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Two years ago, I made this same argument. Ultimately, the Redskins chose McCloughan over my top choice, Scott Pioli. Still, I was relieved that we were getting someone with true drafting acumen as a genuine GM. The McCloughan era is over, but the benefits of a proper FO structure should now be apparent. The Redskins must not go back to the Snyder cycle of alternating between giving a has-been coach full control over personnel or using an amiable enabler. Bruce Allen could be fine in a Mark Murphy team president role, but we MUST find a true GM with proven drafting chops to avoid returning to cellar dwellers.
Pioli is currently the assistant GM for the Falcons, where he serves under fellow Belichick alumnus Tom Dimitrov. While the Belichick coaching tree is littered with a plethora of failures, his personnel evaluators are the cream of the crop - Ozzie Newsome, Dimitrov, and Scott Pioli.
Pioli had a brief stint as GM at Kansas City. He made two damning mistakes - he hired the wrong coach, and his QB pick Cassel didn't pan out. The team also had to deal with the murder suicide of Jovan Belcher and his girlfriend. He did, however, do extremely well with personnel. As I recall, the team had 6 probowlers on the roster his last year, despite being a losing team from a small market. This is the guy we should all want running the draft, and the guy who can be the voice of dissent against overpaying for the latest shiny toy. Unlike the situation in KC, we already have a coach in place, and as for QB...uh, who knows.
Will he want to come here, given that our team has become a notorious resume stain? Perhaps not...he is working for one of his old Cleveland roommates (if you haven't seen NFLN's A Football Life - The 95 Browns, I recommend it), but, as a competitor I would imagine he wants to prove he can build a winner, and there is always Dan's checkbook.
Sadly, I don't think this will happen simply because of what I have seen of the Bruce Allen modus operandi. Familiarity, allegiance, and perhaps even a touch of sycophancy always seems to prevail over competence. (see pathetic defensive coordinators Haslett, Barry, etc.) We will give a fresh title to a token candidate from within, or we will resurrect the career of some lamentable Tampa Bay loser. And we will revert to double-digit losing seasons.
Pioli is currently the assistant GM for the Falcons, where he serves under fellow Belichick alumnus Tom Dimitrov. While the Belichick coaching tree is littered with a plethora of failures, his personnel evaluators are the cream of the crop - Ozzie Newsome, Dimitrov, and Scott Pioli.
Pioli had a brief stint as GM at Kansas City. He made two damning mistakes - he hired the wrong coach, and his QB pick Cassel didn't pan out. The team also had to deal with the murder suicide of Jovan Belcher and his girlfriend. He did, however, do extremely well with personnel. As I recall, the team had 6 probowlers on the roster his last year, despite being a losing team from a small market. This is the guy we should all want running the draft, and the guy who can be the voice of dissent against overpaying for the latest shiny toy. Unlike the situation in KC, we already have a coach in place, and as for QB...uh, who knows.
Will he want to come here, given that our team has become a notorious resume stain? Perhaps not...he is working for one of his old Cleveland roommates (if you haven't seen NFLN's A Football Life - The 95 Browns, I recommend it), but, as a competitor I would imagine he wants to prove he can build a winner, and there is always Dan's checkbook.
Sadly, I don't think this will happen simply because of what I have seen of the Bruce Allen modus operandi. Familiarity, allegiance, and perhaps even a touch of sycophancy always seems to prevail over competence. (see pathetic defensive coordinators Haslett, Barry, etc.) We will give a fresh title to a token candidate from within, or we will resurrect the career of some lamentable Tampa Bay loser. And we will revert to double-digit losing seasons.