Big Blue Huddle

Quote from: Jclayton92 on April 18, 2024, 08:40:05 PMBecause the game has changed drastically in the past 12 years. The NFl has passed so many rules to help not only the Qb but the WR among other things.

You said raw stats tell the story. Did raw stats only tell the story for the past three years?

For me, I think it's about the situation regarding the players/staff that are already in the building. Some will respond to the fire and shouting approach, others will respond better to a softer more collaborative approach. It's important that every person knows their role in the organisation the details of their position and responsibilities.

I don't subscribe that there is one particular way to manage but the key is being adaptable and able to manage expectations. But the person at the top needs the respect (which is earned and not given) of those who he is managing and the subordinates need to follow. They cannot go off script and devise their own approach - everything flows from the top but it's important to listen to the voices below, take on feedback and ultimately be adaptable to the needs of those around you.

I have a similar Daboll v Wink situation in my workplace. I am an Associate Professor (our titles work differently than the US, where all teaching staff are called professor) at a UK University, last year a position arose to lead our relatively large Faculty as the Research Director. This role would be beneficial for career in terms of making the next step to full Professor and the Deanery approached me to apply.

One other person applied and were unsuccessful. Since August, all this person has tried to do is undermine the decisions I make, put on their own events and basically not playing ball. The upshot is they have formed a little clique that basically operate on their own - which is not what the Faculty wants. This time of year is when researchers have to apply for research remission and this will be partly based on productivity in the last academic year. His productivity has been low, he rejected a mid-year review of performance and basically not engaged with any of the processes I installed to increase research outputs, He's basically done nothing. As such, his research remission (in terms of time off teaching to write) will be drastically reduced or nil. This will cause problems in terms he will be unhappy and further problems will arise in terms of behaviour/performance. Everything is metric driven around outputs in UK academia, so we need everyone pulling in the same direction.

I can't help but draw some minor parallels with the Dabs situation and sympathise with him. The end result of winning NFL games v Academic research performance is not analogous at all, but the points surrounding it would be. My life would be exponentially easier if my 'Wink' re-signed, so I'm on Dabs' side in this one, you can't have people basically driving their own little circle and freelancing.

No chance at a QB
2nd best WR

Hey, at least we really stuffed the eagles right?


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Quote from: Jclayton92 on April 18, 2024, 07:35:17 PMMy bad Howell was a 5th round pick not a 4th rd pick. Davis mills was a 3rd rd pick. Still the point remains that those guys coming in and putting up equal or better production on eqally bad teams is alarming. 

Still, every year???

Impossible to say, as I wasn't around for Elvis or the Beatles. And I couldn't have picked Swift out of a police lineup until she started dating Travis Kelce.

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Quote from: Jclayton92 on April 18, 2024, 10:02:25 AMSo then we haven't been wasting Slayton, and we didn't waste Hyatts rookie year?

Any other team and Slayton is a 1000 yard wr every year and a solid #2. Any other team and Hyatt has a productive rookie year.

Yes a little has to do with the oline but if the qb refuses to go downfield then there's really nothing anyone else can do. Because Slayton and Hyatt ran open a lot last season because teams knew we wouldn't go deep.

How many snaps did Hyatt play his rookie season ? And how many of those were in Jones games ?

I do agree that Jones does not go deep like he should... but Galloday was a bust ... Waller and Hyatt barely played with Jones... This really is NOT a point to be made here

Goes back to what most scouts said, there isn't much past the top 90 in the class.

Quote from: President Rick on April 18, 2024, 03:18:22 PMif the first post is true, there might be some bidding up among interested teams.  TRADE DOWN.  I'd rather have 2 red chippers than a 'blue' chip bust, and those qb's have bust written all over them

Rick: My hope is that the Vikings will be the caller because they have two first round picks this year to give us. 

I'm not one of those rooting for a trade down, but that might be a tough deal to refuse, especially if the Giants' absolute favorite QB and their absolute favorite WR are both gone (highly likely).

Incidentally, no one has reported that Vikings want Pick Six. They want Pick Three so far as I can tell.

Bob

Quote from: TONKA56 on April 18, 2024, 07:55:07 PMWith all due respect, why does it being 12 years ago matter?

Because the game has changed drastically in the past 12 years. The NFl has passed so many rules to help not only the Qb but the WR among other things.