Quote from: Jclayton92 on May 06, 2023, 09:22:49 PMMan I don't know if it is revisionist history or what but Baker was a giant walking red flag leading up to the draft which is why "the best corner" in the draft lasted until the 30th pick. Because the Giants scouts told Gettleman about all the red flags and he completely ignored the scouting department.Every college player has "negatives" or red flags in their resume as there are no perfect players. If you refused to draft a player because of those negatives, there would be no one to draft. Every scouting report includes positives and negatives.
-Giants scouts said Baker was "dumb as dirt"
Multiple scouts said:
-He didn't take any training seriously
(If you go back to the combine it was a disaster for him because he showed up completely unprepared)
-He was entitled and thought everything should be handed to him
-silver spoon kid that didn't want coaching
-refused to take drills or practices seriously
-that what he knew was better than any coaching
This from a NY post article:
"There was a battle in our building on whether we were going to take DeAndre or not," a source privy to the Giants' draft thinking told The Post, "because the story was he had to have his a– kicked every day to work hard at Georgia — to even go to practice. We knew that and we still drafted him, and from Day 1 it was like taking a guy in the first round that you had to teach nearly everything to."
Everyone "in the know" knew and Gettleman still ignored them to do what he wanted. Which is why he's no longer GM and why 99% of Giants fan see his tenure as the darkest time for the Giants in their lifetime, because it was.
In this instance, the scouts were divided. I recall Gettleman stating that the majority of scouts convinced him that Baker's issues were due to immaturity.
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