if this list is indeed true, than HICKEY is far and away my fav.
he had become my second to xander anyhow.
here is why this all appears to be a failure off the bat, becuase the biggest thing we need is a TALENT EVALUATOR and a guy who KNOWS HOW TO DRAFT and HOW IT WORKS!!
and the guys i see, all but hicky are political or brown nose.
FARMER i am sure [and i hate this] is all about smoothing over the racial over tones of the impending martin fallout. plus, he [as reported] has only handled the pro personel side. BAD!! we need a college talent evaluator!!!
GAINE: brown nose to aponte. his resume glitz is being the talent procurer for maybe the worst gm in nfl history. gaine is all about being safe for ross and appeasing aponte and garfunkle [philbin was a puppet for aponte and was used and spit out, aponte wont even acknowledge him at the water cooler now that her coup is complete], and nothing else. he is a part of the 3 headed power monster. all political and brown nose.
and as for the ones who have circled the most seem to be peterson foil, there guys he like or doesnt like as top priority, not "is he a good evaluator/draft guy" as should be the ONLY criteria at this point. and if they just happen to be friendly with peterson, fine. but i am just not hearing [outside of two guys] anything other than "how well they know or are liked" by peterson.
but, as a NOTE: when we were looking for sparanos replacement, we had names floating everywhere. philbin was mentioned EARLY on but quickly became an after thought. and then BANG!! out of the blue, the name no one saw coming, not even the media, JOE PHILBIN [who i still like a lot and VERY FEW coaches could have reached 8-8 under the circumstances he had last year].
so, this may just happen. it could end up being xander. or someone else not talked about much. and think about it, even though their are not any other GM spots open, a guys gotta eat and their are staffs still being filled out in a few cities and i havnt seen xander going after anything. he is WELL THOUGHT OFF, A HIGH CHARACTER GUY with REAL talent evaluation record and could have any of a dozen positions out there. if he is OUT, like is reported here, seems he would have a gig locked down. i doubt he sat and waited on the finz job without creating some options for himself.
and i thought LACANFORA was a doof and a hack [he is] that couldnt be trusted? is anyone taking his report SERIOUSLY?
