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here is first part of an insider article by spielman on scouting...
The scouting combine is the biggest and most important event of the year for NFL personnel departments.
All year, college scouts have traveled the country evaluating players for the upcoming draft. Scouts have watched countless hours of film, evaluated practices, watched players in games and collected as much background information as possible. They also have been able to evaluate and interview some players during all-star games, but the combine brings all of the top collegiate players, including juniors who have entered the draft, to one specific location to be looked over by the actual decision makers from each organization. NFL teams will take different approaches and have different philosophies about what they deem important and what portions of the combine they will focus on the most. It is very important for a team's general manager to establish a game plan for what the organization must achieve at the combine. He must organize more than 40 staff members -- scouts, assistant coaches and even the medical staff...
personally, i dont want to read the rest. i dont think he knows anything about scouting, managing a team. he is a joke. please let the spielman bashing continue...
The scouting combine is the biggest and most important event of the year for NFL personnel departments.
All year, college scouts have traveled the country evaluating players for the upcoming draft. Scouts have watched countless hours of film, evaluated practices, watched players in games and collected as much background information as possible. They also have been able to evaluate and interview some players during all-star games, but the combine brings all of the top collegiate players, including juniors who have entered the draft, to one specific location to be looked over by the actual decision makers from each organization. NFL teams will take different approaches and have different philosophies about what they deem important and what portions of the combine they will focus on the most. It is very important for a team's general manager to establish a game plan for what the organization must achieve at the combine. He must organize more than 40 staff members -- scouts, assistant coaches and even the medical staff...
personally, i dont want to read the rest. i dont think he knows anything about scouting, managing a team. he is a joke. please let the spielman bashing continue...
