The Bills announced the firing of General Manager Doug Whaley and possibly a majority of his personnel department. Today we were joined by Dan Hatman, former NFL Scout and current Director of the Scouting Development at the Scouting Academy.
A multitude of topics were covered including:
- Roles of the player personnel staff
- Blesto Scouts
- Area Scouts-their role on draft day
- Director of player Personnel
- General manager
- Rumors of player personnel staff being fired prior to draft
- How that affects/doesn’t affect their mindset during draft
- Where they are in the war room
- Why firing before the draft is bad
- Possible GM candidates
- Opinions on Bills draft picks
- Tre’Davious White
- Nathan Peterman
- Dion Dawkins
- Personal experience working with QB coach David Culley and OL coach Juan Castillo
- Why firing the player personnel staff after is the correct model
- Firing timeline should not be taken as a sign of dysfunction
- Regardless, today is not a good day
- Scouts, GM and a lot of good people lost their jobs
- Now have to find out how to provide for their family
Be sure to check out the @TheScoutAcademy on Twitter and their website The Scouting Academy. I am currently enrolled in the Academy and it is worth every penny.
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