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If it was easy, everyone would do it right?

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I'll say this first, Grier did diddly squat with our treasure trove of picks. Lots of picks that just missed. With all this talk about getting someone in here to right the ship, can we really say that will work? I mean, being a general manager of an NFL team, it almost seems like you have to win the lotto for your picks to work. No one ever really knows how a player will turn out? I mean, the Chargers even had Tua higher then Herbert. So again, getting someone else in here and expect them to get it right is like playing the lotto. You just don't know. No GM will ever EVER be 100% and hit on all picks. There are some idiotic movies however, such as Grier getting Noah with our 1st round pick. Personally, if I was the GM, and given how afflux our line has been over the years, I would have used all my draft capital and draft nothing but lineman. You would think you would be able to get 3 to 4 solid players by drafting all lineman. What do I know, I'm not a GM. But perhaps that's a new way of thinking for the future of drafting. My point being, getting another GM would equate to success, we need to be lucky and win the lotto for players to be great.

Building through the draft? I always thought that to be cliché, You can 100% build through the draft, but picks are not 100% ever. NO ONE ever knows how good a player will be. Its just reality. I would want though a GM who is logical and has common sense. That speaks volumes compared to what we have in Grier.
 
I disagree. The fans on here, without the knowledge, info and scouting Grier had, where this is just a hobby for us and not a job, suggested better picks than the ones Grier made.
 
xSxPxHx said:
NO ONE ever knows how good a player will be.
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The late , great Bill Walsh was sensational at ignoring college player rankings but instead watching game film and picking players he knew would fit well into his team's culture and style of play. It's not easy but the first step in the process is having a head coach who truly knows how to put together a roster of players, a coach who knows how to design an effective game day plan, and teach the players how to execute the plays. It's not easy but it can be done.
 
these people are so inept they've convinced everyone that it's really difficult when in reality it's not hard at all. The reason why there's so much failure is that the people who are good at evaluating talent are rarely made G.M.s. Becoming a G.M. is more about nepotism than anything else. Just look at everyone's suggestions for a new G.M. They all want some assistant under a successful G.M. as if that means they possess the same talent and skill set somehow. Haven't we learned by now that poaching assistants of successful coaches/G.M.s does NOT work?

Listen, this isn't rocket science. Find a franchise QB. Now, this IS difficult because sometimes you can't get high enough in the draft to actually draft one. And still other times, you ARE high enough but it's a weak QB class. But there are other ways to build a successful team so that should you get a franchise QB, they're set up for success. And that is to build an elite offensive line. If you have a great offensive line, it elevates whichever QB you have. Just look at the very average Dak Prescott who people laughably think is great but is a product of having the best combination of line and weapons in the entire league. A great line will make average QBs, RBs, WRs and TEs perform much better than their talent would suggest. It keeps the offense on the field and their defense on the field which rests your defense. And when you're playing with leads you lessen the need for much more than competent corners and great pass rushers. You can get away with having lesser talent on defense in other words.

It's really that simple and insane how inept teams are accepting this fact. Just evaluate, draft and develop great offensive linemen and you're guaranteed success. What level of success depends on whether you get a franchise QB and difference makers elsewhere on both sides of course. The problem with bad teams is they fail at this. They draft average linemen a round or two too early like Grier has. They use two first rounders on a 5'10" WR. They allot a major portion of the cap on the secondary instead of the line. They trade away the one great tackle they lucked out with.

Like I said, it only seems hard because the wrong people are consistently hired to do the job
 
Grier is a clown. how u can even try to defend him is crazy. you could buy a draft book read it and draft better than him. he's an idiot
 
Good GM’s hit on enough picks to build playoff teams.

There was plenty of red flags on Tua to make what would have been a grand slam pick by taking Herbert.

Austin Jackson and Igbo both had major red flags….those three first rounders will make or break this regime…right now it’s not looking that strong!
 
There are alot of easy things in life that 99% of people still screw up... Either way, whats bothering me the most right now is the offense philosophy... It simply doesnt look like its trying to score TDs unless they're trailing late in the game. To me, this is the #1 reason the Fins have a losing record... Not Tua's injury, not Brissett, not the injuries, not the defense... Its their lack of urgency to create TDs. That team, right now, is over .500 if their #1 goal on each drive is to score a TD regardless of game situation. I 100% believe that.
 
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