you run the place? Would you give current scouting department a chance or whack em immediately like Buffalo? What types of scouting staff would you look for? How much buy into analytics? What would you look for in a head coach? Offense, Defense, retread, college? Would you participate in FA or stay out completely? What types of FA would you sign? Would you be active in the trade market? What would some of your draft strategies be? What traits would you value in each position? How would you handle 53 cut downs? Would you be active on waiver wire during cuts? How would you allocate 10 PS players? It's the dog days of summer, interested to read some theories! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patriotsheatyan Posted May 19, 2018 Share Posted May 19, 2018 Take bribes from other teams, loot the franchise, move to Mexico. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bzane Posted May 19, 2018 Share Posted May 19, 2018 7 hours ago, Scout said: If you were just hired as a general manager, how would you run the place? Chaotically works for me; it's done pretty well for the New York Giants in recent years! 7 hours ago, Scout said: Would you give current scouting department a chance or whack em immediately like Buffalo? Whack 'em, and dump the bodies in the New Jersey Swamplands. 7 hours ago, Scout said: What would you look for in a head coach? 7 hours ago, Scout said: What types of FA would you sign? Angry lout who would take the money and immediately go South. 7 hours ago, Scout said: What types of scouting staff would you look for? The Good Ol' Boys, of course! 7 hours ago, Scout said: What would some of your draft strategies be? Welp, based upon the sterling example on the Giants of the last ten years, I would develop short-term memory loss about that thing referred to as "the 3rd Round", and keep my most-wanted players a deep-dark secret, like wearing a tee-shirt reading I LUV LEONARD FLOYD AND JACK CONKLIN 7 hours ago, Scout said: What traits would you value in each position? Athletic, Stupid, and Immature work for me! 7 hours ago, Scout said: How would you handle 53 cut downs? Neglect to tell them personally and let them find out on Twitter. 7 hours ago, Scout said: How would you allocate 10 PS players? They would ALL be P/O/S on my team; so, no worries!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dome Posted May 20, 2018 Share Posted May 20, 2018 11 hours ago, Scout said: If you were just hired as a general manager, how would you run the place? I would surround myself with people who will teach me and tell me when I'm wrong, I don't want people that will just do what they're told if it's not for the best of the team. I'm not NFL GM material so I'll need help to stop the bleeding early. 11 hours ago, Scout said: Would you give current scouting department a chance or whack em immediately like Buffalo? What types of scouting staff would you look for? Do I have a talented team that's been rudderless? Or poor talent all around? If I have no talent, I'm going to assume the scouting department needs a revamp. If the team is young and talented and just not meeting potential I'll keep them around. I want scouts that played all 3 levels of football, and are well connected with both college programs and with NFL players. 11 hours ago, Scout said: How much buy into analytics? It has it's uses, but only gets you so far. There's a lot that goes into a successful program and analytics has it's spot. 11 hours ago, Scout said: What would you look for in a head coach? Offense, Defense, retread, college? .Players MUST like to play for him, like coming to work every day with him as their coach. I want an innovator, don't care too much about disciplinarians, high character, or rah-rah guys. Gimme the guy players like that's always looking to improve or change what he's doing to stay ahead of the curve. 11 hours ago, Scout said: Would you participate in FA or stay out completely? What types of FA would you sign? I'd use FA mostly to fill in holes with stopgaps and 2nd tier FAs. I'd spend big bucks if I have a shot to sign a franchise QB or an elite pass rusher if a window is there to get a couple shots at a SB. 11 hours ago, Scout said: Would you be active in the trade market? What would some of your draft strategies be? I'd be very active on the UTR trades that casual fans probably don't pay much attention to. Shuffling late picks for players. I'd be willing to trade some players away if I didn't want to pay them, draft picks are always nice. I wouldn't trade away 1st or 2nd round picks very easy though, wouldn't be big into trading up in the draft very often, but would trade down a lot. 11 hours ago, Scout said: What would some of your draft strategies be? BPA at a position of need early in the draft, skewing more BPA and value picks as we go on, even if it's not a need. 11 hours ago, Scout said: What traits would you value in each position? How would you handle 53 cut downs? How would you allocate 10 PS players? I'd leave this up to my coaches, scouts and player personnel guys. Quote Would you be active on waiver wire during cuts? Yes the bottom 6 or so guys (the game day inactive regulars) of my roster would probably have a high turnover. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malfatron Posted May 20, 2018 Share Posted May 20, 2018 13 hours ago, Scout said: If you were just hired as a general manager, how would you run the place? Would you give current scouting department a chance or whack em immediately like Buffalo? What types of scouting staff would you look for? How much buy into analytics? What would you look for in a head coach? Offense, Defense, retread, college? Would you participate in FA or stay out completely? What types of FA would you sign? Would you be active in the trade market? What would some of your draft strategies be? What traits would you value in each position? How would you handle 53 cut downs? Would you be active on waiver wire during cuts? How would you allocate 10 PS players? lawful evil get rid of all except one. ones that find good players 56.7% into analytics the ability to lead offense and defense i would try to buy the best FA for the value i would try to buy the best FA for the value i would only take good deals draft blue chip players. never trade down, unless you can fleece someone. trade up for weird teams planning for the future excellence walk up to each man personally, shake his hand, thank him for trying, and then say sorry, you have been released. no whichever ones were happy to be on the PS, and get my coffee right Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ET80 Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 I do this in Madden all of the time (Madden 2006 on the PS2, because that's the last time they got Madden right): - Go 3-13 in year 1. - Raise ticket prices by 400% - Get attendance down to 30% - Move the team to either Los Angeles, Mexico City or Las Vegas - Draft big CBs, move them to S. Draft big S, move them to LB. Draft big LBs, move them to DE. (It's all about speed). - Draft the biggest OL you can find in rounds 4-7. - Draft speedy RBs and WRs. (Maurice Joned-Drew and Maurice Stovall usually do the trick). Sign these guys long term right out the gates (I find 5 year deals for these guys to be worth it). - Trade picks for a young backup (Aaron Rodgers, Phillip Rivers) or draft a guy from NCAA 2006 (Vince Young or Reggie McNeal). - Go 16-0, win the SB (Season 3, usually?) - Sim out seasons, win multiple SBs. - Rinse/repeat (you'll get a ton of extra 1st/3rd round picks with your RFAs you've upped to 90+). You'll make a ton of money for the franchise and develop a winner for a decade (or until your HC retires and you've got no real replacement to lean on). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deekster37 Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 Well first step to me is......who's in house.....Where have you guys just come from (record wise) If its good record obviously I'm not there.....so let's take a look at why we're losing watch tape! In between tape and sleep.....pick some brains that are there to see there philosophies, schemes why did they do this or that on 3rd and 2....etc and that's on both sides of the ball.....if your gonna get the job you have done your due diligence and studied every team in the NFL and if you think that's hard to do than you wouldn't be in that spot or in this business so trust what you know and believe in that! Don't give up on current staff but see if they can adapt if they can't adapt or have a total different view thats not a bad thing there smart in there own way so let them go and find there own path then turn around and find people that believe in your system or way of doing things.....Some people get mad cuz there is guys that just have a natural old school eye for talent... they don't have to use analytics which is not a bad thing to look at......sure use that to a certain degree but don't live off that! I know guys that can tell if he's gonna be good or not with a game let alone a quarter.......TRUST ME!!!!! Now things could change for that certain person after a game or a quarter but adapt and do your work for that player....That sounds crazy but its not if you know what to look for....aka schemes and stuff.... but if your smart enough a lot of players can fit in to any scheme depends on that trust worthy person coaching them or making them believe in your vision ...but there is so many scenarios that could take place with stepping into a GM job and we all know that ....!!!!! Free agents are a good thing but it depends on cap and all that so i would judge off of that! Now I'm a quality over quantity guy so I like studs not saying quantity is a bad thing there might be a draft where you need quantity over quality depending on what you inherit! Bottom line is stay true to what you know and stay strong to what you know! Ive had to work hard to where im at now in scouting but I've adapted to certain scenarios and things I didn't like....for example when the athletic director and head coach said certain things to me ...was I willing to adapt to make them better yes cuz it was it was all good until.................... they wanted us to just strictly do analytics and just study that....just study that.... just study that.....so i didnt agree so.....hence I get the side of people that have been removed or let themselves be removed and find what fits and that's what people need to do in my opinion! I got a million things to say about offense and defense..... stuff from up above but later on fellas and gals! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dtait93 Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 2 hours ago, Deekster37 said: Well first step to me is......who's in house.....Where have you guys just come from (record wise) If its good record obviously I'm not there.....so let's take a look at why we're losing watch tape! In between tape and sleep.....pick some brains that are there to see there philosophies, schemes why did they do this or that on 3rd and 2....etc and that's on both sides of the ball.....if your gonna get the job you have done your due diligence and studied every team in the NFL and if you think that's hard to do than you wouldn't be in that spot or in this business so trust what you know and believe in that! Don't give up on current staff but see if they can adapt if they can't adapt or have a total different view thats not a bad thing there smart in there own way so let them go and find there own path then turn around and find people that believe in your system or way of doing things.....Some people get mad cuz there is guys that just have a natural old school eye for talent... they don't have to use analytics which is not a bad thing to look at......sure use that to a certain degree but don't live off that! I know guys that can tell if he's gonna be good or not with a game let alone a quarter.......TRUST ME!!!!! Now things could change for that certain person after a game or a quarter but adapt and do your work for that player....That sounds crazy but its not if you know what to look for....aka schemes and stuff.... but if your smart enough a lot of players can fit in to any scheme depends on that trust worthy person coaching them or making them believe in your vision ...but there is so many scenarios that could take place with stepping into a GM job and we all know that ....!!!!! Free agents are a good thing but it depends on cap and all that so i would judge off of that! Now I'm a quality over quantity guy so I like studs not saying quantity is a bad thing there might be a draft where you need quantity over quality depending on what you inherit! Bottom line is stay true to what you know and stay strong to what you know! Ive had to work hard to where im at now in scouting but I've adapted to certain scenarios and things I didn't like....for example when the athletic director and head coach said certain things to me ...was I willing to adapt to make them better yes cuz it was it was all good until.................... they wanted us to just strictly do analytics and just study that....just study that.... just study that.....so i didnt agree so.....hence I get the side of people that have been removed or let themselves be removed and find what fits and that's what people need to do in my opinion! I got a million things to say about offense and defense..... stuff from up above but later on fellas and gals! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom cody Posted May 22, 2018 Share Posted May 22, 2018 Look at my team, see what areas are weak and I'd go straight to work at improving those positions. I'd go for a player's coach who's also going to get the most out of every player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elky Posted May 22, 2018 Share Posted May 22, 2018 On 5/19/2018 at 12:28 PM, Scout said: If you were just hired as a general manager, how would you run the place? Would you give current scouting department a chance or whack em immediately like Buffalo? What types of scouting staff would you look for? How much buy into analytics? What would you look for in a head coach? Offense, Defense, retread, college? Would you participate in FA or stay out completely? What types of FA would you sign? Would you be active in the trade market? What would some of your draft strategies be? What traits would you value in each position? How would you handle 53 cut downs? Would you be active on waiver wire during cuts? How would you allocate 10 PS players? It's the dog days of summer, interested to read some theories! I'd leave the scouting department alone if they were doing a satisfactory job. If I'm inheriting garbage, then I'd nuke it. If by analytics you mean trying to apply sabermetrics to football, no. Baseball is a much less chaotic sport where the numbers actually tell the story. Stick to analyzing game film. I hate the logic of you need a coach from a specific side of the ball. Just hire the best man for the job. I'd just want a guy that's a proven leader and effective communicator. FA is mainly bargain hunting, while occasionally signing a big name to a big, but short term deal ala Suh. Big long-term deals would be very, very rare. Trades and the draft just depend on how I feel about the draft class. If it's a weaker year, I'd be more inclined to trade away picks. Other years I might want to stock up on picks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LETSGOBROWNIES Posted May 26, 2018 Share Posted May 26, 2018 Everyday I’d ask myself “What would Sashi do?” and then do that. I ❤️ Moneyball and analytics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calvert28 Posted May 26, 2018 Share Posted May 26, 2018 Find another GM job by the end of the day. Won't be able to survive Jerruh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vike daddy Posted May 26, 2018 Share Posted May 26, 2018 On 5/19/2018 at 10:28 AM, Scout said: It's the dog days of summer the dog days of summer are in the middle of August, it's an astronomical event with the star Sirius. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sugashane Posted May 26, 2018 Share Posted May 26, 2018 On 5/20/2018 at 1:00 AM, MathMan said: lawful evil I appreciate the alignment chart usage. Lmao Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sugashane Posted May 26, 2018 Share Posted May 26, 2018 On 5/19/2018 at 11:28 AM, Scout said: If you were just hired as a general manager, how would you run the place? Would you give current scouting department a chance or whack em immediately like Buffalo? What types of scouting staff would you look for? How much buy into analytics? What would you look for in a head coach? Offense, Defense, retread, college? Would you participate in FA or stay out completely? What types of FA would you sign? Would you be active in the trade market? What would some of your draft strategies be? What traits would you value in each position? How would you handle 53 cut downs? Would you be active on waiver wire during cuts? How would you allocate 10 PS players? It's the dog days of summer, interested to read some theories! I'd take input from everyone, but make the final decision as a GM. I want the HC's advice on all aspects, I don't want to force him to work with guys that don't fit his system, for example. I'm happy with the Bears' scouting department, been able to get a lot of midround value and some really solid FA signings. I want a scouting staff that can find high upside players and guys who fit a well defined role, my coaches should be the ones developing them. Analytics are a tool, not the end-all be all tool but they may absolutely spot a diamond in the rough or help decide between two very similarly rated players. Film is the big one though. Maybe analytics allow you to spot a guy who you overlooked in film, or his numbers cause you to look at it again though. The Bears have a young QB, I want an offensive mind that will get a system in place to give them consistency. He should focus on offense and let the DC focus on the defense. I would be (likely) overpaying a highly regarded DC if possible. Much like PHI, LAR, and now CHI is doing. I'm not scared of retreads, but they should be ascending and have a trait that sets them apart from others. Guys like Fisher, Fox, etc were guys that were never going to be really successful in their last stints. FA is a place I would absolutely be active. You don't win FA by outspending all the other teams, you win FA by maximizing the value of your contracts. If you need a roleplayer, competition for a starting role, or depth FA can be great. I'm not going out and signing $100 mil deals, but you can definitely patch positions to let rookies develop and better weak points at minimum. I want competition through the roster, a lot will be vets with minor deals to challenge the young guys. I also love the one year prove-it deals as well. Depending on my cap situation I may take some big swings and potentially gather a few compensatory picks if they leave. Also the buy low deals with guys like Aaron Lynch are always worth a shot, because if it pays off you get a playmaker, if they screw up you cut them for pennies. The risk is worth it there. I'd be active in the trade market, but still frugal. I prefer conditional picks, guys on the final year of the deals (lower cost to attain), and guys who stood out to me in the draft process that I could not get. Sometimes you can get a stud, I stated I would do a 2018 2nd and 2019 4th for Marcus Peters, and that likely would have won him from the other offers. Pairing him and Fuller would be a hell of a duo. I would likely get denied a number of offers each year due to being too low, but I much rather hear "no" than to overpay. Draft strategies for me primarily go 1st - impact player, IDC about the position, I want a guy who can become a star. 2nd - starter who can be above average at the position, 3rd - guy who can be a starter, maybe a guy with some risk (injury, past legal but has seemed to turn the corner), 4th guys who have potential but are raw, or excellent physical specimen (when I "drafted" Dak in my real time mock) or great athletes with bigger risks (like Callaway). 5th-7th I am looking at single role players (big fat run stuffers, specialists, speed WR who is crazy raw) or high upside swings that are honestly not too likely going to pan out. for example here was my real time mock this year : 5. [156] - WR - Equanimeous St Brown - raw but physical specimen. Good combination of height, speed, and feet. 6. QB - Alex McGough - has physical gits similar to Trubisky, may be developed into a solid back up at least. Can get reps in practice running scout O. 7a. WR Marcell Ateman - big body WR that will be difficult to press - can become a rotational piece at the X 7b. [226] - OL - Jordan Mailata - physical freak - may throw in at FB in certain situations, as a blocking TE in blowouts when running the clock out, and FGs just to give him some time on the field. LT athletic gifts, Ogden size. QBs need to be alphas - fast processing, and accurate. I can work with pocket QBs or mobile, but accuracy and speed of processing are huge. RBs can be either fast or powerful, but ave to have good vision and ball security. WRs - will work with speed, size, or combos. I want one speedster on the field at almost all times to keep safties honest. TEs- prefer one that is a plus blocker and one plus receiving threat. OTs - want both that can be on islands IOL - former OTs. I want an athletic OL. EDGE - can be speed or power rushers - IDC if both are speedy or both are power based. DL - prefer high rotation, I like a mix of guys who either are big ox (Beau Allen) or undersized 3Ts. LB - happy with having one 2 down thumper and a 3 down LB CBs - I just want talent, prefer to have at least one very fast guy and one press specialist FS - rangy guy to help in coverage - may be a CB who was just not as good in man coverage SS - happy with a thumper or all around guy who is a plus tackler. If front 7 is solid vs the run, may run another FS mold of a player. I want the best 53 dressing. I will likely have a vet QB at all times that doesn't dress, they are going to be in a mentor role. I want a swing tackle and a swing guard, plus a reserve center. Special team players are definitely important, so likely an "excess" of WRs ad CBs. The rest is pretty much in the air. I am going to be active in wire cuts. I want competition, if I feel the team is better with them than someone on the roster, then I'm moving in. This likely would be heavily involved in who I scouted and wanted in the draft too. For the 10 PS players, I want one highly mobile QB to prep for guys like Wilson, Newton, etc (I'd have loved JT Barrett as a PFA). One reserve RB with a physical skillset to work with who might lack vision (would have taken a swing with Terron Beckham for example), experience, etc. Probably one college athlete transitioning (Desmond Clark was a WR turned TE, Burton is a QB turned TE, etc). These will likely be physical specimen or guys like Skylar Phillips who are brutally strong and mean but need a ton of work. I also would like to have a guy who fell off as a pro but was highly sought in the draft (like Roberto Aguayo - if he is fixed great, if not - who cares?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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