Mike Brown Revealed (from 2009)

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(09-29-2017, 12:20 PM)THE PISTONS Wrote: A consensus builder? The front office is mainly family members. It's rampant with Groupthink.

Pretty much.

This quote is from 20 years ago - 2 freakin' decades - and it still hasn't happened...

''Maybe make a guy a director of football operations and give him some quasi autonomy,'' said Dave Lapham, a former Bengal who is the club's radio analyst. ''Get somebody who has a different perspective, a different look who may not have the same goals and objectives.''

Outside of Mike, who in the front office truly has the autonomy, or even semi-autonomy, that Lap talked about? And, I sure as hell haven't seen any signs of a 'different' perspective. The 'model' remains the same year after year, although it continues to fail to produce the desired end result. That's the most frustrating thing to continually watch -- refusal to change the approach.