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

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