Can you even fathom how completely insane it is for a GM to allow an underperforming qb going into his 2nd season I think to make the selection of the bears 3rd round pick? Or any pick for that matter.
I’ve heard the stories of poles asking fields for input but the idea that the decision came down to fields is historically idiotic.
I was very specific in passing the blame.
I said that Poles made the list, meaning the list of potential 2nd and 3rd round receivers that might be available to draft. Since Poles chose 2 DBs in the 2nd round, it fell to the 3rd round list.
Fields, having watched film together with Poles, gave his preference of who off that list he would prefer and that player was chosen.
Do you honestly think that, after Poles had provided Fields a list of 3 to 5 WRs who might be available in the 3rd round and after having watched film of these receivers together with Fields to which Fields gave his preference, Poles would choose to pass on Fields' choice and draft another WR on that list?
Now THAT would be Special person.
Note that I did not say that Poles gave Fields a green post-in note and had Fields fill out the post-it note by himself out of any WR who was eligible of being drafted that draft and Fields wrote, 'Velus all day long' or something similar.
If you want to include someone in the decision making, you provide them a list of what you feel are acceptable choices and then have them choose among them. That way, the person feels part of the decision making and is willing to go the extra mile to make that decision a success.
This works for NFL QBs working with their GM, a child's birthday party location, a 100 million dollar contract among many others.
It is not Special person, it is intelligent.
Now, in all of the examples above, if the person who made the list did a bad job in making the list, he gets the blame for making the list but the person who made the choice still is to blame, be it choosing Velus to be on the list, Hooters to be on the child's birthday party location list or adding an impossible solution which a fool chose.
