Good thing he wasn’t needed to make all of those personnel moves before, right? According to Jeff McLane, the Eagles are getting ready to hire Bears director of college scouting Joe Douglas as their new personnel head, barring any huge setback.
Douglas would report to Howie Roseman and “head the eagles scouting department,” so they definitely didn’t need him in the draft, when they were trading for picks, or anything like that. Here’s a bit of his resume:
Douglas has been with the Bears for just one year. He was hired away from the Ravens, for whom he was a national scout, last offseason. He worked in Baltimore for 15 years under Ravens general manager Ozzie Newsome. Before becoming a national evaluator, he scouted the Southeast and the East Coast.
The more minds the better. That part I get. But this guy isn’t really a “personnel head” as much as he’s a guy who answers to Howie, who is really the head of personnel. Bringing more, smart people aboard is always a good thing, but this just looks, once again, like Jeffrey Lurie handled everything from Chip’s dismissal to now totally haphazardly.
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hiring after the draft makes sense. they already had in mind who/what they wanted. bringing another voice into the mix that late into the process would have been foolish.
point being they fired their “personnel head” in December and waited until May to hire his replacement….
There is no way (through employment Ks) that a scout or personnel guy from one team can just jump ship in the middle of the season and prior the draft. Thus, they had to wait until now.
Usually I don’t mind the Eagles front office getting killed for stupidity. But this attack seems nonsensical and illogical.
While I somewhat agree, what is more nonsensical?
This post or doing an entire franchise-changing draft (and trades) with a GM who was fired 365 days before being rehired by the same organization…… and that GM hired in January 2016’s only support staff is the Kansas City Chiefs offensive coordinator?
Can’t believe the Eagles didn’t draft Tyler Mahtrtjdsrttvich.
I disagree. I am pretty sure (through non-compete clauses and such) you can’t just hire a guy from someone else’s scouting department prior to the draft. Accordingly, once the draft ends, that is usually when you can start hiring guys from other teams organizations. I am not an expert, but logically, that makes sense.
Can’t wait for Sound Off today where that’s the 1 call agreeing with Mike Miss’ take on Bradford, the call disagreeing with it and the call about how Martinez sucks!
The more writers the better. That part I get. But Jim isn’t really a “blogger” as much as he’s kind of a guy who copies and paste from deadspin for Kyle, who is really the better at copy and pasting. Bringing more, plagiarists aboard is never a good thing, but this just looks, once again, like Kyle Laskowski handled everything from shitty awful t-shirts to the overuse of commas totally haphazardly.
If it’s not Bill Polian or BIll Parcells, it’s just another Fuck you to the fans….The only good thing is that he has 15 years with the Ravens—SUPER BOWL CHAMPIONS…..and one of the best run organizations in sports. After a few months with this fucking shitpile of a circus, he’ll be begging to get fired…MARK IT DOWN
With the money I shell out for a one eyed eagle and a golden asphaulted parking spot, I better start getting some fuckin personal head. Oh personnel.
For all of Jeff’s forward thinking with an open heart and emotional intelligence this hire is not the work of a dynamic thinker; when the football guy answers to the bean counter. though he is an excellent counter of beans