BCS:BraveCaringSoul Posted April 18, 2002 Share Posted April 18, 2002 http://www.sportsline.com/u/ce/multi/0,1329,5245459_59,00.html here's a tantalizing excerpt showing the good, the bad and perhaps even the ugly: Dan Snyder has the business smarts. Joe Mendes is a renowned negotiator and number-cruncher. Vinny Cerrato has the scouting experience. Steve Spurrier and Marvin Lewis have coached championship teams... ...for every positive in this brain trust, there's a negative. Snyder is inexperienced, and his pursuit of stars has backfired badly. Mendes is such a deliberate worker that he comes across as overcautious. Cerrato's record in personnel decisions is hardly stellar. Spurrier just arrived in the league -- "I don't pretend to know a lot about it," he said -- and Lewis' authority is limited to the defense. How will this all mesh on draft day?... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yomar Posted April 18, 2002 Share Posted April 18, 2002 So ridiculous, just because Marty had final say does not mean he was autocratic, all the scouts had a ton of input (except apparently on Sage, which doesn't look too shabby if you believe the hype), ultimately all groups need a guy who has the final say, the only change is that Danny wanted it, and Marty wouldn't give it back...but whatever, I am not bitter. :mad: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art Posted April 18, 2002 Share Posted April 18, 2002 Yomar, Marty is fairly characterized as autocratic. It's not a reach at all. Hell, the man wouldn't even allow vanilla shakes to the players when camp broke because he prefered chocolate shakes and they were better and that's what everyone got. He controlled every aspect of the team. He obviously would listen to others when he felt that was appropriate. I'm not faulting Marty for being in control and exercising that control, but, he was in control and he did exercise it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yomar Posted April 18, 2002 Share Posted April 18, 2002 still not bitter :mad: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redman Posted April 18, 2002 Share Posted April 18, 2002 All of the observations in that Sportsline article are valid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yomar Posted April 19, 2002 Share Posted April 19, 2002 From ESPN Magazine Article Spurrier 100 days: So the highest-paid head coach and the highest-paid coordinator (3 years, $2.7 million, plus incentives that can push up its worth to $3.6 million) watch tape of the Redskins and Eagles. They barely know each other, but both understand what's at stake. Says Lewis, who would sneak peeks at Florida games just to see what Spurrier was doing: "We both have something to prove." Bitterness fading...fading... Bitterness gone ( for now :mad: ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Tater Posted April 19, 2002 Share Posted April 19, 2002 Originally posted by Art Yomar, Marty is fairly characterized as autocratic. It's not a reach at all. Hell, the man wouldn't even allow vanilla shakes to the players when camp broke because he prefered chocolate shakes and they were better and that's what everyone got. At least he didn't prefer strawberry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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