05-15-2021, 11:10 AM
(05-15-2021, 10:52 AM)OSUfan Wrote: You wrapped up your entire premise with the last sentence of your post. You are right and anyone that does not agree with you is wrong and a homer. Does this wrap it up nicely and neatly? Because objectivity should not enter into the discussion should it?
The point with scouting information at your fingertips is rather simple. Travel time is cut down dramatically. You are not required to have people available to travel to multiple locations to obtain information at the same time. Which from a business standpoint would equal less personnel. Tape is available at anytime anywhere. A scout can be on one coast while viewing tape from the other coast at the same time.
Tape is available almost immediately following an event so it can be watched and details noted. Determinations and evaluations do not have to be made in a binge watching event as you seem to be eluding to. Scouts and coaches can be watching tape leading to the next draft or on potential free agents 365 days a year. It is called efficient time management.
So why do other teams have such large scouting departments then? Are they just wasting money for the sake of wasting money?
What do all of these people do? Do they do anything at all? Do these front offices have 10-20 people just sitting there with their thumb up their arse while collecting a weekly check? Are they essentially paying them to do busy work?
If you can't see the correlation between our front office and our on the field performance then I really don't know what else there is to say. The team with the smallest front office has produced the worst team in the NFL over these last 30 years? Is that just a coincidence?
Shake asked you this same question earlier and you completely avoided answering it. I'm going to assume you will again, but I'll try anyways... If it's not our front office that has caused the failure that has been the last 3 decades then what in your mind has?
I would love an answer. We know it can't be market size because of the Steelers, the Chiefs, the Packers, etc. And we know it can't be as simple as just saying the players because the front office chooses those players.
The only answer I can think of that you could possibly attempt to provide is bad luck. This team has bad luck for 30 years. Is that your argument?
